Cheltenham International Film Festival 2026

View other Cheltenham International Film Festival Films by strand: AI: Fact and Fiction , Cult , Discovery , Eastern Promise

Tender Loving Care Tender Loving Care
Tender Loving Care and Ink
La Bola Negra (Country: Spain, France; Year: 2026; Director: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo; Writer: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo; Stars: Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close, Lorenzo Zurzolo)
Drama exploring the inter-connected lives of three gay men.
Clarissa (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri; Writer: Chuko Esiri; Stars: Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Ria Amarteifio, Ayo Edebiri, Toheeb Jimoh, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jude Akuwudike, Kehinde Cardoso, Ogranya, Danny Sapani, Fortune Nwafor, Modesinuola Ogundiwin, Joy Sunday, Chioma Omeruah, Joke Silva)
A modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
The Debut (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Jesse Eisenberg; Writer: Jesse Eisenberg; Stars: Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Halle Bailey, Havana Rose Liu, Jesse Eisenberg, Cara Buono, Bernadette Peters, Lilli Cooper, Colton Ryan, Maulik Pancholy, Eldar Isgandarov, Bonnie Milligan, Patrick Fabian, Danny McCarthy)
A shy housewife is unexpectedly cast in a local am-dram original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role.
Elsinore (Country: Italy, UK, US; Year: 2026; Director: Simon Stone; Writer: Stephen Beresford; Stars: Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman, Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, Peter Mullan, Monica Dolan, Juliet Stevenson, Joe Locke, Adeel Akhtar, Matthew Beard, David Dawson, Kadiff Kirwan, Dickie Beau, John Hollingworth)
Account of Ian Charleson’s life, capturing the moment when he faced his own mortality as he prepared to play Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre.
Fjord (Country: Romania, France, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden; Year: 2026; Director: Cristian Mungiu; Writer: Cristian Mungiu; Stars: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Giulia Nahmany, Ingvild Lien, Turid Vatne, Alin Panc, Emilie Hetland, Sofie Vartdal)
Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, move from Romania to Norway with their children to be closer to Lisbet’s family. But tension mounts when one of the children arrives at school with bruises.
The Debut The Debut
The Debut and Fjord
Ink (Country: 2026; Year: 2026; Director: Danny Boyle; Writer: James Graham; Stars: Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy)
Drama charting Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of The Sun newspaper and its upturning of the landscape under editor Larry Lamb in 1969.
A Talent For Murder (Country: UK, Italy; Year: 2020; Director: Anton Corbijn; Writer: Joanna Murray-Smith; Stars: Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke)
A strange confrontation between a youthful literary agent and author Patricia Highsmith.
Tender Loving Care (Country: UK, US, Singapore; Year: 2026; Director: Mike Leigh; Writer: Mike Leigh; Stars: Kate O'Flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson)
In contemporary London, social workers Amy and Rosie navigate the stressors and joys of life together, be that work, family or messy dating lives.
Violette (Country: France, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sergio Castellitto, Dominique Pinon, Melville Poupaud)
A police officer becomes intrigued by the woman who tends the local cemetery, and he begins to uncover secrets about her past.
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

Scottish Queer International Film Festival

NewFest

London Film Festival
The UK capital's showcase of film

Grimmfest

New York Film Festival
New York's festival celebrating some of the key films of the year

In the Archive


Archive of festival coverage

News, features and reviews from 2005-2026

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.