High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates from various cities including: London, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin and Brussels . The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to extend the normal film school activities of Raindance. The Raindance Film School alumni list includes the notable names of: Sacha Baron Cohen, David Yates, Edgar Wright, Matthew Vaughn, Alison Owen, Guy Ritchie, Ben Miller, Christopher Nolan, Kirk Jones, Mark Mahon, Emily Lloyd, Vadim Jean, Nick Hornby, Roland Gift, Julian Fellowes, Paul Brooks, Clive Bradley and Jeremy Bolt.