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Cheltenham International Film Festival 2026

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All That’s Left Of You All That’s Left Of You
All That’s Left Of You and The Idol
All That’s Left Of You (Ally Baqi Mink) (Country: Cyprus, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Cherien Dabis; Writer: Cherien Dabis; Stars: Saleh Bakri, Cherien Dabis, Mohammad Bakri, Adam Bakri, Maria Zreik, Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Sanad Alkabareti, Salah El Din)
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.
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Flying Paper (Country: Palestinian Territories; Year: 2014; Director: Nitin Sawhney, Roger Hill)
Palestinian children in Gaza take to the skies in this uplifting documentary about kites, friendship and an extraordinary attempt to break a world record.
Gabbeh (Country: Iran; Year: 1996; Director: Moshen Makhmalbaf; Stars: Rogheih Moharami, Hossein Moharami, Shaghayeh Djodat)
A nomad woman dreams of the day when she can matty the man she loves, who has been rejected as a suitor by her family but follows it on horseback.
The Idol (Ya Tayr El Tayer) (Country: Occupied Palestinian Territory; Year: 2015; Director: Hany Abu-Assad; Writer: Hany Abu-Assad, Annemarie Jacir, Sameh Zoabi; Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Ahmed Al Rokh, Hiba Attalah, Kais Attalah, Abdel Kareem Barakeh, Nadine Labaki, Ahmad Qasem, Saber Shreim)
The story of Mohammad Assaf – Gazan winner of Arab Idol.
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