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Hello!!

The 9th Rainbow Umbrella Film Festival this will be on 15th, 16th & 17th January 2026. RUFF has been set up to encourage actors and film makers from the LGBTQ community to have a platform to express their hopes, fears, desires and experiences and share them with new audiences. 

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Rainbow Umbrella film Festival 2026 Schedule

15th January

15th January

15th January

The Last Story on Earth (Dir: Aaron Immediato, USA). Facing angry protesters, a determined drag queen does her best to finish a fairy tale reading at the local library. But when an alien invasion upends Earth’s existence, the queen encounters new challenges that carry terrifying outcomes for humanity.


Diamonds on Plastic (dir: Philip Cairn

The Last Story on Earth (Dir: Aaron Immediato, USA). Facing angry protesters, a determined drag queen does her best to finish a fairy tale reading at the local library. But when an alien invasion upends Earth’s existence, the queen encounters new challenges that carry terrifying outcomes for humanity.


Diamonds on Plastic (dir: Philip Cairns, Canada)


Dinner for Six (Dir: Isabela Lisboa, Brazil). Duda is a young lesbian who collects breakups. She is determined to make her next relationship work and decides to invite all her ex-girlfriends and her best friend to dinner. As soon as the guests arrive, secrets and surprises are brought to the table.


Poppy (Dir: Morena Sarzo, Italy).
The lifespan of a poppy is fleeting. Similarly, romantic love is sometimes just as brief before it loses its allure. Two women share a fragile, intense bond, strained by silence and doubt. When one hesitates, the delicate balance begins to fracture.


VENUE: Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Road

London

N1 2NA


BOOK TICKETS HERE

16th January

15th January

15th January

Ramblings of a Middle-Aged Drag Queen (Dir: Aharon Jinjihashvili, Canada). A prying journalism student interviews a world-wearied drag queen about her life and career.


Man Cured (Dir: Kyle Heiner, Johan T. Anderson, USA). Lucas—an insecure, in-the-closet 22 year old—is stuck babysitting for a well off Brooklyn family to get by. On any othe

Ramblings of a Middle-Aged Drag Queen (Dir: Aharon Jinjihashvili, Canada). A prying journalism student interviews a world-wearied drag queen about her life and career.


Man Cured (Dir: Kyle Heiner, Johan T. Anderson, USA). Lucas—an insecure, in-the-closet 22 year old—is stuck babysitting for a well off Brooklyn family to get by. On any other Friday evening, he arrives to watch Freud, a precocious 7 year old. Only there’s one problem: a new babysitter, Frankie, is already there. What happens as a chance occurrence between two young men spirals into a weekend of self-discovery and acceptance. Being bold doesn’t always mean being loud.


All of us at River’s End (Dir: Nick Elson, Australia). Lucas and friends reunite on the anniversary of their friend’s passing. As tensions run high through liquor and blame, they all tear at the seams.


At Lucy’s Last Night (Dir: Ethan Roberts, USA). The morning after hooking up, two recent college grads wrestle with their feelings for each other while a strange and inexplicable phenomenon creeps up in the background.


VENUE: Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Road

London

N1 2NA


BOOK TICKETS HERE

17th January

15th January

17th January

The Last Take (Dir: Brian Foster, USA). Facing the end, a movie star from the golden age of Hollywood must reconcile with the only man he ever loved.


The Blame Silence (dir: Israel Cordova, Brazil). After his father’s death, Mauro, a rural farmer, finds himself facing a freedom he never dared to live. Caught between guilt and desire, he co

The Last Take (Dir: Brian Foster, USA). Facing the end, a movie star from the golden age of Hollywood must reconcile with the only man he ever loved.


The Blame Silence (dir: Israel Cordova, Brazil). After his father’s death, Mauro, a rural farmer, finds himself facing a freedom he never dared to live. Caught between guilt and desire, he confronts his fears to finally embrace who he truly is.


“The Last Sleep” (Dir: Federica Bertellotti, Italy). Landon, a young nobleman, fails to meet his father’s expectations due to his homosexuality. The man cruelly torments him in an attempt to change him, ultimately driving him to suicide.
However, Landon had concealed an intimate and profound love with a vampire, who now refuses to accept his loss and seeks revenge against his tormentor.


Stimulants & Empathogens (Dir: Mateusz Pacewicz, Poland). Antek (18), a a closeted teenage gay from a wealthy family, invites a drug dealer – Kuba (18) – he has a hopeless crush on – to his villa under the pretext of another drug transaction. However, he does not know that Kuba has a mission that he received from his superiors – his Father and his Brother. The dealer’s family suspects that Antek resells their mephedrone at a profit at his school, so Kuba is supposed to investigate the situation. The story begins as a romantic comedy of errors, turns into a social satire to end, after various adventures, with an emotional plot twist.


VENUE: Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Road

London

N1 2NA


BOOK TICKETS HERE

About RUFF

Festival Director

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Mark has been with Unrestricted View for many years. An  experienced actor, Mark also is Festival Director for Rainbow Umbrella  Film Festival.

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

James Wren is a Writer/actor/producer and has produced 3 feature films and 7 short films. He set up UVFF in 2016 and has been Festival Director from the outset.

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Felicity Wren formed Unrestricted View with James Wren in 1997 and UV became the resident theatre company at The Hen & Chickens Theatre in 1999 and remains so to this day. Felicity is also the Vice President of  the International Screenwriter's Association and is based in LA.

Festival Producer

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

Executive Producer

Boo joined the Unrestricted View Film Festival team in 2023. With a background in independent film, live performance, and community engagement, Boo brings a particular focus on inclusive programming and accessibility. She is also a multi-award-winning actor, voice coach, and former PhD researcher in queer theory and socio-political philosophy.

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

The Spiritual home of UVFF. This gorgeous fringe theatre has been  run by Unrestricted View since 1999 and is the hub for the festival.

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