What’s On Week Ahead

Until Thu 4 Dec

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

A British-Palestinian surgeon’s 43 day journey working day and night under bombardment in Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals.

Sun 30 Nov - Wed 3 Dec

A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.

Until Thu 4 Dec

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical Oklahoma!.

Until Thu 4 Dec

A shy young man finds his place in the world as the submissive to a handsome biker, in Harry Lighton’s charming, sexy and tender debut.

Until Thu 4 Dec

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

This collection of short documentary films explores three different perspectives on life in the Gaza Strip before and after October 7th, 2023. 

Until Wed 3 Dec

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a magnificent performance in the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Max Porter’s award-winning Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.

Until Wed 3 Dec

A 15-year-old orphan witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina (Marion Cotillard).

Join us for our December Make Shift Meet Up with where we will be joined by Creative Technologist, Ant Nascè.

This is our special annual event where we say thank you to our incredible supporters, partners and friends who make Watershed’s work possible, and this year's celebration promises to be extra special.

Until Thu 4 Dec

From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay this is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and postpartum psychosis. Anchored by a ferocious, tour de force performance from Jennifer Lawrence, and co-starring Robert Pattinson.

Wed 3 - Thu 11 Dec

In a UK immigration removal centre, Nigerian migrant Isio finds hope in an unexpected love that gives her the strength to fight a broken system.

Acclaimed photographer Misan Harriman documents protest movements across the globe. But in a world more divided than ever, he is forced to question whether activism can actually deliver social change and if his own work can really make a difference.

Fri 5 - Thu 11 Dec

Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, It Was Just an Accident is a fearless tour-de-force from cinematic luminary Jafar Panahi. Both urgently political and deeply humane, this new moral classic confronts truth and uncertainty, revenge and mercy, head-on.

In this Lunchtime Talk, Julia Scott-Stevenson will share research and creative practice findings from her research project on how might collectively engaging with immersive artworks inform our perception of climate crisis and our feelings of agency?

Fri 5 - Thu 11 Dec

Going behind the scenes of her administration and her private life, Prime Minister follows Jacinda Ardern for seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics, becomes a feminist political icon, resigns suddenly from office and continues to champion the fight against isolationism, fear, and the distortion of truth.

First Friday is a monthly social and showcasing event open to anyone. This month has been co-produced with the Pervasive Media Studio and Muti Live, exploring the theme of Light in the Darkness.

When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself.

Sat 6 - Sun 7 Dec

Knowle West Media Centre invites you to an immersive sound installation of voices and perspectives co-curated and produced with sound artist Nik Rawlings in Bristol's first Civic Observatory—a space in which people can come together and learn about AI.

Art for the Struggle, Struggle for the Art is a collection of five short films from the revolutionary period of Palestinian cinema – from 1968 to 1974 – exploring the importance of archive film in social and cultural documentation.

In this powerful drama, a Palestinian and Israeli fear raising a child in a mixed Arab-Jewish community in Haifa, where they can’t even be seen together in public.

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.