Raindance prepares to face the music

Music documentaries of various guises are set to dominate the 14th Raindance film festival in London, which opens tomorrow with a screening of the acclaimed Brothers of the Head.

Directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, the film is a faux-documentary that follows the attempts of a 1970s promoter to conjure conjoined twins into a rock'n'roll sensation. Brothers of the Head won the Michael Powell award for best new British feature at last month's Edinburgh film festival.

More straightforward interpretations of the 'rockumentary' genre are provided by Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, Jonathan Demme's Neil Young concert film Heart of Gold and Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone.

The Raindance film festival has built a reputation as a training ground for new film-makers and a platform for independent productions. In previous years both Memento and The Blair Witch Project were first unveiled at the event.

The 14th Raindance film festival runs September 27-October 8. Further details at raindancefilmfestival.org.

Source: Guardian Unlimited

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