CIFF 2023: Round Up
Cheltenham International Film Festival celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2023… Cheltenham International Film Festival celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2023. Festival No.5 was our most successful to date in terms of creative accomplishments, audience participation, public awareness. One of the proudest accomplishments was the launch of our CineYouth programme, drawing in and reaching out to youth across town with a programme of film screenings and events. It is now fair…
CineYouth at CIFF 2023
CineYouth Launched on several fronts… CineYouth launched on several fronts. We selected a programme of short films from young filmmakers and edited them into one feature length screening called “On The Dark Side” at The Everyman. Demand was such that we quickly had to programme a second screening on the same day attended by students from the University of Gloucestershire. Feedback from the young attendees was very positive. It is…
CHELTENHAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WELCOMES BIG NAMES
Cheltenham International Film Festival marks its fifth anniversary, moving to new dates 15-24 September and new home at Cineworld, premiering, previewing and screening films new and classic. Among a list of guests attending the festival this year are Sir Stephen Frears, Ken Loach, Timothy Spall, Carol Morley, Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Fanny Ardant and cast of the new BBC television drama, Boiling Point. Opening film on 15 September is Typist Artist Pirate…
Special Events Line Up
CHELTENHAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 15 – 24 SEPTEMBER 2023 Sir Stephen Frears – A Director’s Tribute Inaugural recipient of the CIFF Director Tribute is Sir Stephen Frears, who we welcome to the film festival on 23 September. The Tribute includes a retrospective of Stephen’s work, an in conversation with broadcaster/journalist, Matthew Sweet, followed by an award ceremony to recognise the director’s contribution to the legacy of great cinema with films like My…
Chair of BAFTA, Sara Putt, leads jury at Cheltenham International Film Festival
Incoming Chair of BAFTA, Sara Putt, will lead the BEST FILM competition jury at Cheltenham International Film Festival 2023. BEST FILM is open only to directors with one or two films on their C.V. Joining Sara on the panel, among others, are: Tom Berkeley, director of An Irish Goodbye which scored a double earlier this year, winning BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT at the Oscars (2023) and a BAFTA for BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM (2023), and Jonathan Dean, senior…
TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING
Fri 15th Sept – 7:15pm. Opening Film
NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED
Sat 16th Sept – 6:30pm