Daniel Monks

In the Room Where He Waits

Tobin Wade, a young queer theatre actor poised to perform in his Broadway breakthrough role as Tom Wingfield in 'The Glass Menagerie', must return to his Australian hometown after the breakdown of his long term relationship, and the very sudden death of his father. Stuck in a hotel room before the funeral, Tobin begins to unravel, not ready to confront a past long-left behind. When Tobin begins to notice strange and sinister occurrences in his room he realises he's not in there alone, and, unable to leave, he has no choice but to face whoever or whatever is in this room with him.

Ricky Stanicky

When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the trio still uses the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. But when their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio decide to hire a washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator to bring him to life.

Sissy

Cecilia is a successful social media influencer living the dream, until she runs into her ex-childhood best friend and is invited away on her bachelorette weekend. Suddenly, Sissy finds herself stuck in a remote cabin with her school bully... and a taste for revenge.

Broken

In this superb, understated film, writer-actor Daniel Monks (Pulse, SFF 2017) plays a gay man unsure if it’s his partner or his disability causing their relationship to fail.

Pulse

A gay disabled teenage boy changes into the body of a beautiful woman, so that he can be loved.

Marrow

A daring, exciting and poignant film about desire and sexuality. Daniel Monks strips for the camera.