Sat 21 Feb
12:00pm

The impact of Thomas the Tank Engine. You call him a train: they call him a friend.

Deadline to register: Weds 25 Feb

Make a film lasting 90 seconds in just five days!

Fri 27 Feb
7:30pm

Chloe Zhao directs a true story about a rodeo cowboy finding his purpose after an accident.

Sat 28 Feb
9:30am

Video production workshop for beginners and intermediates.

Sat 28 Feb
12:00pm/1:30pm/3:00pm

A selection of surprising and innovative immersive films using VR technology.

Sat 28 Feb
1:00pm

A road movie about teenage friends seeking freedom…

Sat 28 Feb
2:30pm

A relaxed screening of this modern classic programmed by Allsorts.

Sat 28 Feb
5:00pm

The story of a garment that made British fashion history.

Sat 28 Feb
7:30pm

Ukrainian feminist, Inna Shevchenko, asks the question can feminism and religion coexist?

Sat 28 Feb
7:30pm

After a Palestinian teen confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to that fateful moment.

Sat 28 Feb
9:30pm

Where cinema and sound meet…

Sun 1 Mar
10:00am

Visual storytelling for 14-18 year olds.

Sun 1 Mar
11:00am & 2:00pm

A meditational immersive event. Drawing/making marks freely in response to artists’ films and music.

Sun 1 Mar
12:00pm

Pip Heywood returns to Stroud Film Festival with a new take on his meditative landscape films.

Sun 1 Mar
3:00pm

Film, craft and communal conversation on grief rooted in the Luddenden Valley.

Sun 1 Mar
4:30pm

A meta-fictional journey through the ideas and concepts of the late critical theorist Mark Fisher.

Sun 1 Mar
7:30pm

The clientele of a rundown Soviet-era health resort search for love, health and happiness in war-torn Ukraine.

Mon 2 Mar
6:00pm

An anthology of our stories of resistance.

Tues 3 Mar
6:30pm

Short film screening & industry focussed networking.

Tues 3 Mar
8:00pm

A woman working in remote North India, inherits her late husband’s job after he is killed in a riot.

Wed 4 Mar
7:00pm

Blueprints for how business can drive positive change for people and planet.

Wed 4 Mar
8:00pm

An electrifying rule-breaking trailblazer which revolutionised cinema.

Thu 5 Mar
6:00pm

The stories of girls who participated in the high school movement that occupied schools and streets fighting against a school reorganisation project.

Fri 6 Mar
7:30pm

Part of a mini Hepburn season: the 1953 film that catapulted Audrey Hepburn to stardom.

Fri 6 Mar
7:30pm

A collection of tasty short films from the youth of Stroud.

Sat 7 Mar
12:00pm

A selection of short films which touch on community and nature.

Sat 7 Mar
2:00pm

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking to make good on life.

Sat 7 Mar
2:30pm

A programme of films exploring ancient building traditions, followed by Q&A with the film-makers.

Sat 7 Mar
5:00pm

Folkestone: is community still possible in Britain?

Sat 7 Mar
6:00pm

Five short films celebrating letterpress print, featuring regional and nationally based printers.

Sat 7 Mar
7:30pm

Our Land dares to tread where few have trespassed before.

Sun 8 Mar
11:00am

A documentary exploring the craft, skill and beauty found in a seemingly ordinary farm gate.

Sun 8 Mar
12:00pm

Four short films exploring why people take the extra step.

Sun 8 Mar
2:00pm

Part of Dub On Tap and Stroud Brewery International Women’s Day reggae all-dayer.

Sun 8 Mar
2:30pm

Three films about people, swimming pools and community.

Sun 8 Mar
4:30pm

A visually striking documentary about a young Orthodox nun confronting her past.

Sun 8 Mar
7:30pm

A photographer documents global activism.

Mon 9 Mar
8:00pm

Three young activists trace the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp forty years on.

Tue 10 Mar
8:00pm

An inspiring film about a wild swimming spot on the Bristol Avon.

Wed 11 Mar
7:45pm

A joyful and wild ride through the tale of Rocky Horror.

Thu 12 Mar
7:00pm

Artists use solar power and community spirit to show how small actions can inspire big change…

Thu 12 Mar
7:30pm

A poetic journey through language and landscape.

Fri 13 Mar
7:30pm

Part of a mini Hepburn season: the film with which Katharine Hepburn engineered her 1940 comeback.

Fri 13
7:30pm

A filmmaker connects with a Palestinian woman in Gaza who documents life under bombardment…

Sat 14 Mar
12:00pm

Watch the films made in response to the 90 Second Film Challenge.

Sat 14 Mar
2:30pm

Two award winning experimental films from the 1970s rediscovered 40 years after being thought lost in a fire.

Sat 14 Mar
4:30pm

A journalist and a West African curator navigate an art world ship bound for a symbolic Transatlantic Biennale.

Sat 14 Mar7:30pm

Festival Finale Patron’s Pick: Jessie Buckley’s stunning breakout performance in Tom Harper’s uplifting Glasgow barn-stormer.