Best Film
Our shortlist for Best Film – selected by a film festival panel…
Opening Night Film
Find out which Special Guests are joining us in-person this year to talk about their work…
Talking Movies
Find out which Special Guests are joining us in-person this year to talk about their work…
Country Focus: South Korea
We are excited to screen some of the best of contemporary South Korean cinema as our Country of Focus this year…
Sound and Vision
We celebrate the anniversaries of these phenomenal musician-led films…
You’re Having a Laugh
New to the film festival is this strand dedicated to comedy…
A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things: Showing #1
Saturday 14th
14:00
CIFF: Short Films Selection, 2024
Thursday 19th
14:45
Festival Focus 2024: South Korea
The Country in focus for our 2024 Festival is: South Korea For the 2024 edition of Cheltenham International Film Festival, we are excited to make Korea our country of focus. South Korean cinema is perhaps the most vibrant film industry in the world at the moment and, while Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite, Mother, The Host) and Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Decision to Leave) might have garnered most attention for their…
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…