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Films for the Cambridge Film Festival have been carefully selected for you by programmers. Grouping films into a strand allows us to explore themes or filmmaking eras and styles. You can also discover films in our programme in other ways such as by category or screening date.

Catalan Cinema

Catalan Cinema

Catalonia is one of the oldest nations in Europe, currently an autonomous community of Spain, with a... More

Hitchcock Revisited

Hitchcock Revisited

See some of the greatest films by the Master of Suspense back on the big screen - and some lesser-known... More

Estonian Cinema

Estonian Cinema

When we saw THE IDIOT, we had the sense that something was up in Estonia’s film world and started to... More

New German Cinema

New German Cinema

In these stylistically eclectic films from the best of contemporary German cinema, we encounter internal... More

Open-air Cinema

Open-air Cinema

Outdoor screenings over the summer as we lead up to the 32nd Cambridge Film Festival More

Scala Beyond

Scala Beyond

Recalling the heady, trashy heyday of the infamous Scala Cinema – one of London’s most famous repertory/arthouse... More

Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi

As the great Italian director Francesco Rosi celebrates his 90th birthday, we present a short review... More

Microcinema

Microcinema

Even in the world of the independent/artist’s film, works can all-too-easily find themselves falling... More

There are no films today. The 2012 festival starts on Thursday 13th September.