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Pouring a pint of cider

Watershed Cider Festival

Posted on Wed 26 April 2017

Summer is coming and to help get you in the mood we're celebrating that most wonderful of summer drinks – the humble cider.

Pervasive Media Studio

Watershed and UWE launch two new MA courses

Posted on Wed 29 March 2017

Watershed has joined forces with UWE Bristol to offer a two new MA courses – one in Creative Producing - inspired by the work of the Pervasive Media Studio, and one in Contemporary Film Culture, both starting in September 2017.

Mica Levi composed the music for Jackie

Filmic 17: Music for the film in your head

Posted on Mon 27 March 2017

Filmic is our annual look at the creative connections across film and music, hosted in partnership with Colston Hall and St George's Bristol. Throughout April we present a season of films scored by female composers, including Mica Levi's latest film score for Jackie.

Baitball

What Will You DepicT! ? 2017 submissions now open...

Posted on Wed 22 Feb 2017

DepicT!, our ultra-short film competition that asks filmmakers from around the world to create an original short film under 90 seconds long, is back and we’re looking for your...

Image from a Playable City Brazil workshop

Announcing Artful Innovation - our new business development programme

Posted on Tue 14 Feb 2017

Storytelling chocolate, new musical instruments, robotic art, social design and futures consulting, meet the companies participating in Artful Innovation™, Watershed’s new business development programme.

Rife

Talking about my generation… Announcing 20 Stories From Britain's Youth

Posted on Mon 6 Feb 2017

We are thrilled to announce that award-winning Bristol-based author Nikesh Shukla is collaborating with Watershed’s team of young journalists behind Rife Magazine on their very own book! And now we need your help to get this brilliant idea off the ground…

la la land

Response to Bristol City Council budget

Posted on Thu 12 Jan 2017

The Mayor and his Cabinet are having to make very difficult decisions to address budget cuts which are affecting local authorities across the country. Bristol is a vibrant city and we are committed to working with the Mayor to make Bristol both successful and inclusive.

I, Daniel Blake at #1

Watershed Top 10 Sellers of 2016

Posted on Fri 6 Jan 2017

2016 is over, and 2017 is here. As we start a new year, here’s a quick run down of our top sellers, and what the year in film at Watershed looked like…

Bristol has the highest concentration of Beasts (of Balance) in the world

Posted on Wed 7 Dec 2016

An exciting new kind of digital and physical game, developed in Bristol with help from Watershed, Bath university researchers and a group of local 8-12 year olds, has hit the shelves of John Lewis and Harrods in time for Christmas!

Warm Up at Watershed

Posted on Wed 30 Nov 2016

There's no denying it - it's getting colder outside and... it must be nearly Christmas! Here at Watershed we'd like to ease you into the festive season with a warm welcome in the Café/Bar.

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday: a day for giving

Posted on Tue 29 Nov 2016

Forget the excesses and consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday – Tue 29 Nov, was #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving, and it's the perfect antidote to the two biggest shopping days of the year.