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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.

  Bloom and Curll

Posted on Tue 14 Nov 2017

A portrait of an independent Bristol bookshop and its owner.

  Akira Night – BFI Film Academy Bristol 2015

Posted on Thu 25 June 2020

For one night only, Watershed audiences could experience definitive anime masterpiece Akira on the big screen followed by a free Akira-inspired party and DJ set. After the film the bar was transformed into a sci-fi inspired Tokyo city scape including a retro 80s games arcade, a graffiti wall, and cosplay.

  Beyond the Impossible – BFI Film Academy Bristol 2015

Posted on Tue 14 Nov 2017

A young woman with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy talks about what horse-riding means to her.

Part of BFI Film Academy Bristol Mini Docs 2015

  Total Permission

Posted on Wed 8 Jan 2014

A short documentary which follows conductor Charles Hazlewood, founder of the British Paraorchestra, as he encounters the artistry within 12 of the Unlimited Commissions, a strand of the London 2012 Festival that encourages deaf and disabled artists to take risks to create work that is not just unlimited but exceptional.

  BSL Guide: Numbers 1-9

Posted on Tue 28 Nov 2017

Watershed Guide to BSL: Numbers 1-9

  Media Sandbox 2010: Sculpting With Scent

Posted on Mon 30 Oct 2017

A sculpture that is experienced through sense of smell that will act as a model to deliver other scent-based experiences to public spaces.

  McLuhan's Message: Picnic in Space

Posted on Mon 6 Nov 2017

Picnic in Space is a rare jewel of a film in which Marshall McLuhan banters with his long time cohort Harley Parker.

  Fishy Migrant Chips

Posted on Tue 14 Nov 2017

A right-leaning politician on the campaign trail explains his immigration policies in this comic mockumentary.

  Build A Feminist

Posted on Tue 14 Nov 2017

Feminism has been with us since the 19th Century, but what IS a feminist?

  Making The City Playable: Sam Hill on Hello Lamp Post

Posted on Mon 6 Nov 2017

Sam reflects on the project, how to use technology as a gateway rather than a barrier to player engagement and what he learnt about capturing mood, place-making, city branding and use of public spaces.