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Festival Diaries

Glimpse behind the scenes of film and art festivals with reports from individuals at the centre of the action.

Cannes International Film Festival 2013 Watershed's Head of Programme, Mark Cosgrove, reports live from this year's Cannes International Film Festival. 15 - 26 May 2013
International Film Festival Berlin 2013 Our Head of Programme Mark Cosgrove discusses the 63rd International Film Festival Berlin, and reports back via twitter. 7 - 17 Feb 2013
Ars Electronica 2006 Watershed’s programming team documented their visit to Ars Electronica in Austria, one of the world’s most significant media arts festivals. Sep 2006
Cannes Film Festival 2010 Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Head of Programme, talks about his trip to the film festival and reports direct from Cannes. 13 - 20 May 2010
Cannes International Film Festival 2011 Watershed's Head of Programme, Mark Cosgrove, talks his reasons for attending the 64th Cannes International Film Festival. 11 - 22 May 2011
Cannes International Film Festival 2012 Watershed's Head of Programme, Mark Cosgrove, introduces his reasons for attending the 65th Cannes International Film Festival. 16 - 27 May 2012
International Film Festival Berlin 2006 - 2011 A collection of pre-festival interviews and subsequent live reports by Mark Cosgrove from the annual International Film Festival Berlin.
International Film Festival Berlin 2012 Mark Cosgrove, Head of Programme at Watershed discusses the 62nd International Film Festival Berlin, and reports from the festival. 9 - 19 Feb 2012
Singapore International Film Festival Mark Cosgrove, Watershed’s Head of Programme, visited Singapore International Film Festival to present a programme of British short films. Apr 2008
Slapsticon 2008 Chris Daniels of Slapstick Silent Comedy Festival reports from a film festival dedicated to the lesser-known stars of early comedy. Jul 2008
South by Southwest 2010 Clare Reddington, Director of iShed and Pervasive Media Studio, talks about her trip to the interactive festival and reports direct from Texas. Mar 2010
Tampere Film Festival 2010 In his role as Encounters Short Film Festival Creative Director, Mark Cosgrove talks about his forthcoming trip to Finland. 11 - 14 Mar 2010
Tampere Short Film Festival 2006 Creative Director of Encounters Festival Mark Cosgrove documents his trip to the biggest short film festival in Northern Europe. Mar 2006
Toronto International Film Festival Watershed’s Mark Cosgrove writes about Toronto International Film Festival and his hunt for great films to bring back to Bristol. Sep 2006
Venice Film Festival 2011 Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Head of Programme, reports live from the Venice Film Festival and discusses his reasons for attending. 31 Aug - 10 Sep 2011