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Cinecittà Italian Doc Fest 2025 Review – GEN_

June 29, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

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Cinecittà Italian Doc Fest 2025 Review – Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

June 29, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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. […]

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Cinecittà Italian Doc Fest 2025 Review – The Castle

June 28, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Cinecittà Italian Doc Fest, Danny Biancardi, Stefano La Rosa, The Castle, Virginia Nardelli

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Saint Damian

June 26, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Raindance 2025, Raindance Film Festival, Saint Damian, San Damiano

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Paternal Leave

June 25, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Alissa Jung, Arturo Gabbriellini, Juli Grabenhenrich, Luca Marinelli, Raindance 2025, Raindance Film Festival

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Breakwater

June 24, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Agnes Halliday, Daniel McNamee, Noah Radcliffe-Adams, Raindance 2025, Raindance Film Festival, Shaun Paul McGrath, William Gao

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Loner

June 24, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Charlie Robb, Kat Johns-Burke, Raindance 2025, Raindance Film Festival

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Thinestra

June 23, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk, Top Stories Tagged With: Annie Ngosi Ilonzeh, Brian Huskey, Mary Beth Barone, Melissa Macedo, Michelle Macedo, Nathan Hertz, Raindance 2025, Raindance Film Festival

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Dream!

June 23, 2025 by Robert W Monk

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 […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Adam Kaokept, Amata Masmalai, Chomphupak Poonpol, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm

Raindance Film Festival 2025 Review – Row

June 22, 2025 by Robert W Monk

Row, 2025. Directed by Matthew Losasso. Starring Bella Dayne, Sophie Skelton, Akshay Khanna, Mark Strephan, Nick Staugen, Jenna Quinn SYNOPSIS: A woman washes ashore on a blood-stained rowing boat. With disjointed memories of what took place and all her crewmates missing, she must try to remember what happened to prove her innocence. Row is an […]

Filed Under: Festivals, Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Akshay Khanna, Bella Dayne, Jenna Quinn, Mark Strephan, Nick Staugen, Raindance 2025, Raindance Film Festival, Sophie Skelton

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