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

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

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

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Retrospective

Drama Foreign Language Cineworld The Chapel Period Comedy Retrospective Thriller Fantasy featured Biopic Coming of Age LGBTQ+ Q&A Art Event Family Musical Animation Documentary Melodrama Cheltenham Playhouse Japan Politics
  • VICTIMS OF SIN

    VICTIMS OF SIN

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    Date(s): SAT 18 Oct 6pm

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    Foreign Language, Melodrama, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel

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    Foreign Language, Melodrama, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel

    This classic from Mexico’s golden age is a feverish blend of melodrama, motherhood and mambo.

  • LOS OLVIDADOS

    LOS OLVIDADOS

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    Date(s): WEDS 22 Oct 6pm

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    Coming of Age, Drama, Foreign Language, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel, Thriller

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    Coming of Age, Drama, Foreign Language, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel, Thriller

    Celebrating its 75th anniversay, Luis Buñuel’s story of delinquent Mexico City street kids fuses stark realism with surrealist flourishes.

  • A BOUT DE SOUFFLE

    A BOUT DE SOUFFLE

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    Date(s): THURS 23 Oct 8.15pm

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    Drama, Foreign Language, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel, Thriller

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    Drama, Foreign Language, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel, Thriller

    A stolen car, a stolen kiss — and a film that stole cinema’s breath away.

  • LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS

    LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS

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    Date(s): FRi 24 Oct 6pm

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    Coming of Age, Drama, Foreign Language, Retrospective, The Chapel

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    Coming of Age, Drama, Foreign Language, Retrospective, The Chapel

    Truffaut’s New Wave classic is universally regarded as one of the all-time great coming-of-age movies.

  • HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR

    HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR

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    Date(s): SAT 25 Oct 6pm

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    Drama, Foreign Language, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel

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    Drama, Foreign Language, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel

    A French actress and a Japanese architect share a fleeting love affair in postwar Hiroshima.

  • FRIDA

    FRIDA

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    Date(s): SUN 19 Oct 1.45

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    Art, Biopic, Cheltenham Playhouse, Drama, LGBTQ+, Period, Q&A, Retrospective

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    Art, Biopic, Cheltenham Playhouse, Drama, LGBTQ+, Period, Q&A, Retrospective

    Join us for an inspiring film event celebrating the life and art of Frida Kahlo.

  • AFTER LIFE

    AFTER LIFE

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    Date(s): THURS 23 Oct 6pm

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    Drama, Fantasy, Foreign Language, Japan, Retrospective, The Chapel

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    Drama, Fantasy, Foreign Language, Japan, Retrospective, The Chapel

    If you could choose one memory to live in forever, what would it be?

  • BOLLYWOOD NIGHT: DEVDAS

    BOLLYWOOD NIGHT: DEVDAS

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    Date(s): TUES 21 Oct 7pm

    Tags

    Event, Melodrama, Musical, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel

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    Event, Melodrama, Musical, Period, Retrospective, The Chapel

    Celebrate Diwali with this landmark Bollywood film and some delicious Indian food.

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