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Making Cities Playable: Recife

Posted on Mon 4 Nov 2013

From street art to street games, Bristol is the world’s very first Playable City, known for its playful approach to public spaces, and for its drive to get residents and visitors engaged with the city and its creative and cultural future, demonstrated by successful projects like Hello Lamp Post.

Afrika Eye returns to Watershed

Posted on Wed 23 Oct 2013

We're very excited that Bristol's very own African film festival returns to Watershed next month with another great line-up of cinema, music, workshops and discussion. Internationally-praised feature films from Angola, Kenya and Senegal and a Bristol-made documentary about the last absolute monarch in Africa will be among those getting their regional premieres when Afrika Eye - the South West’s biggest celebration of African film and culture opens on Fri 8 Nov.

Get curious at our magical Family Arts Festival events

Posted on Mon 14 Oct 2013

Over the next two weeks (Sat 19 Oct – Sat 2 Nov) we are inviting families to tumble down the rabbit hole for a magical season of films and workshops which have been conjured up by some of Bristol’s most spellbinding talent as part of the nation-wide Family Arts Festival.

First danceroom Spectroscopy Festival announced

Posted on Mon 7 Oct 2013

This October sees the first danceroom Spectroscopy Festival, a remarkable new way to visualise the invisible nanoscale atomic world that makes up everything around us, including our own bodies.

Passionate about film? Want to work in the industry?

Posted on Tue 1 Oct 2013

We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the BFI Film Academy Bristol for young people (aged 16 - 19) who are passionate about film. 

Welcoming our new Magicians in Residence

Posted on Mon 30 Sept 2013

This week we welcome magicians Stuart Nolan and Kieron Kirkland who are joining Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio as our first ever Magicians in Residence.Over the next two months, these two amazing practitioners will conjure up creative ideas that blend technology, interaction design, magic and illusion, supported by Watershed and the University of Bristol.