Rain Rannu

Rain Rannu
Born	(1980-04-02) 2 April 1980 (age 45)
Nationality	Estonian
Alma mater	University of Tartu
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, businessman

Rain Rannu (born 2 April 1980) is an Estonian screenwriter, movie director, investor and entrepreneur. ^[1]

He is known as a serial entrepreneur, who is behind Fortumo, a mobile payments technology company sold to Boku in 2020, ^[2] and a partner at investment fund Superangel. ^[3] In 2016 he entered movie industry by releasing his first movie Chasing Ponies. In 2021 he released first private movie investment fund in Estonia. ^[4] In 2024, he served as jury president of the New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature award ceremony at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival. ^[5]

Filmography

Rain Rannu operates under indie film production company Tallifornia, co-founded by Rannu and Tõnu Hiielai in 2018. The company focuses exclusively on full length narrative features. ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Title
2016	Chasing Ponies [8]
2018	Beqaa VR [9]
2019	Chasing Unicorns [10]
2022	Child Machine [11]
2023	Free Money [12]
2024	Infinite Summer

References

1. "Rain Rannu - Eesti filmi andmebaas". www.efis.ee.
2. Tambur, Silver (2020-06-18). "Estonian mobile payments startup Fortumo sold to Boku for $41 million". Estonian World. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
3. "Industry Changers". Superangel.io. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
4. "First ever private movie investment fund launched". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR). 24 November 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
5. "Competitions". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
6. "Tallifornia". Film Estonia. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
7. "Rain Rannu: "I wanted to do something that would not exist unless I do it."". sTARTUp Day 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
8. Ameerika suvi (2016) - IMDb , retrieved 2023-05-06
9. Beqaa VR (Short 2018) - IMDb , retrieved 2023-05-06
10. Chasing Unicorns (2019) - IMDb , retrieved 2023-05-06
11. Child Machine (2022) - IMDb , retrieved 2023-05-06
12. "Rain Rannu unveils new first look picture, details of his 'NFT-expanded' film, Free Money". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2023-05-06.