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The 2026 Cheltenham International Film Festival includes a spcific focus on AI, and presents lighthearted family entertainment alongside a dedicated strand on cult films.
The festival runs from 30 October to 8 November.
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Cheltenham Latest Reviews
A quarrel over a parking space pulls a couple into an unexpected confrontation with a stranger.
Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, move from Romania to Norway with their children to be closer to Lisbet’s family. But tension mounts when one of the children arrives at school with bruises.
After a Palestinian teen confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to that fateful moment, starting with his grandfather’s forced displacement.
A story of friendship, love, and letting go. And a 7ft tall robot that eats cabbages. A comedy shot in documentary format.
A writer hooks up with a thief in a tale of cross and double-cross.
Special two-disc edition of David Lynch's psychedelic dream.
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