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An stop-motion penguin holds a police sign, indicating he has been arrested. — Vengeance Most Fowl.

Winter Cinema at Watershed

Posted on Fri 8 Nov

Our Cinema programme team (curator Mark Cosgrove and programmer Steph Read) share the wintry highlights to look forward to this festive season at Watershed.

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Posted on Fri 4 Oct

We’re delighted to announce an open call for our funded Winter Residencies programme.

A man wearing a white bucket hat cocks his head as he looks at a masked statue.

Posted on Thu 3 Oct

Watershed's highlights during Black History Month, October 2024

Posted on Tue 1 Oct

From Sat 5 Oct our weekend cinema prices will change – see all the details below

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Tickets for Sing the Body Electric - Undershed's very first exhibition - are now on sale!

Posted on Wed 25 Sept

Thanks to funds awarded by Arts Council England and BFI, our new gallery will open on Sat 26 Oct, establishing Undershed as a hub for interactive and immersive storytelling in the South West.

More Than AI Sandbox

Posted on Tue 10 Sept

Watershed and MyWorld reveal six prototypes exploring the creative potential of Artificial Intelligence

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Q&A with Martin Viktorov on his creative practice.

Posted on Tue 10 Sept

Martin Viktorov, a Bristol-based experimental electronic musician and video artist, discusses his unconventional processing techniques, creative practice, recent workshop series and time at the Pervasive media studio.

Programme announced for the BFI London Film Festival 2024 (in Bristol)

Posted on Tue 3 Sept

The 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express is coming to Bristol from Wed 9 – Sun 20 Oct, giving Bristol audiences the chance to discover the world’s best new films on the big screen.

Announcing the South West BFI Film Academy Short Course Consortium

Posted on Fri 30 Aug

We’re happy to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the British Film Institute (BFI) to deliver a series of Short Filmmaking Courses for 16-19 year olds, in partnership with Somerset Film, Screen Cornwall and City Eye.

An image showing Membrane_Push 1 and Wiklow at Sonica 19, with credit to Neil Jarvie for the photograph. Image - Membrane_Push 1 & Wiklow at Sonica © Neil Jarvie

Sign up to an Immersive Arts Inspiration Day or Funding Information Webinar

Posted on Wed 28 Aug

Immersive Arts, the 3-year UK-wide programme supporting artists to make and share immersive arts - is launching with free Inspiration Days for anyone interested in finding out more and free Funding Webinars for artists and creatives.

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Announcing three new Fellowships In Residence

Posted on Fri 16 Aug

We are delighted to announce three new Fellowships in Residence taking place at the Black Laboratory, Radstock’s Old Printworks Arts & The Studio (Bath), and Aardman as part of MyWorld.

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Meet our Make Shift Campers!

Posted on Mon 5 Aug

We are delighted to announce the eight practitioners that will be taking part in our 2024 Make Shift Camp, bringing ideas together to build prototype experiences which explore artificial intelligence (AI).

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Clare Reddington, Watershed CEO receives an Honorary Doctorate

Posted on Mon 15 July

Today Clare Reddington, CEO of Watershed in Bristol, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the West England (UWE) in recognition of her leadership in the cultural sector and her contributions to Bristol’s creative ecology.

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Alternative Technologies: A Just Transition

Posted on Tue 18 June

The workshop series examining technologies and their past, present, and future role in climate justice publishes their findings.

Alain Delon in Le Samouraï. Graphic text edited on reading: Cinema Rediscovered.

Cinema Rediscovered announces full line-up

Posted on Mon 10 June

Our annual festival dedicated to the rediscovery and revival of great films is back, taking place in-and-around Bristol: City of Film from Wed 24 - Sun 28 July with 60+ screenings and events, launching a UK wide tour of highlights (Aug – Dec 2024).