Cheltenham International Film Festival (CIFF) is a non-profit charity celebrating global cinema and the art of filmmaking. The festival brings the finest independent films to the community, hosts live events with emerging filmmakers, acclaimed directors and celebrated actors; and engages with young people from diverse backgrounds through its CineYouth, programme

CIFF has showcased hundreds of films – features, documentaries shorts - and has organised masterclasses, workshops, and discussions to connect our audience with the culture of cinema and to inspire young people to take an interest in the art of film.  More than just a film festival, CIFF embraces the moving image in different formats; last year introducing television. This year, the festival launched a comedy strand and next year is set to include music – with the aim to link film with other art forms.

With guests like Dame Judi Dench, Timothy Spall, Steven Berkoff, Ken Loach, Sir Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, Simon Pegg plus a new wave of filmmaker, especially women like Nora Fingscheidt, Alice Lowe and international directors like Oscar-nominated, Jan Komasa, CIFF is becoming one of the UK’s most respected film festivals sitting alongside other arts festivals for which the town is known – Literature, Music and Jazz.