Daryl Chase’s “Macbeth” won Best U.K. Feature at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, with Marie-Elsa Sgualdo’s “Silent Rebellion” winning Best International Feature, Katie Camosy’s “Gaslit” winning Best Documentary Feature and Rob Alicea’s “Serena” taking home the festival’s inaugural Best Horror Feature award. Winners of the festival’s 34th edition were announced this Friday ahead of the closing night screening of “Eddie Cochran: Don’t Forget Me,” which won a Best U.K. Director for filmmaker Kirsty Bell.
Adapted from Shakespeare’s classic, “Macbeth” spins the famed story of the titular king in a film “brought to life via a social enterprise production, tackling barriers to filmmaking,” while World War II drama “Silent Rebellion” “follows a virtuous teen in 1943 Switzerland who questions her village’s morality when they turn away French refugees.” Camosy’s “Gaslit” trails icon Jane Fonda as she travels across the oil fields of West Texas’ Permian Basin and through the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, visiting the communities impacted by oil and gas production. Horror winner “Serena” tackles AI anxiety through the story of a down-on-his-luck musician tasked with testing an increasingly dangerous chatbot.
