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Cinema Rediscovered Announces Early Bird Passes and Reveals First Highlights

Posted on Wed 26 March

BAFTA winning and Oscar-nominated film producer Stephen Woolley (also of Scala Cinema and Palace Pictures fame) will deliver the opening night keynote when the UK’s leading...

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Announcing the next Immersive exhibition in Undershed - FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth

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Posted on Thu 13 March
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Award-winning artists ScanLAB Projects bring FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth to Undershed Immersive Gallery from Fri 2 May.

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Introducing our Winter Residency Artists 2025

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Posted on Thu 30 Jan

Following an open call for our Winter Residencies, we’re excited to introduce the two recipients: interdisciplinary Artist, Geraint Edwards who plans to create a series of experimental works in everyday places and Audio-visual Participatory Artist, Natalie Whitney who will focus on the evolution of communication technologies.

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So long, farewell – exiting X

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Posted on Fri 20 Dec 2024

From Fri 20 Dec we will no longer be posting on Twitter/X.

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Our Big Give Climate Action Campaign – One year on

Posted on Mon 25 Nov 2024

It’s one year since we asked for your help to support our Climate Action work in Watershed's first ever Big Give Fundraising Campaign. Kat Watts, Head of Development, shares what we’ve achieved since then.

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Winter Cinema at Watershed

Posted on Fri 8 Nov 2024

Our Cinema programme team (curator Mark Cosgrove and programmer Steph Read) share the wintry highlights to look forward to this festive season at Watershed.

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An open call for our Winter Residencies programme

Posted on Fri 4 Oct 2024

We’re delighted to announce an open call for our funded Winter Residencies programme.

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Celebrating Black History Month at Watershed

Posted on Thu 3 Oct 2024

Watershed's highlights during Black History Month, October 2024

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Some small changes to our pricing

Posted on Tue 1 Oct 2024

From Sat 5 Oct our weekend cinema prices will change – see all the details below

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Tickets for Sing the Body Electric - Undershed's very first exhibition - are now on sale!

Posted on Wed 25 Sept 2024

Thanks to funds awarded by Arts Council England and BFI, our new gallery will open on Sat 26 Oct, establishing Undershed as a hub for interactive and immersive storytelling in the South West.

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More Than AI Sandbox

Posted on Tue 10 Sept 2024

Watershed and MyWorld reveal six prototypes exploring the creative potential of Artificial Intelligence

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Q&A with Martin Viktorov on his creative practice.

Posted on Tue 10 Sept 2024

Martin Viktorov, a Bristol-based experimental electronic musician and video artist, discusses his unconventional processing techniques, creative practice, recent workshop series and time at the Pervasive media studio. 

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Programme announced for the BFI London Film Festival 2024 (in Bristol)

Posted on Tue 3 Sept 2024

The 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express is coming to Bristol from Wed 9 – Sun 20 Oct, giving Bristol audiences the chance to discover the world’s best new films on the big screen.

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Announcing the South West BFI Film Academy Short Course Consortium

Posted on Fri 30 Aug 2024

We’re happy to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the British Film Institute (BFI) to deliver a series of Short Filmmaking Courses for 16-19 year olds, in partnership with Somerset Film, Screen Cornwall and City Eye.

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Sign up to an Immersive Arts Inspiration Day or Funding Information Webinar

Posted on Wed 28 Aug 2024

Immersive Arts, the 3-year UK-wide programme supporting artists to make and share immersive arts - is launching with free Inspiration Days for anyone interested in finding out more and free Funding Webinars for artists and creatives.