Films written, directed and produced by Steve Rainbow
Festivals screened at and Awards won
A SMALL SILENT FILM ABOUT DEATH
( 4 minutes, Comedy/Silent, Digital, UK, 2008 ) written, directed & produced by Steve Rainbow
Starring Cathy Clarke, Andrew Loxley, Richard Stokes, Fiona McKibben. Camera by Ian Brow, Edited by Dan Jones, Music by Martin Fisher and Michael Callaghan. Produced by Henry Angell James.
A silent film lamenting the death of conversation and the awesome power of the written word.
Glastonbury 2010
Britspotting Film Festival, Berlin 2009
WINNER - Best Comedy Award, Chicago International REEL Short Film Festival 2009
Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2009
The Accidental Arts Festival, London 2009
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham 2009
Short listed for the Auteur Film Maker Award, LSFF 2009
London Short Film Festival 2009
Palm Springs Film Festival 2008
Branchage Film Festival Jersey 2008
Birmingham Arts Festival 2008
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( 3 minutes, Experimental, Digital, UK, 2007 ) created and made by Steve Rainbow. Produced by Michael Rehberg. Music by Mark Lane.
A triptych film created for an art installation depicting three continuous journeys along the Grand Union Canal. The journey tracks old and new lines of communications. It contains the only complete visual depiction of the canal system from Birmingham to London and is presented at 7,500 mph.
To view film click on the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDGqBj2XkhM
Glastonbury 2010
Lemington Spa Art Gallery 2007
BBC BIG SCREEN 2007
QUEST FOR FIRE
( 3 minutes, Documentary/Comedy, Digital, UK, 2006 ) written & directed by Steve Rainbow
Presented by Steve Rainbow. Sound by Oliver Rochell. Music by Dominic Paul de Grande. Produced by Lucy Baxter. Executive Producer Mark Calvert.
Documentary about a man's search for the hottest curry in the world.
First screened for Channel Five, Christmas Day 2006
Short listed for Rushes Soho Film Festival 2007
Raindance Film Festival 2007
Short listed for Cinematic Film Festival 2007
AUTO DA FE
( 10 minutes, Comedy/Sci-Fi/Horror, Digital, UK, 2006 ) written & directed by Steve Rainbow
Starring Dominic Coleman, Simon Lowe and Paul Murphy. Sound by Oliver Rochell, Camera by Steph Harrt, Edited by Phil Arkenstall, Music by Alex Baranowski. Produced by Justin Edgar. Executive Producer Dan Lawson.
Funded by ScreenWm and the UK Film Council. Produced by 104 Films.
Two men, one road, no car!
WINNER - Best Comedy. International Sci-Fi and Horror Festival, USA 2007
Cannes Short Film Corner 2006
BBC Big Screen 2007
BLACK & WHITE
( 3 minutes, Comedy, 35mm, UK, 2005 ) written, directed & co produced by Steve Rainbow
Starring Michael Colgan, Kevin Murphy, Tom Farrelly. Press Attache Steve Bird, DoP Stephen Nelson, Post Production Katie Grayson, Digital Effects Stuart Pitcher, Exec Producer Justin Edgar, Produced by Michael Rehberg, Jon Breist.
Three guys discuss the correct way to order three pints of Guinness.
BBC Big Screen 2007
BBC Big Screen 2006
Birmingham Arts Festival 2006
RUNNER-UP Prize Best Film. Rolling Stock Film Festival 2006
Cannes Short Film Corner 2006
Britspotting, Berlin 2005
Asian Short Shorts Film Festival 2005
Leeds Film Festival 2005
Stratford-upon-Avon Film Festival 2005
THE PACT
( 10 minutes, Drama, Digi Beta, UK, 2005) directed by Steve Rainbow
Starring Anna Ward, Stuart Haseley, Charlotte McKinney, Laura Yandell, James Bunyon. Written by Euan Rose. Produced by Natasha Carlish for Dreamfinder Productions, Birmingham School of Acting and Screen WM.
A group of orphans meet 20 years after splitting up and see how each of them have turned out. Very sad!
Film not available for viewing.
THE LODGER
( 4 minutes, Comedy/Social, 8mm, UK, 2004 ) directed and produced by Steve Rainbow
Starring Daisy Bannon-Ryder, Michael Colgan. Written by Andrew Loxley. Camera by Ian Brow, Post Production by Katie Grayson, Produced by Michael Rehberg.
A little girl remembers the day the lodger moved in.
RUNNER-UP Best Film. The BIG ISSUE Film Festival 2004
GORILLA FILM MAKING
( 5 minutes, Comedy, Digital, UK, 2003 ) written and directed by Steve Rainbow
Starring: Zoe Lyons, Simon Hill. Voice by Bob Boyton. Produced and made by Michael Rehberg, Stuart Pitcher, Jon Briest, Katie Grayson.
It's about a gorilla that makes films.
The feature length version of this story won the Raw Talent Award at Raindance 2003
Short listed for the UK Screen Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2004
THE PUNISHMENT CUPBOARD
( 10 minutes, Drama, 16mm, UK, 2002 ) written, directed & produced by Steve Rainbow
Starring Aaron Lambourne. Camera by John Steadman, Sound by Jon Breist, Edited by Ben Campbell, Music by Mark Lane, Produced by Kate Murray.
A story based on elements from the childhood of Ingmar Bergman. A young boy turns fear of dark places into a love of the cinema.
DEAR SANTA
( 3 minutes, Comedy, 16mm, UK, 1999 ) written, directed and produced by Steve Rainbow
Starring Enda Mullen, Michael Callaghan, Simon Smith, Anthony Smith, Andrew Savage, John Kirby. Camera by Ian Brow, Edited by Steve Rainbow, Music by Mark Lane, Produced by Peter Shaw, Executive Producers Pritpal Sagoo, Peter Crook.
Did you get what you asked for last Christmas?...No! Neither did these guys. The Four Bald Hitmen of the Apocolypse ride into town to take their revenge.
Glastonbury 2010
BBC Big Screen 2007
BBC Big Screen 2006
WINNER - Best Short Film, Battersea Arts Festival 1999
RUNNER-UP Best Short Film, BBC Drama Award, BIFF 1999
Click here for the ONE MINUTE VERSION on the BBC site.
PIG IN A POKE
( 20 minutes, Comedy/Drama, Digital, UK, 1998, re-cut 2009 ) written, diretced & co-produced by Steve Rainbow
Starring Simon Hill, Russell Wootton, Philip Rosch, Felicity Wren, Michael Wattam, Sarah Jarman. Music by Mark Lane, Edited by Toby James, Camera by Jon Briest, Co Produced by Michael Rehberg, Produced by Richard Veitch.
The story of a man that can't fart.
Film not available for viewing.
Screened at Raindance Film Festival 1998
Runner-Up Best Short Film, BBC Drama Award, BIFF 1998
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF DOMICILE TRAGORIO
( 18 minutes, Comedy, video 8, UK, 1992 ) Written by Andrew Loxley. Directed and produced by Steve Rainbow.
Co Produced and crewed by Stuart Davison and Peter Shaw. Produced by UGLY.
Comedy spoof of the South Bank Show about an artist that paints bricks.
This is Rainbow's first ever attempt at making a film and 8 weeks after completion it won the best short film award at an international film festival.
The only copy of this film is held in the archives of the Birmingham International Film & TV Festival.