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Once a year contenders from around the globe descend on a picturesque village in the Scottish Highlands to compete for the title of World Porridge Champion. Amid intense rivalries, steaming bowls of porridge, and the lives of charmingly eccentric locals we see a living legacy unfold.

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When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.

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Set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo, Neo Sora’s striking debut feature explores a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations.

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Charming, wistful, heartbreaking, hopeful and urgent. Palestine’s official entry to the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, brings dozens of emerging Palestinian artists to the fore in an urgent cry for humanity from a people under siege.  

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Cristi and Yusuf toil washing cars in Bradford as undocumented workers, trying to shield their traumatic pasts. But after one of their coworkers dies under unclear circumstances, they are thrown together on a journey across the challenging terrain of the Yorkshire Dales.

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Join us for the launch of Impulse: Playing with Reality, a multi-award-winning mixed reality experience by Anagram, narrated by Academy Award®-winner Tilda Swinton, sharing lived stories of ADHD at a moment when awareness is in focus globally. Writer and director May Abdalla will host a conversation, reflecting on the making of Impulse, drawing on over 100 hours of interviews with people with ADHD and leading researchers.

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This fly-on-the-wall documentary offers a deeply personal insight into multi-instrumentalist and renowned film composer Warren Ellis's passion project: a wildlife sanctuary in the forests of Sumatra.

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Steve follows a pivotal day in the life of headteacher and his students, at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them.

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Impulse opens a window into four distinct experiences of living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) — combining gameplay with first-hand lived experience. The result is an immersive encounter with minds that can be exhausting and exhilarating, chaotic, and creative, capturing both the struggles and the inventiveness that come with ADHD.

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We’re inviting Bristol’s poets to creatively explore the city through Pin the Tale — a digital platform for mapping stories, poems and place, created by Pervasive Media Studio resident Jack Lowe.

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Featuring an outstanding performance from Frank Dillane, Urchin is the stunning directorial debut feature from Harris Dickinson.

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In this Lunchtime Talk we'll hear from Sacha Wares an award-winning XR director shares her evolving understanding of the language of movement in virtual reality.

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When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

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Director Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems) teams up with Dwayne Johnson for this powerful and gritty account of the career of pioneering MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr.

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Eccentric lottery winner Charles (Tim Key) dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together.

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Burning an Illusion follows the story of a young Black woman in England becoming increasingly frustrated with her life and with her lazy, demanding boyfriend. With the help of friends, she seeks something better. 

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Two artists in London set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.

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Join us for our October Make Shift Meet Up with where we will be joined by theatre-maker Russell Bender. Make Shift Meet-ups are a space for early career creatives(18-30s -ish) to come together in the Pervasive Media Studio on the first Tuesday evening of each month

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A team of wall-drawing robots will be drawing a mural of the public on the front of our building as part of the Bristol Festival of Tech, Creativity + Culture (BTF+).

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Contemporary cinema’s favourite detective Benoit Blanc returns in Rian Johnson’s sharply penned and devilishly fun reinvention of the classic whodunit.

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