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Hunter Schafer’s ‘Cuckoo,’ Charlie Plummer’s ‘National Anthem’ to Bookend Raindance as Festival Moves Up to Summer From Fall


London's Raindance Film Festival is making a calendar shift for its 32nd edition, moving from its traditional fall slot to a new summer schedule.

Raindance kicks off with the U.K. premiere of Tilman Singer’s “ Cuckoo,” a horror feature starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens that previously played at Berlin and SXSW. Closing the festival is the European premiere of “National Anthem” by Luke Gilford, starring Charlie Plummer as a construction worker joining a community of queer rodeo performers. Artistic directors Martyna Szmytkowska and Malaika Bova added: “We continue with the mission that we began last year: to confirm Raindance as the leading U.K. platform for emerging filmmakers.

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