SAVE THE DATE Cheltenham Film Festival: Friday 30 October To Sunday 8 November 2026.

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Programme

Showing programmes tagged “Childhood” Clear filter

Eastern Promise

The Idol

3 November 2026 19:00 St Luke's 100 min

A young singer from Gaza risks everything to audition for Arab Idol in this uplifting true story about music, friendship and following a dream against the odds.

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Eastern Promise

Where is The Friend's House

5 November 2026 19:00 St Luke's 83 min

A young boy sets off across the hills of rural Iran to return a school notebook he has taken by mistake in Abbas Kiarostami’s enchanting and deceptively simple world cinema classic.

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