Raindance Maverick Questionnaire

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RAINDANCE MAVERICK QUESTIONNAIRE

This form is to be filled out by the Raindance Maverick Award nominee(s)*

Your answers to the following questions should clearly outline why the entered film should be considered for this award, with emphasis on how you made creative use of a limited budget and any maverick or unusual approaches you employed in making this film.

*In the case that multiple people are put forward, only one needs to complete this form for the film.

Please answer the questions as accurately as possible.

DETAILS

1. Film name:
2. Is this a:
   1. Documentary feature
   2. Fiction feature
3. Named nominees (these are the people who will be listed should the film be longlisted/nominated and are usually director, writer, producer(s)):
4. Are all of this project’s fully credited writers, directors and producers names as nominees for this award? Yes/No
5. If YES to Q 4: Please explain why you have chosen to limit the named nominees put forward for this award: (50 words max)

BUDGET & FINANCE

1. What was the production budget of this film (Gross GBP)
2. What was the marketing budget of this film (Gross GBP)
3. How did you raise finance for this film? (50 words max)
4. Did you receive any funding from the following?
   1. BFI, Film4 BBC etc.
5. Please give examples of any budgeting challenges and how you overcame them: (100 words max)

PRODUCTION

In this section, please detail any unique or outstanding achievements during the production of this film that make you a great candidate for this award

1. How does your entered film display uniqueness of vision or risk-taking? (100 words max)
2. How do you think the ambition of this project belies its limited budget? (100 words max)
3. What was the biggest challenge you came up against whilst making this film? How did you overcome it? (100 words max)

THE TEAM

1. Do you have any previous filmmaking experience?
   1. If yes, please outline.
   2. Was this film on a similar budget/scale?
2. How big was the crew?
3. What approaches did you take towards maximising diversity amongst cast and crew members working on this project? (50 words max)
4. Were there any team members you were keen to work with? Why? (50 words max)
5. Please describe any particular achievements in the making of this film made by the people put forward as candidates for this award. (50 words max)

MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION

1. Did you coordinate the film’s:
   1. festival strategy?
   2. marketing strategy?
2. Has this film achieved theatrical distribution?
   1. Yes, with who?
3. Are there any outstanding achievements in the film’s festival, marketing or distribution strategy that you would like to tell us about? (max 50 words)