{"id":58144,"date":"2026-10-20T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?post_type=film&p=58144"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:46:34","slug":"rain-catcher","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/film\/rain-catcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain Catcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Michele Fiascaris
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Nelle notti buie e piovose, Miles si aggira per le strade di Londra, fotografando gli angoli nascosti della citt\u00e0 e le strane persone che li popolano. I risultati di queste incursioni voyeuristiche, pubblicati con lo pseudonimo di Rain Catcher, riscuotono grande successo sui social network e negli ambienti dell’alta cultura. Col tempo, per\u00f2, Miles inizia a vedere la stessa donna misteriosa nelle sue fotografie: una donna che lo segue ovunque e che lentamente inizia a minacciare il suo lavoro e la sua stessa esistenza. Sprofondate nella paranoia da stalker di Miles, un viaggio infernale in cui la realt\u00e0 viene svelata un passo alla volta.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On dark rainy nights, Miles creeps the streets of London, photographing the city’s hidden corners and the strange people that populate them. The products of these voyeuristic forays published under the pseudonym Rain Catcher earns great renown on social networks and among high culture. With time, however, he starts to notice the same mysterious woman in his photographs \u2013 a woman who follows his every move and slowly begins to threaten his work and very existence. Immerse yourself into Miles\u2019 stalker paranoia, an infernal journey where he uncovers reality one step at a time.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00ab<\/span>Rain Catcher<\/span><\/i> nasce da uno strano video in cui io e il mio co-sceneggiatore ci siamo imbattuti online. Nel video, un operatore riprende una folla da lontano con un teleobiettivo, per poi rendersi conto che, per tutto il tempo, uno strano individuo lo sta fissando. Poi, all\u2019improvviso, questa figura inizia a muoversi verso la telecamera \u2013 velocemente, con passo deciso \u2013 riducendo la distanza a tal punto da costringere l’operatore a scappare.
<\/span>Ricordo di essere rimasto colpito dalla semplicit\u00e0 e al tempo stesso dalla profonda inquietudine del video. Ci\u00f2 che mi \u00e8 rimasto pi\u00f9 impresso \u00e8 stata l’inversione dei ruoli al suo interno: il voyeur che diventa l’osservato. <\/span>Rain Catcher <\/span><\/i>si basa su questo rovesciamento.
<\/span>Il film esplora temi che hanno una profonda eco ancora oggi. Dopotutto, chi durante il lockdown non ha sbirciato almeno una volta la finestra del vicino? Tutti noi abbiamo un voyeur dentro di noi, quando scorriamo i profili di familiari, amici e colleghi su Facebook o Instagram. I social media non sono forse una forma legalizzata di voyeurismo?
<\/span>Ma l’altra faccia della medaglia \u00e8 pi\u00f9 difficile da ignorare: siamo anche costantemente osservati. Se non \u00e8 una telecamera di sorveglianza, \u00e8 l’obiettivo onnipresente di un cellulare. Questa tensione \u2013 tra osservare ed essere osservati \u2013 \u00e8 diventata centrale nel mondo del film. Miles, il Rain Catcher in persona, incarna entrambi i lati di questa dinamica. \u00c8 qualcuno che passa da carnefice a vittima in un gioco inquietante, intrappolato in un meccanismo che non pu\u00f2 controllare.
<\/span>Volevo anche che il film riflettesse un senso pi\u00f9 ampio di isolamento e alienazione della vita urbana contemporanea. La Londra che vediamo qui \u00e8 una citt\u00e0 in cui il pericolo pu\u00f2 emergere da qualcosa cos\u00ec fugace come un contatto visivo, e dove persino la presunta oggettivit\u00e0 di una telecamera fatica a distinguere la verit\u00e0 dall’illusione.<\/span>\u00bb
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\u00ab<\/span>The idea for <\/span>Rain Catcher<\/span><\/i> began with a bizarre video my co-writer and I stumbled across online. In it, a camera operator films a crowd from afar with a telephoto lens, only to realise that one strange individual has been staring directly at him the entire time. Then, suddenly, this figure starts moving toward the camera – fast, deliberate – closing the distance until the operator is forced to run.
<\/span>I remember being struck by how simple yet deeply unsettling it was. What stayed with me most was the inversion at its core: the voyeur becoming observed. That reversal became the foundation of <\/span>Rain Catcher<\/span><\/i>.
<\/span>At its core, the film explores themes that feel deeply resonant today. After all, who during lockdown hasn\u2019t at least once peeked into the neighbours\u2019 window? We all have a voyeur inside of us, when we scroll down the profile feeds of our family, friends and colleagues on Facebook or Instagram. Isn\u2019t social media just a legalised form of voyeurism?\u00a0
<\/span>But the other side of that coin is harder to ignore: we are also constantly being watched. If it\u2019s not CCTV, it\u2019s the ever-present lens of a mobile phone. That tension – between watching and being watched – became central to the world of the film. Miles, the Rain Catcher himself, embodies both sides of this dynamic. He\u2019s someone who shifts from perpetrator to victim within this unsettling game, caught in a cycle he can\u2019t control.
<\/span>I also wanted the film to reflect a broader sense of isolation and alienation in contemporary urban life. The London we see here is one where danger can emerge from something as fleeting as eye contact, and where even the supposed objectivity of a camera struggles to separate truth from illusion.<\/span>\u00bb
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Sceneggiatura \/ Screenplay
Filippo Polesel, Michele Fiascaris<\/strong><\/p>

Fotografia \/ Cinematography
Evgeny Sinelnikov\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Montaggio \/ Editing
Mike Pike<\/strong><\/p>

Suono \/ Sound
Adam Hurley<\/strong><\/p>

Musica \/ Music
AEPH<\/strong><\/p>

Effetti Speciali \/ Special Effects
Graham Povey<\/strong><\/p>

Interpreti \/ Cast
Dudley O’Shaughnessy, Jessie Mei Li, Kate Dickie, Iris Law<\/strong><\/p>

Produttori \/ Producers
Julien Loeffler, James Kermack, Filippo Polesel\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Produzione \/ Productions
Yellow Pill, Featuristic Films\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

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Michele Fiascaris<\/strong>
<\/span>Michele Fiascaris \u00e8 uno sceneggiatore e regista pluripremiato. Nato e cresciuto in Italia, si \u00e8 laureato alla London Film Academy. Ha scritto e diretto numerosi cortometraggi, spot pubblicitari e documentari. Le sue opere sono state distribuite da piattaforme come Disney+, HBO, Amazon Prime Video e A&E. Il suo cortometraggio thriller <\/span>Rain Catcher<\/span><\/i> \u00e8 stato presentato in anteprima al Sitges Film Festival ed \u00e8 stato selezionato da diversi festival qualificanti per gli Oscar e i BAFTA. Il film ha vinto il prestigioso premio M\u00e9li\u00e8s d’Argent ed \u00e8 stato candidato al M\u00e9li\u00e8s d’or come miglior cortometraggio europeo di genere fantastico del 2020. Ha recentemente completato la versione lungometraggio di <\/span>Rain Catcher<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Michele Fiascaris<\/strong>
<\/span>Michele Fiascaris is an award-winning writer-director. Born and raised in Italy, he is a London <\/span>Film Academy graduate. He has written and directed numerous short films, commercials,\u00a0 documentaries. His works have been distributed by networks such as Disney+, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, and A&E.\u00a0 His thriller short film <\/span>Rain Catcher<\/span><\/i> premiered at the Sitges Film Festival and was selected by several Oscar and BAFTA-Qualifying festivals. The film won the prestigious ‘Melies d\u2019Argent’ award and was nominated for the ‘Golden Melies’ for Best European Short of Fantastic Genre of 2020. He recently completed the feature version of <\/span>Rain Catcher<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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