Watershed Podcast

Mark Cosgrove Watershed’s Head of Programme gives his take on some of the new films and programme highlights that are currently playing or coming soon at Watershed. Each month Mark discusses particular highlights of the programme, giving his own personal take on the titles, some of his reasons for programming the films and some industry insight.

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Current Episode

September 2010

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Head of Programme on selecting and programming short films for Encounters International Film Festival, Watershed's Depcit short film competition, older films at Watershed and the Time Traveller iPhone app.
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Episode Archive

August 2010

In this episode: News and highlights from up and coming festivals - Encounters International Film Festival, Cyclescreen and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
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July 2010

In this episode: Highlights from Watershed's online programme including Decalogue, a recent interview with Claire Denis around her retrospective and a talk by Author and Theorist Clay Shirky.
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June 2010

In this episode: highlights from Cannes Film Festival 2010 including Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's Biutiful, We Are What We Are from Mexico and French title Of Gods and Men.
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May 2010

In this episode: Chris Morris' hilarious controversial first feature Four Lions, Werner Herzog's idiosyncratic remake of The Bad Lieutenant and Seventies Sundays: Paranoia, Politics and Punk Season presented as part of the Bristol Festival of Ideas.
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April 2010

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Head of Programme, talks to Executive Producer Chris Moll about iFeatures - a Bristol-based digital feature film initiative which gives UK film-makers the opportunity to shoot a film in the city of Bristol.
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March 2010

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove Watershed's head of Programme's recent visit to Berlin Film Festival 2010 including his role judging the Europa Label competition and main festival highlights - Exit Through the Gift Shop, When We Leave, The Kids are All Right, The Ghost Writer and A Somewhat Gentle Man.
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February 2010

In this episode: iFeatures, Watershed's Low budget/ High Impact film season and Mark Cosgrove Watershed's head of Programme's visit to the Berlin International Film Festival later this month.
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January 2010

In this episode: reflections on the first decade of the second century of Cinema, also new films for 2010 John Hillcoat's The Road and Jacques Audiard's A Prophet.
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December 2009

In this episode: highlights from this years Encounters Short Film Festival, also two classic films showing at Watershed in December The Red Shoes and The Queen of Spades.
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November 2009

In this episode: Michael Haneke's new film The White Ribbon, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, as well as highlights of the forthcoming Encounters Short Film Festival 2009.
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October 2009

In this episode: Agnès Varda's latest release Beaches of Agnès, screening as part of our film season Celebrating Age: Growing Old (Dis)gracefully, also new British revenge tragedy Katalin Varga .
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September 2009

In this episode: Encounters Film Festival 2009, new British releases Fish Tank and Shank, as well as the Watershed-produced: Howe Gelb: 'Sno Angel Winging It UK Tour.
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August 2009

In this episode: audience reactions to Lars von Trier's latest offering Antichrist, as well as Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's head of programming own feelings about the film.
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July 2009

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Head of Programme is interviewed by Father Robert King, Catholic Chaplain to the University of Bristol and Clifton Diocese Vocations Director, as part of his weekly podcast series exploring faith and culture today.
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June 2009

In this episode: A Q&A with David Goldblatt, Author of "The Ball is Round", in relation to Let the Games Begin - Watershed's season of film and sport.
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May 2009

In this episode: Pioneering cinematographer Jack Cardiff, A Matter of Life and Death, Pierrot le Feu and the extremely rare - La Roue.
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April 2009

In this episode: Polish director Andrzej Wajda and Watershed's Polish film season, Journey to Poland.
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March 2009

In this episode: highlights from Berlin Film Festival 2009 and, the future of 3D Cinema.
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February 2009

In this episode: highlights from Slapstick 2009 including Paul Merton's Silent Comedy Gala and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
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January 2009

In this episode: What's on at Watershed throughout January and future highlights including - The Reader, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and Woody Allen's new film Vicky Christina Barcelona.
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December 2008

In this episode: Reflections from 2008 and future highlights of 2009 including Slapstick Festival.
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November 2008

In this episode: Eadweard Muybridge, George Melies, Waltz with Bashir and Encounters Festival.
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October 2008

In this episode: Ulrich Seidl, Alexander Sokurov, Gomorrah & Quiet Chaos.
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September 2008

In this episode: Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams in Nairn and Watershed's Ulrich Seidl season, Between Heaven and Hell.
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August 2008

In this episode: What's on at Watershed in August including Buddha Collapsed In Shame, Elite Squad, Mad Detective and The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
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July 2008

In this episode: Highlights from Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna.
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June 2008

In this episode: Films and highlights from Cannes Film Festival 2008.
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May 2008

In this episode: Allen Ginsberg, The Counterculture and May ‘68.
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April 2008

In this episode: Austrian Michael Haneke's Funny Games & German Wim Wenders' Alice in Cities.
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March 2008

In this episode: The Berlinale Film Festival 2008, Shine a Light, Elegy & The Oxford Murders.
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February 2008

In this episode: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, My Kid Could Paint That, Accessible Programme & There Will be Blood
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January 2008

In this episode: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days & Slapstick 2008
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December 2007

In this episode: Dylan, Todd Haynes & Gus Van Sant
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November 2007

In this episode: Short film at Uppsala, Encounters & DepicT!
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October 2007

In this episode: Control & Too Good to be Forgotten, Black Cinema and Slavery.
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September 2007

In this episode: Guggenheim Bilbao, Andrew Keen, A Mighty Heart & Last Tango In Paris.
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August 2007

In this episode: Nii Obodai, Encounters Festival, The Summer of British Film & The Walker.
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July 2007

In this episode: Peter Sellars and John Cassavetes.
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June 2007

In this episode: films screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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Panel: Spirituality and Film

The recording of a panel discussion which took place at Watershed on Sun 13 May as part of the Festival of Ideas: Spirituality and Film Season.
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May 2007

In this episode: Festival of Ideas: Spirituality and Film.
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April 2007

In this episode: Shane Meadows' new film This is England, Aki Kaurismaki & Lights in the Dusk, Hannu Karjalainen, Cinema China '07 and the Viva Spanish and Latin American film festival.
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March 2007

In this episode: Amazing Grace, David Lynch, Hazel Grian & Luke Jerram.
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February 2007

In this episode: Casablanca, Climates' and Japanese film programmes, Move Over, Ozu and Wild Japan are discussed.
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January 2007

In this episode: The Last King of Scotland, Into Great Silence, Babel, Ghosts & Slapstick
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