Raindance Film Festival presents the European premiere + Q&A with lead Nigel DeFriez and producer Maria Krovatin.

An improvised feature shot mid-pandemic; Wake Up Leonard is a feel-good movie about feeling bad. Exploring themes of mental health, queer love, and self-acceptance, this painfully funny story of a broken-hearted seeker’s quest for wellness begs the question - is it really a wonderful life?

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Raindance Film Festival, the UK’s leading indie film festival, and this year’s edition will be a celebration of 30 years of independent film in the UK. Running 26 October – 5 November, Raindance will revisit some of the most pivotal films from its archive in a series of special screenings. Raindance will also look towards the next 30 years with a programme of fresh, relevant, and radical world premieres as well as a selection of must-see titles cherry-picked from the international film festival circuit.