Posts Tagged ‘film’
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
RELAYS at Watershed has teamed up with our friends at Encounters to run a Film Journalism Workshop over the Festival with a group of nine young people at various stages of their training or careers in the film industry. They’ve called their blog Inside Encounters and aim to cover as many aspects of the Festival as they can through video diaries, interviews, reviews, reports and photographs.
The photo above shows the Film Journalist team plus guest speakers at our first session, Zoltan and Zsuzsanna from Daazo (a webiste and magazine for ‘sharing and celebrating short films in high quality’), and Rachel Segal Hamilton from Ideas Tap who helped with promoting and recruiting for the workshop. Head over to our Citizen Journalism blog for more details about the project.
Tags: citizen journalism, Encounters film festival, film, young people
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Saturday, July 21st, 2012
On 19th July we were delighted to welcome to Watershed the acting Ambassador for Nicaragua in the UK, Giselle Morales who came to introduce La Yuma – the first film made in Nicaragua for 20 years. Ms Morales explained how important the development of the film industry is to Nicaragua, while bringing different representations of women to the screen in Latin America is also essential – La Yuma is the story of a young woman who struggles against poverty and stereotyping to excel in the male-dominated world of boxing. (more…)
Tags: BLINC, Bristol Twinning Association, film, Lord Mayor Bristol, Nicaragua, Short Cuts films
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
As Olympic fever mounts, the documentary Personal Best provided a tense insight into the sacrifices, determination, disappointments and excitement of four young athletes from London training avidly in the hopes of selection for The Games. (more…)
Tags: Fairfield School, film, Jessica Levick, Olympic Games, Personal Best, Sam Blair
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
The town of Bekoji is in the Ethiopian Highlands and through a combination of elements produces some extraordinary runners. Almost everyone in the town runs, gently but persuasively encouraged and supported by the local athletics coach. Over the years the film was made we see this remote area beginning to link with the wider world as a new road, paid for with money from China, is constructed through the town. (more…)
Tags: African Voices Forum, Afrika Eye, Ethiopia, film, Jerry Rothwell, Olympic Games, Simon Bright
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Yesterday evening’s screening of Hugh Hartford’s film Ping Pong at Watershed was so popular we moved it into the bigger cinema! A very enthusiastic audience – of all ages from 8 to over 80 – loved the film that was followed by a lively question and answer session with the director, hosted by David Goldblatt. (more…)
Tags: David Goldblatt, film, Hugh Hartford, older people, sport, table tennis
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Thursday, July 5th, 2012
This Sunday, 8th July at 12:00 noon, this astonishing documentary of the legendary Ayrton Senna returns to Watershed for another screening, visit Watershed’s website for details
Tags: film
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Olympic fervour is creeping into Watershed – there’s a news item on our main website and we’ve now finalised the details of a great set of screenings, events, games and talks throughout July!
There really is something for everyone; from veteran cyclist Tommy Godwin in conversation with David Goldblatt to Asterix at the Olympics; from Ethiopia to Nicaragua (via Mongolia!), and from marathon running to ping pong – we think we’ve included topics that will appeal to all ages, tastes and sporting inclinations!
You’ll find full details of the RELAYS July programme at Watershed here.
And we’ve got a lovely refreshed web-banner to celebrate!
Tags: film, games, Relays at Watershed programme 2012, talks
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
“Thank you for a really enjoyable and valuable experience yesterday….we had a fabulous day! ”
“Thank you for an excellent day at the Watershed”
These quotes are from teachers who brought their students to this year’s Media Literacy workshops at Watershed. The theme was ‘Why study the Olympics?” (see below for more information) and Opening Ceremonies through 20th Century Olympic Games provided the focus for the morning screening session, which included clips of Leni Riefenstahl’s innovative 1936 Berlin Olympics film, Los Angeles 1984, and the astonishing 2008 Games in Beijing.
Photos from the workshops can be seen in the gallery.
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Tags: BBC volunteers, David Goldblatt, film, Media Literacy Workshops, Olympic Games, Schools, sport
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
We’re just finalising details for this year’s Media Literacy workshops for secondary schools (follow Media Literacy tag on the right to see information on previous years’ workshops) and thought we’d tell you a little bit about our plans and the theme “Why study the Olympics?”!! Here’s an introduction to the topic for teachers by the workshop leader David Goldblatt:
“The Summer Olympics are an extraordinary event. What began as an obscure, eccentric Hellenic revival and sporting gymkhana has become one of the world’s most important and most watched public spectacles. Now over a century old, they have survived every twist and turn of global history and grown ever larger. Up to six years in the making, the scale of a modern Olympic games is immense: 20,000, athletes, from over 200 countries, compete in 23 sports over three weeks, and most of the planet will be watching some of it. (more…)
Tags: BBC volunteers, David Goldblatt, film, language, meaning, media literacy, Media Literacy Workshops, Olympics, Schools, sport
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
RELAYS colleague Arilda Tymko based at Bath Spa University has been working with staff and students over several months to create Illuminate Bath – a new arts festival that is transforming the city’s streets over two weeks in November. More than 50 artists and performers will be showcasing their work in locations around Bath, both indoors and outside from November 1st to November 13th.
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Tags: animation, Bath, Bath Spa University, dance, film, kinetic energy and ligt, light, music, poetry, poetrysculpture, projections, sculpture, sound, textiles, theatre
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