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

Posted on Tue 3 Sept 2024

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.

Young people working on a film set.

Announcing the South West BFI Film Academy Short Course Consortium

Posted on Fri 30 Aug 2024

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 2024

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.

A person using a virtual reality headset at Aardman.

Announcing three new Fellowships In Residence

Posted on Fri 16 Aug 2024

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 2024

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 2024

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 2024

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 2024

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).

Layered Realities Weekend - Millenium Constellations 16th March 2018 (Photographer Jack Offord)

Announcing Sing the Body Electric as the first exhibition theme for the opening of the new immersive gallery, Undershed

Posted on Tue 28 May 2024

Watershed is excited to announce Undershed, a new immersive gallery on the ground floor of Watershed that will be a home for curated exhibitions of extraordinary work from local...

Jean Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï (1967). Courtesy of Janus Films.

Cinema Rediscovered reveals highlights as Early Bird Passes go on sale

Posted on Tue 7 May 2024

Indulge in the big screen experience at Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 24 – Sun 28 July), Watershed’s annual festival dedicated to the rediscovery and revival of great films in and around Bristol – a UNESCO City of Film.

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Watershed spotlight on Japan

Posted on Wed 10 April 2024

Executive Producer Jo Lansdowne discusses Watershed's celebration of Japan's creativity and culture throughout 2024, focussing on *Omosiroi: A Japanese concept translating roughly as a combination of amusing, fascinating, fun...