Stroud Film Festival! 

From its beginnings in 2014, the Festival has worked with a wide range of partners to create a programme of films which aims to be enjoyable, informative and inspiring for a broad variety of tastes. This year topics range from swimming, blacksmiths and a health spa to poetry, access to nature and protest. The festival also aims to screen films in a wide range of venues and for audiences who wouldn’t necessarily see themselves as ‘film festival goers’.

The programme aims to include movies which didn’t reach the audience they deserve, when they were first released. So director Chloé Zhao’s story of Texan rodeo riders, The Rider, begins the festival while Jessie Buckley’s first big film, Wild Rose, will be the finale.

Click here to view the 2026 line up

Date: Friday, 27th February - Saturday 14th March 2026
Time: Various show times
Location: Various locations

Click here to head to the Film Festival website