Tuesday, October 28, 2003

YESTERDAY AT RAINDANCE

**Film Highlight: Suor Sorrisso
Roger Deutsch introduced his film Suor Sorrisso, which is based on the life of the Singing Nun who topped the Beatles. Despite reports of Roger attempting to 'put straight the Hollywood story' with his dark tale, he revealed that he made the film knowing just a few facts about the Singing Nun and built his film around that...

TODAY AT RAINDANCE
**Film Highlight: Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy

UGC Shaftesbury Avenue, London. 11 pm

This entertaining and fascinating comedy looks into the life of pornstar Ron Jeremy, who has enjoyed a career in the adult film industry spanning 25 years. He has appeared in over 1600 motion pictures - including the classics Ally McFeel and Natural Born Thrillers - has made millions of dollars and slept with thousands of beautiful women. So, just how did Ron Jeremy, an unassuming schlub from Long Island, become the hardest working man in show business? Prepare yourself for a penetrating look inside the world of America's most unlikely sex star with Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy.

TOMORROW AT RAINDANCE

**Event Highlight: Live! Ammunition! & Guest Panel Q&A

Sway Nightclub, 61 - 65 Great Queen Street, London. 7 - 8.15 pm

Live!Ammunition! returns - the infamous fast-paced live pitching event brought to you only by Raindance Film Festival...

You have two minutes to pitch your great-idea-for-a-movie to a panel of Industry Professionals without being gonged off! Panel includes: Robert Jones (UK Film Council), Dean Goldberg (Park Caledonia), Michael Cowan (Spice Factory), Richard Elfman (Producer, Writer, Director) Andre Burgess (Consultant to Telecom & Media Industries) …more to follow!


**Film Highlight: Dans Ma Peau
UGC Shaftesbury Avenue, London. 7.30 pm
Esther's life is nearly perfect perfect face, perfect job, perfect man. Then she starts to mutilate herself. This exquisitely grisly piece of cinema inspired such dedication that actors' skin is actually sliced for the cameras' unflinching gaze.