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“ How we work with artists ”

Posted on Thu 21 Sept 2017 by Clare Reddington

Watershed's approach is not characterised in a specific project or programme, but an ethos of open-ness, responsibility, partnership and passion.

Work Experience with Rife Magazine

“ Shhh don't tell anyone... we're an arts organisation going undercover as an employer ”

Posted on Wed 9 Aug 2017

Hannah, Watershed's Engagement Producer, talks about our activity with schools and young people, including recently welcoming 23 students from different city schools to come and do work experience with Rife Magazine, Bristol's youth led online platform

Colin Farrell and Kirsten Dunst in The Beguiled

“ On Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled and its whitewashing controversy ”

Posted on Wed 19 July 2017 by Mark Cosgrove

A reflection on Sofia Coppola's film The Beguiled in the wake of its whitewashing controversy. Mark asks – after the arguments raised – is it appropriate to rethink my initial reaction to the film?

The Rooms festival, REACT

“ Collaborating with Universities ”

Posted on Wed 12 July 2017 by Jo Lansdowne

Watershed works with Universities to support collaborative research and development between academics and practitioners. Together we are exploring digital cultures, designing new products and interrogating the potential of new technologies.

Their Finest

“ Behind The Lines – Women and WWII British Film ”

Posted on Wed 12 July 2017

Their Finest producer Stephen Woolley writes about the female-focused wartime films that make up his Girls Like Us season, and how the breakthrough had a galvanising effect on the industry as a whole.

Celluloid Sail - tall ship docked to harbourside with projections on sails and acrobat hanging from rope.

“ Compass Presents set sail for Bristol on a tall ship ”

Posted on Wed 28 June 2017

Compass Presents are bringing a tall ship to Bristol for their immersive event Celluloid Sail (which they are talking about at Cinema Rediscovered). We caught up with Compass' Tara Sachdeva to chat about what it’s like blending archive and contemporary film, all on board a floating venue.

Peter Lord

“ Peter Lord on the original King Kong ”

Posted on Mon 12 June 2017

Peter Lord - Aardman's Creative Director and Co-owner - will introduce our screening of King Kong. Check out his reasons for coming to see it in the video below...

To Die For

“ Cinema Rediscovered Returns ”

Posted on Thu 27 April 2017

Cinema Rediscovered returns to Bristol and surrounding region for a second year, bringing the finest digital restorations, contemporary classics and film print rarities back where they belong - on the big screen.

King Kong

“ Book your Cinema Rediscovered Pass and Tickets ”

Posted on Thu 27 April 2017

We are pleased to announce that Cinema Rediscovered Passes are now on sale, enabling you to enjoy all the weekend events (Thu 27 - Sun 30 July) at a reduced price.

Ben Wheatley

“ Ben Wheatley on Free Fire ”

Posted on Mon 27 March 2017

We chatted to director Ben Wheatley about his latest film, Free Fire, ahead of its run here at Watershed.

The original design

“ Using iterative development to redesign our exhibit pages ”

Posted on Tue 7 March 2017

A few months ago I had the same fear when tasked with redesigning exhibit pages on watershed.co.uk. They're our highest traffic pages and they have a complex information architecture. I'm going to share how a process of iterative development got us there steadily, and explain why we've adopted it for solving most other user experience problems we face in the Online team at Watershed. I'll also detail some of the tools and techniques we used along the way.