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Psychosis on Screen marks launch of new Bristol psychosis team

Posted on Tue 7 June 2016

We are delighted to be working with Bristol Health Partners for the first time on this new season exploring Psychosis on Screen, to mark the launch of a new team that will help improve the lives of people who experience psychosis in Bristol.

DepicT! ’15 winning director Karim Soussi talks about generating ideas to fit the 90 second format

Posted on Fri 3 June 2016

Struggling to come up with an idea for DepicT!? Find some insight and inspiration by checking out our interview with DepicT! '15 winner Karim Soussi who picked up both the Audience and Main DepicT! awards in last years competition.

Under The Skin - one of Mark's choices for the BFIplayer

A tale of two cities: A journey through BFI Player

Posted on Tue 31 May 2016

Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Cinema Curator, was recently invited by the BFI to curate a playlist for BFI Player, the BFI's video-on-demand service that ofers a mix of free and paid films. His collection has just gone live and we'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

Where to Invade Next (opening on Fri 10 June)

Documentaries, the Bard... and gin

Posted on Tue 24 May 2016

June is almost upon us - and with it a trio of documentaries with a focus on current issues and working class champions, from director Ken Loach (Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach), the migrant crisis (Fire at Sea) to Michael Moore journeying to Europe to 'steal' our best ideas and bring them back to America (Where to Invade Next).

2015 Winner Rosa Fisher discusses all things DepicT! and reveals her top tips for this year’s filmmakers

Posted on Thu 12 May 2016

With the Mon 4 July deadline for entries to this year’s DepicT! – Watershed’s super short film competition – beginning to loom on the cinematic horizon, we decided to catch up with director Rosa Fisher, one of last year’s DepicT! winners, to get her insights into what it takes to be successful DepicT! filmmaker.

David Bowie in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - part of Cinema Rediscovered

Cinema Rediscovered - Great films back on big screens

Posted on Wed 27 April 2016

Watershed and partners South West Silents and 20th Century Flicks invite you to join in the inaugural Cinema Rediscovered (Thu 28 - Sun 31 July 2016), a new major international archive film event that will celebrate cinema-going, giving audiences an opportunity to discover - or indeed re-discover - new digital restorations, film print rarities of early cinema, and contemporary classics on the big screen.

Image © Delia Spatareanu for Motley Collective

Watershed’s new Food Residency in partnership with At-Bristol

Posted on Tue 19 April 2016

Artist Sabrina Shirazi has just been announced as winner of Watershed’s first ever Food Residency in partnership with At-Bristol. Sabrina will develop OPUS, a new performance event that will unite sound, image and taste in a delicious fusion of music, performance and – of course – food.

Son of Saul

Son of Saul: Movement, Meaning and Morality

Posted on Thu 14 April 2016

The blistering Oscar®-winning Holocaust drama Son of Saul opens at the end of the month. Our Cinema Curator Mark Cosgrove saw it in Cannes last year, and here writes a bit more about the film, and the morality of the choices inherent in making films that portray human atrocities.

Gill Roberts

Our 2015 prize draw winner hosts their own private screening

Posted on Wed 16 March 2016

Our #GivingTuesday prize winner, Gill Roberts, invited 100 of her friends and family to join her for a private screening of a film of her choice here at Watershed – the groundbreaking 1954 musical Carmen Jones.

Photograph: Dele Adeyemo

Live from Lagos...

Posted on Tue 15 March 2016

The Watershed and Playable City team are currently in Lagos, Nigeria, for a ten day sprint that brings together a group of brilliant creative practitioners from Lagos and the UK to exchange ideas and develop new works that respond to the theme of the Playable City. Catch their updates here...

Goodnight Mommy and The Witch

Horror is far from dead

Posted on Fri 4 March 2016

You think you know horror? Two new films from debut directors are released this month – Goodnight Mommy and The Witch – are continuing to defy the conventions of the genre, going way beyond straightforward shocks to deliver visceral, experimental (and proudly independent) scares.