After announcing its line-up and the inclusion of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on its jury, the Raindance Film Festival has unveiled the nominees competing for awards.

Assange and his fellow jury members will be watching the films listed below to decide which receives prizes. The winners will be announced at the Vue Piccadilly cinema on Oct 5. The festival runs from Sept 25 to Oct 6.

Nominees

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

  • The Black Square
  • Halima’s Path
  • Jake Squared 
  • The Meteor
  • The Reconstruction
  • The World Belongs to Us

BEST UK FEATURE

  • Earthbound
  • The Machine
  • The Patrol
  • Two Jacks
  • Wayland’s Song

BEST DEBUT FEATURE

  • The Art of Happiness
  • Coldwater
  • The Critic 
  • Friendship
  • The Girl From The Wardrobe
  • The Repairman
  • Shady
  • Whirlpool

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • A2-B-C 
  • Aluna
  • Body of God
  • Dance With Me
  • Disrupted
  • Fall and Winter
  • Gangster of Love
  • Sickfuckpeople

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT

  • The Big Leap
  • A Girl In the Apple Farm
  • A Good Story
  • Italy, Texas
  • The Man Who Fed his Shadow
  • Up the Valley and Beyond
  • The Wedding

BEST UK SHORT

  • Emily
  • Irreversible
  • Mr Bradley Mr Martin Hear us Through a Hole in Thin Air
  • Musafir
  • Orthodox
  • Uoldisnei

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

  • Ed.
  • Here to Fall
  • Junkyard
  • Marilyn Myller
  • Miss Todd
  • Ziegenort

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

  • Butter Lamp
  • In the Shadow of the Water Tower
  • Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution
  • Shooting the Tribe
  • Sottoripa
  • Who Shot Rock and Roll: The Film

FILM OF THE FESTIVAL (FEATURE)

Awarded to the fiction or documentary feature film that best embodies the spirit of Raindance.

FILM OF THE FESTIVAL (SHORT)

The winner will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the Academy Awards without the standard requirement of a theatrical run.

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (SHORT)

The winner will be offered the chance to film next year’s Raindance Film Festival trailer with the support of the Independent Film Trust.