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Playable City

Project

Playable City puts people and play at the heart of the future city, re-using city infrastructure and re-appropriating smart city technologies to create connections – person to person, person to city.

Playable City Recife

“ What does it all add up to?  ”

Posted on Thu 21 Sept 2017 by Clare Reddington

We design our programmes to have local, national and global impact

Bear Abouts photo

“ 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.

Depict 17

DepicT! '17 Shortlist is now live

Posted on Tue 5 Sept 2017

Watch, vote and comment nowWe are delighted to announce that this year's DepicT! shortlist is live - and we need your votes to decide the winner of this year’s coveted Audience...

Philip French Annual Memorial Lecture 2017: Mark Kermode

  Philip French Annual Memorial Lecture 2017: Mark Kermode

Posted on Mon 4 Sept 2017

The Philip French Annual Memorial Lecture sees a key figure in the film world reflect on the qualities film critic French stood for, to examine current developments in film culture and the role of film critics today. 2017's lecture was given by writer and broadcaster Mark Kermode.

September 2017 Watershed Podcast

  September 2017 Watershed Podcast

Posted on Thu 31 Aug 2017

September sees the arrival of the 23rd Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival at Watershed.

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

Winning project

Winner of the first Smart Oxford Playable City announced

Posted on Tue 1 Aug 2017

Watershed and Smart Oxford are delighted to announce the winner for the first Smart Oxford Playable City Commission is UK based Guerilla Dance Project, who will encourage citizens...

August 2017 Watershed Podcast

  August 2017 Watershed Podcast

Posted on Tue 1 Aug 2017

This month's podcast discusses all things family at Watershed and shares some of the highlights of Bugs on Film, our school holiday season of films and workshops though out August and into the early September.

BFFP

Bristol Festival of Puppetry returns

Posted on Thu 20 July 2017

You can forget what you thought you knew about puppets, Bristol Festival of Puppetry is returning to the city between Fri 1- Sun 10 Sept to start conversations with audiences – showing how iPads can become hand puppets, film and animation can be a form of puppetry, and that puppets, just like humans, come in all shapes and sizes, with different abilities.

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?