What’s On Week Ahead

Fri 26 June - Thu 2 July

Jodie Foster’s impeccable French and comedic skills are on full display in this mystery thriller, which sees her character journey down a rabbit hole to investigate a suspicious death.

In this Lunchtime Talk Creative Technologist Coral Manton will talk about this ever-evolving role of being a Creative Technologist.

Until Sun 28 Jun

Four artists from our incredible Pervasive Media Studio community share works in progress exploring the future of technologies in our lives. Make faces with emotion-sensing software, build new worlds, meet future folk heroes – imagine what digital futures could look like.

Fri 26 June - Thu 2 July

In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family’s oldest child.

Until Thu 2 Jul

Based on Gary Owen’s much lauded and widely performed one-woman play, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans’ cinematic interpretation set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales.

Until Wed 1 Jul

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom in this adaptation of the global phenomenon from Kane Parsons.

An introverted princess has her world turned upside down, when her bounty hunter girlfriend of two weeks breaks up with her and is subsequently kidnapped by the ‘Straight White Maliens’. Along the way she is joined by a former gay pop idol and drag queen, who help her conquer her self-doubt to save her ex.

Until Thu 2 Jul

When a shy hopeless romantic makes a wish that his long-time crush falls in love with him, a sinister enchantment ensues in writer/director Curry Barker's freaky and frightening feature debut.

Join us in Watershed's Cafe & Bar after the preview screening of Lesbian Space Princess as part of Queer Vision 2026. Ticket holders for the Fri 26 June 20:30 screening will get priority access to our afterparty from 22:00 - midnight in the Café & Bar.

Sat 27 June - Thu 2 July

An introverted space princess is forced to leave her home planet on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.

Queer as Punk follows Malaysian LGBTQ+ punk band Shh…Diam! (Malay for “Shut up!”), fronted by trans man Faris and his two bandmates Yon and Yoyo. The trio’s dynamic refusal of silence is part of a bold fight for LGBTQ+ rights in a country where personal freedoms are intensely restricted.

Sat 27 June - Thu 2 July

Following its super-buzzy reviews from America, we are proud to bring you one of the best Hong Kong action films in years.

Until Thu 2 Jul

Rose of Nevada is Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s hotly anticipated and critically acclaimed follow-up to his BAFTA-award-winning first feature Bait and Enys Men.

Erased from the sporting history books, Copa 71 is the incredible story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup.

Highlighted as an LGBTQ+ “must see” for the 2026 festival season, Brydie O’Connor’s archive-driven documentary focuses on experimental and pioneering lesbian filmmaker, Barbara Hammer. After the screening there will be a Bristol Butch Bar gathering in the bar - join for the chance to discuss the screening, have a drink, or just socialise!

After the passing of his father, Anand leaves his bustling life in Mumbai behind, returning to his ancestral village for the traditional mourning period. Though his parents have accepted his sexuality, Anand’s extended family are unaware. Before long, the mounting expectations of marriage resurface for Anand, and his only reprieve lies in reconnecting with his childhood friend, Balya.

Is Jazz is a monthly meet-up for 18-30 (ish) year old creatives to explore collaborative creative process in a low-stakes, supportive, and informal way.

The acerbic new chapter of Louise Weard’s visionary, post-modern trans epic, here we follow Izzy who is desperately clawing for any source of (mis)information to sabotage her partner’s transition.