As a venue partner, Watershed is delighted to be hosting 12 premieres from the Festival line-up.

This year you can be the first to see new films from Steve McQueen, Sean Baker, Andrea Arnold, Marielle Heller, Walter Salles and more. 

Booking for the 12 BFI London Film Festival premieres at Watershed will open on Tue 17 Sept. 

Be the first to know when tickets go on sale by signing up to register your interest here (The Festival is so popular most of the tickets are snapped up by the keen beans who sign up to the Coming Soon list so make sure that’s you!)

Steph Read, Cinema Programmer, says:

"We’re really looking forward to once again hosting BFI London Film Festival on Tour and bringing you a slate of exclusive previews here in Bristol direct from their premieres. With a lineup including two of my personal highlights from Cannes – Sean Baker’s whirlwind tale Anora and Payal Kapadia’s beautiful All We Imagine As Light – don't miss this great opportunity to join in on the LFF hype a little closer to home!"

Here's the full list of BFI London Film Festival premieres at Watershed:

• Opening Night World Premiere: Blitz (dir: Steve McQueen) – Wed 9 Oct
• Conclave (dir: Edward Berger) – Fri 11 Oct
• Anora (dir: Sean Baker) – Sat 12 Oct
• The Wild Robot (dir: Chris Sanders) – Sun 13 Oct
• A Real Pain (dir: Jesse Eisenberg) – Sun 13 Oct
• Endurance (dirs: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewit) – Mon 14 Oct
• I’m Still Here (dir: Walter Salles) – Tue 15 Oct
• Joy (dir: Ben Taylor) – Wed 16 Oct
• Nightbitch (dir: Marielle Heller) – Thu 17 Oct
• All We Imagine As Light (dir: Payal Kapadia) – Sat 19 Oct
• Bird (dir: Andrea Arnold) – Sun 20 Oct
• Closing Night UK Premiere: Piece by Piece (dir: Morgan Neville) – Sun 20 Oct

Register your interest via our Coming Soon page.

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