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Fourth international Playable City Award is now open

Posted on Tue 12 July 2016

The internationally acclaimed £30,000 Playable City Award - which puts people and play at the heart of the future city - invites creatives from across the world to respond to the theme Journeys. A Playable City approach to urban journeying re-­appropriates infrastructure and technology to start new conversations, imagine new futures and make human connections.

 The Art of Cinema-Going 

Posted on Mon 11 July 2016 by Tara Judah

Cinema-going still exists and in it is a craftsmanship all its own; an experience that is both immersive and cognitive, one that presents and presumes a combination of surrendering and activism in viewing.

 Stanley Kubrick: Journey to the Heart of England 

Posted on Fri 8 July 2016 by Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence of Reel Solutions reflects on Kubrick

 Risky Reflections: Slocombe's cinematography in The Servant 

Posted on Thu 7 July 2016 by Amy Sargeant

Dr. Amy Sargeant reflects on The Servant

 Tarkovsky's Lasting Gift: Sculpting Time 

Posted on Tue 5 July 2016 by James King

The Zone is a place of unblemished value. It is one of the few territories left–possibly the only one–where the rights to Top Gear have not been sold: a place of refuge and...

 Up Close and Personal: Anthony Harvey and The Lion in Winter 

Posted on Mon 4 July 2016 by James Harrison

The Lion in Winter (1968) can be found on a long list of historical, period films that were made in the 1960s. El Cid (1961), Tom Jones (1963), Cleopatra (1963), Becket (1964), The...

  Watershed Conversations

Thu 30 June 2016

Exploring how Watershed is understood and valued, its core strengths and its potential role going forward.

 Celebrating Cinema: The Greatest Place on Earth 

Posted on Thu 30 June 2016 by Mark Fuller

A young married couple inherit a surprise legacy from an unknown distant relative. But with the cinema they receive come challenges, and responsibility...At the time, this must...

 The Talented Robert Hamer: A Forgotten Figure of British Cinema 

Posted on Wed 29 June 2016 by James Harrison

David Lean, Michael Powell, Alfred Hitchcock and Humphrey Jennings; four key names in the history of British Cinema. One drowned his mind in his epic surroundings, one turned...

Announcing our new Artists in Residence

Posted on Tue 28 June 2016

Playable prints and objects in public spaces, foodie trends and a treasure hunt of Britain's most unsearchable town... these are the brilliant ideas the recipients of Watershed's New Talent Residencies and Micro-residency commissions.

 The Colours of Oz 

Posted on Mon 27 June 2016 by Rosie Taylor

Rosie Taylor, Co-Director and Co-Curator of South West Silents shares some thoughts