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Film still from A Song of Two Humans

“ When Europe Made Hollywood: From Sunrise to High Noon ”

Posted on Mon 18 July 2022 by Mark Cosgrove

Cinema Rediscovered Founder and Watershed Cinema Curator Mark Cosgrove takes us through the films that make up the When Europe Made Hollywood: From Sunrise to High Noon strand - part of Cinema Rediscovered 2022.

Playable City project Shadowing. Image by Toby Farrow.

Launching Playable City Sandbox

Posted on Thu 14 July 2022

We are delighted to launch our first UK Playable City Commission since 2016.

People at a workshop

Talent Development at Watershed: An Update

Posted on Thu 14 July 2022

We've been thinking about the future of talent development at Watershed, including Rife Magazine, and our current work with young people.

An image of a damaged piece of film reel. We can make out a man in uniform, looking seriously at the camera. The surface of the reel has come away, leaving grey grazes across the surface.

“ The Village Detective: A Song Cycle ”

Posted on Thu 7 July 2022 by Tara Judah

In July of 2016, Bill Morrison’s friend and composer, the late Johann Johannsson, emailed him to say that Icelandic fishermen had dredged up several reels of film with their latest lobster haul...

visualisation of a house on Mars

A full-scale Martian House, designed for future life on Mars is being built in Bristol

Posted on Tue 5 July 2022

Local artists and Watershed Pervasive Media Studio residents Ella Good and Nicki Kent are building a Martian House.

Film still from Queen Of Diamonds

“ Queen of Diamonds ”

Posted on Fri 1 July 2022 by Tara Judah

Beautifully restored and screening as part of Cinema Rediscovered 2022, Tara Judah explains how Queen of Diamonds is a fiercely feminist, strange and spicy fatally femme odyssey ready to be rediscovered.

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Rife Magazine

Project Ended in July 2022

Developing young people’s digital skills, voice, confidence, experience and networks so they go into the creative sector and thrive. Rife focussed on young people’s voices and creativity to set the agenda in the sector, driving it forward so it continues to innovate and inspire.

July 2022 Cinema Podcast

  July 2022 Cinema Podcast

Posted on Fri 1 July 2022

Mark Cosgrove and guest co-host interview the curators behind this years Cinema Rediscovered festival, held across Bristol in July. With to interviews with Pamela Hutchinson and Mark Cosgrove on the strands they curated for this years Cinema Rediscovered.

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Creative Technology at Watershed

Project

In this article Martin O'Leary, Watershed's Creative Technologist, talks about how Watershed's relationship to creative technology has changed, and how we plan to move forward in a way that reflects our values. This article is published on our Studio website.

Woman seated outside painting at a table.

“ Creative Climate Action Toolkit: Small is beautiful, brilliant and vital  ”

Posted on Tue 28 June 2022 by Zoe Rasbash

Introducing the Creative Climate Action Toolkit designed to support smaller businesses, organisations, collectives and freelancers.

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Building work on our new toilets starts week beginning 11 July

Posted on Mon 27 June 2022

As many of you know, plans are well underway to overhaul Watershed’s toilets - an overhaul you can probably guess we are really rather excited about! Building works are due to kick off in the next couple of weeks, so we wanted to use this opportunity to fill you in on what’s happening.