Raindance Film Festival returns to London’s West End with its 34th edition. Again there are a few German productions and co-productions to look out for. Find the line up below:

THANKS FOR NOTHING (DANKE FÜR NICHTS) by Stella Marie Markert
Tue 23 June 2026, 8:00 PM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 5
Wed 24 June 2026, 2:30 PM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 5

Teenage girls Victoria, Katharina, Ricky and Malou share an unusual home: social housing, but adult-free. Over their anarchic, familial world, however, looms the menacing arrival of adulthood. Most pressingly, Katharina’s decision not to survive it. The girls do their best to prevent her repeated, unsuccessful suicide attempts which threaten their fragile housing situation. As each girl deals with (what appears to be) her own impending doom, will they be able to save Katharina, and by extension, their home? (Text: Malu Bahia, shortened)

SHORTS

RADIX by Anne Breymann Back
(Shorts Programme: Animation 1)
Sat 20 June 2026, 10:45 AM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 4
Sun 21 June 2026, 6:05 PM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 3

Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.


THE SWIMSUIT (DER BADEANZUG) by Amina Krami
(Shorts Programme: Queer Shorts 2)
Thu 25 June 2026, 1:30 PM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 5
Fri 26 June 2026, 10:30 AM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 5

On a day of summer, Noa gets gifted a swimsuit that changes Noa’s perspective on the world irreversibly.


VANITY PIG TRAIL by Christoph Mushayija Rath
(Shorts Programme: Relative States)
Mon 22 June 2026, 3:45 PM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 4
Wed 24 June 2026, 10:05 AM, Vue Piccadilly - Screen 5

Three playground chats. One strict mom, one spineless dad, and a lot of inherited damage. A dark comedy about parenting and pretending you know what you're doing.