Now rebranded as FilmChelt, a nonprofit organisation, this festival continues to collect some of the best films on the international festival circuit for its home audience.

The festival runs from 18 to 26 October.

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Cheltenham Latest Reviews

The Choral
The Choral
A Yorkshire village’s choral society finds its ranks depleted as men head off to war... leaving it forced to change its rules.
Palestine 36
Palestine 36
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
La Grazia
La Grazia
A president faces choices in his final months in office.
Sentimental Value
Sentimental Value
In the wake of their mother's death, two sisters grapple with their relationship with their filmmaker father as he tries to involve one of them in his latest project.
DJ Ahmet
DJ Ahmet
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia find refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and first love.
It Was Just an Accident
It Was Just an Accident
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.
Cielo
Cielo
How far would you go to reach heaven? Santa, a young indigenous girl, embarks on a rollercoaster journey to take her mother out of a life of hardship and into eternal paradise.
Colours of Time
Colours of Time
After a group of distant relatives inherit a house, they begin to investigate the life of their predecessor.
Sirât
Sirât
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague
This is the story of Godard making Breathless, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made Breathless.
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Cheltenham International Film Festival Features

The beauty of doubt
Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
'I didn't make this film myself. The Islamic Republic made it by putting me in prison'
Jafar Panahi on the inspiration for It Was Just An Accident
'I admit it was crazy idea, but then film people are crazy'
Richard Linklater on chronicling the creation of Godard's Breathless in Nouvelle Vague
Pierre Rissient on Breathless
One of cinema's most influential figures contemplates the re-release of the Godard classic.
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