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Depict 17

DepicT! '17 Shortlist is now live

Posted on Tue 5 Sept 2017

Watch, vote and comment nowWe are delighted to announce that this year's DepicT! shortlist is live - and we need your votes to decide the winner of this year’s coveted Audience...

Winning project

Winner of the first Smart Oxford Playable City announced

Posted on Tue 1 Aug 2017

Watershed and Smart Oxford are delighted to announce the winner for the first Smart Oxford Playable City Commission is UK based Guerilla Dance Project, who will encourage citizens...

BFFP

Bristol Festival of Puppetry returns

Posted on Thu 20 July 2017

You can forget what you thought you knew about puppets, Bristol Festival of Puppetry is returning to the city between Fri 1- Sun 10 Sept to start conversations with audiences – showing how iPads can become hand puppets, film and animation can be a form of puppetry, and that puppets, just like humans, come in all shapes and sizes, with different abilities.

Collagen Scaffold by David Lisser

Life changing experiences - Watershed's Artist Residencies

Posted on Tue 18 July 2017

Our current Artists in Residence Aidan Moesby and David Lisser have been busily working up their projects at Pervasive Media Studio. With research spanning the creative repurposing of weather-sensing equipment to industrial cannibalism, let’s take a closer look at what they’re up to and how you can get involved…

Cohort

Creative Producers International: Meet Our Global Cohort

Posted on Wed 12 July 2017

We are thrilled to introduce the 15 incredible people who will be joining us on Watershed’s new global talent development programme Creative Producers International.

Show Us Your City

Smart Oxford Playable City® Shortlist announced

Posted on Mon 10 July 2017

Watershed and Smart Oxford are delighted to announce the shortlist for the very first Smart Oxford Playable City Commission 2017 - revealing six innovative projects placing shared experience at the heart of the future city.

Residents of Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio

Watershed's 2017 Residencies: Why you should apply...

Posted on Wed 28 June 2017

We currently have an Open Call for Watershed’s 2017 Residencies and thought it would be helpful to tell you a bit about some of our past residents and what they are doing now...

Beacon Choir by Thomas Williams. Photo by Paul Blakemore.

Watershed receives continuing Arts Council England National Portfolio Funding until 2022

Posted on Tue 27 June 2017

Watershed receives continuing Arts Council England National Portfolio Funding until 2022

Lee Charlish

2016 Winner Lee Charlish Tells Us About His DepicT! Journey

Posted on Mon 26 June 2017

We’re getting excited as there is only one week left until this year’s submission deadline (Mon 3 July) for DepicT!DepicT! is Watershed’s free competition for tiny films and...

Through You - with Amari Cheatom and Marni Wood. Photo by Cameron Berton.

Watershed introduces Virtual Reality immersive experiences

Posted on Mon 5 June 2017

Watershed have teamed up with virtual reality pioneer Catherine Allen to produce a season of immersive experiences in VR this June (Wed 14 – Sat 17 June) - the first of its kind for a UK independent cinema and arts venue.

Petra

An Interview with DepicT! '16 Winner Petra Balekic

Posted on Mon 5 June 2017

With the Mon 3 July deadline for entries to this year’s DepicT! – Watershed’s super short film competition – beginning to loom on the cinematic horizon, we took some time...