Incoming Chair of BAFTA, Sara Putt, to lead jury at Cheltenham International Film Festival          

BAFTA & Oscar 2023 winner – Tom Berkeley – joins the panel 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…

An Afternoon with Dame Judi

Cheltenham International Film Festival IV is pleased to welcome Dame Judi Dench to Cheltenham during which we shall Celebrate her career as one of Britain’s finest actresses. The highlight is “An Afternoon with Dame Judi” before a live audience, in conversation with Jonathan Dean of Sunday Times Culture Magazine.  Throughout the film festival, we shall celebrate some of Dame Judi’s most memorable performances, screening and streaming films which have become…

A Special Focus on Ukraine

Every year, Cheltenham International Film Festival selects one country for our “Country in Focus” strand of the festival. This year, we could not miss the opportunity to recognise Ukrainian films and filmmakers – to shine a light on a country which for too long has been under the radar.  Among the films we plan from Ukraine are: Reflection, Olga, Rhino and Stop-Zemelia.  Rhino was co-produced by Dariusz Jablonski who will…