Friendship, 2025. Written and Directed by Andrew DeYoung. Starring Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rick Worthy, Whitmer Thomas, Daniel London, Eric Rahill, Jacob Ming-Trent, Billy Bryk, Meredith Garretson, Ari Dalbert, Josh Segarra, Raphael Sbarge, Omar Torres, Jason Veasey, Jon Glaser, Carmen Christopher, Mike J Mills, Alex Webb, Juri Henley-Cohn, Desi Waters, […]
Cinecittà Italian Doc Fest 2025 Review – GEN_
Gen_, 2025. Directed by Gianluca Matarrese. Starring Dr. Maurizio Bini. SYNOPSIS: A maverick doctor at a Milan hospital champions fertility treatments and gender transitions, defying both government restrictions and corporate interests in a quest to help patients realise their true selves. Empathy is an essential resource for any doctor to tap into. Having the compassion […]
Cinecittà Italian Doc Fest 2025 Review – Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries
Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries, 2025. Directed by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Perenti. SYNOPSIS: An epic ‘encyclopaedia’ documentary telling the human story through three non-human subjects, animals, plants and stones. Running over three and a half hours and broken into three distinct parts with a helpful intermission, this haunting philosophical documentary can safely be described as epic. […]
Cinecittà Italian Doc Fest 2025 Review – The Castle
The Castle Directed by Danny Biancardi, Stefano La Rosa, Virginia Nardelli. SYNOPSIS: Angelo, Mary and Rosy are three youngsters who live in a run-down Palermo neighbourhood. An abandoned nursery in the heart of the district becomes a haven where they can let their imaginations run wild and escape the pressures of everyday life. The creators […]
Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Saint Damian
Saint Damian (San Damiano), 2024. Directed by Alejandro Cifuentes, Gregori Sassoli SYNOPSIS: Damian leaves Poland for Rome in search of a new life. With just 50 euros on him, he climbs a tower overlooking the homeless community around Termini station and dreams of music, love and fulfilment. It is said that many of us are […]
Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Paternal Leave
Paternal Leave, 2025. Directed by Alissa Jung. Starring Juli Grabenhenrich, Luca Marinelli, and Arturo Gabbriellini. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl travels to Italy’s northern coast in search of her biological father. After meeting, the two grapple with complex emotions and struggle to form a connection while staying true to their own identities. Alissa Jung’s debut film […]
Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Breakwater
Breakwater, 2025. Written and Directed by Max Morgan. Starring Shaun Paul McGrath, Daniel McNamee, Agnes Halliday, William Gao, Noah Radcliffe-Adams SYNOPSIS: A relationship is formed between a university student and a retired angler on the Suffolk coast. The impact of grief and its potential for clouding all aspects of life is sensitively examined in Max […]
Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Loner
Loner (2025) Directed by Charlie Robb, Douglas Tawn Starring Charlie Robb, Kat Johns-Burke SYNOPSIS: An aspiring vlogger goes on a wilderness retreat to a cabin in the woods, where he is held captive by an ancient, natural force. Charlie Robb’s Loner succeeds as a disarming and memorable feature, blending pitch-black humour, folk-horror influences and a […]
Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Thinestra
Thinestra, 2025. Directed by Nathan Hertz. Starring Melissa Macedo, Michelle Macedo, Mary Beth Barone, Annie Ngosi Ilonzeh, and Brian Huskey. SYNOPSIS: A young woman takes a slimming aid, and the weight she loses returns as a destructive doppelganger. At a time when everyone seems to be judged on how they look rather than how they […]
Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Dream!
Dream!, 2025. Directed by Paul Spurrier. Starring Amata Masmalai, Vithaya Pansringarm, Chomphupak Poonpol, Adam Kaokept, and Sahajak Boonthanakit SYNOPSIS: A newly orphaned youngter sets out on a lone quest to find a new home and family. Her journey takes her on many adventures across Thailand. There are undoubtedly many questions I never thought I’d […]
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