Cheltenham International Film Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2023 with a programme of special events, new festival themes and celebrity guests. This year we include a Spanish Country Focus with a fiesta of Spanish films food and drink. We are grateful to Simon Pegg for lending us his name and reputation to become the festival's Honorary Patron. Since launch, the festival has screened and streamed the best of international cinema to audiences in Cheltenham and around the country, and welcomed celebrated names including Mike Leigh, Steven Berkoff, Stephen Frears and Dame Judi Dench. We now stand alongside Cheltenham's other prestigious arts festivals adding value to Cheltenham 'The Festival Town'. As a charity, we rely on friends for support and invite you to become a Friend.