RAIN CATCHER

Press Screening: SUN, 5.7.2026 | 18:00 | Cinema C
World Premiere: MON, 6.7.2026 | 16:00 | Karlovy Vary Theatre
Screenings: www.kviff.com

109 Min. / United Kingdom 2026 / feature

Trailer:

Director Michele Fiascaris, main actor Dudley O’Shaughnessy, and main actress Jessie Mei Li are available for interviews.

The psychological thriller RAIN CATCHER by writer-director Michele Fiascaris is world premiering in the Proxima Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2026. The debut feature expands on the acclaimed short film of the same name, which was distributed across Europe by Disney+ and HBO. The story follows a voyeuristic photographer who exploits the lives of others through his lens, until a mysterious woman emerges from the shadows and turns the tables on him.

RAIN CATCHER explores the tension between voyeurism and surveillance in contemporary life. Set within a rain-soaked, neon-lit London and centered on Miles, a man caught between perpetrator and victim, the film examines guilt, accountability, and the blurred boundaries between justice and revenge. Drawing on neo-noir influences and the striking architecture of the Barbican Estate, RAIN CATCHER is both a psychological thriller and a reflection on a world in which we are all, in one way or another, watching and being watched.

The film features a banner cast: Dudley O’Shaughnessy (Netflix hit series Top Boy), Jessie Mei Li (lead of Netflix series Shadow and Bone, Havoc), two-time BAFTA winner Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones, The Witch, The Day of the Jackal), Lorenzo Richelmy (lead of Netflix series Marco Polo), and Iris Law (Danny Boyle’s Pistol).

SYNOPSIS
In a rainy, nocturnal London, underground photographer Miles obsessively captures unforgiving, morbid portraits of unaware strangers. When he’s not selling them, he shares them anonymously online as “Rain Catcher.” But soon he notices something unsettling in his photos: a mysterious woman watching him and photographing him – turning the lens back on Miles. As her gaze closes in, his world fractures – his work is sabotaged, his name defamed, his loved ones endangered. Consumed by paranoia, he spirals into a dark, delirious obsession to uncover the truth behind her motives.

Michele Fiascaris, born and raised in Italy, is a London Film Academy graduate. He has written and directed numerous short films, commercials, documentaries which have been distributed by networks such as Disney+, HBO, Amazon Prime Video, and A&E. Michele has directed content for Netflix, BBC, and BAFTA TV, as well as for numerous international brands such as Nike, Adidas, FIAT, and organizations including the United Nations. His thriller short film Rain Catcher premiered at the Sitges Film Festival and was selected by several Oscar® and BAFTA-qualifying festivals. The film won the prestigious ‚Melies d’Argent‘ award and was nominated for the ‚Golden Melies‘ for Best European Short of Fantastic Genre of 2020. The short has been acquired for distribution by Disney+ for the UK and all European territories, and by HBO Europe for Central and Eastern Europe. The RAIN CATCHER feature film script, which he co-wrote, was selected as one of the top 12 finalists by Netflix and Creative UK for the ‚Breakout‘ genre development programme. The project won the Sitges FanPitch 2022 and was included in the top7 UK scripts of 2023 by Filmmarket Hub.

RAIN CATCHER is produced by Yellow Pill and Featuristic Films.
Supported by the UK Global Screen Fund.

Directed by Michele Fiascaris
Written by Filippo Polesel, Michele Fiascaris
Story Filippo Polesel, Michele Fiascaris, Alba Moyano
Producers Filippo Polesel, Julien Loeffler, James Kermack
Executive Producers Henrik Källsson, David Grendron, Ali Jazayeri, Keith Kehoe
Cinematographer Evgeny Sinelnikov
Editor Mike Pike
Costume Designer Justine Arbuthnot
Casting Director Gary Davy CDG, CSA
Music AEPH
Production Designer Daniel Vincent

Production Company:
Yellow Pill Films
Filippo Polesel
www.yellowpill.co.uk

World Sales:
Vorteks
A Cercamon Label
David Kwok
david@cercamon.biz
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Stills: © Yellow Pill Films