The festival featured:
- Wild Tales (*)
- Brooklyn (*)
- Phoenix (*)
- Timbuktu (*)
- The Wonders and
- Me, Myself and Mum
(* These films were also shown as part of the 2025-26 CFS Season.)
The CIFF also included the 3rd Chester Animation Festival.
Chester International Film Festival 2016
Venue(s): Steam Mill, the Cathedral Refectory (for Brooklyn) and Grosvenor Museum
