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Cash Forecast is an estimation and usually it will be estimated in begging of project in the other hand, it's a forward looking But Cash Flow statement must be careful as far as and usually it will be calculated in during of projects.
Cash forecasting is the Estimate of the timing and amounts of cash inflows and outflows over a specific period (usually one year). Cash forecast shows if a firm needs to borrow, how much, when, and how it will repay the loan.
Cash flow is the difference in amount of cash available at the beginning of a period
(Opening balance) and the amount at the end of that period (Closing balance)
It is called positive if the closing balance is higher than the opening balance, otherwise called negative.
Cash flow is increased by
(1) selling more goods or services, (2) selling an asset, (3) reducing costs, (4) increasing the selling price, (5) collecting faster, (6) paying slower, (7) bringing in more equity, or (8) taking a loan.
A cashflow is about the past.
A cashflow forecast is about the future.