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A Q&A with film composer Ennio Morricone

As part of Filmic, our forthcoming Film and Music season, we focus on the works of the great maestro Ennio Morricone. Here is an interview with the man himself that was published in 2003 as part of his 75th birthday celebrations.

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Watershed Projection © Toby Farrow

Reporting live from the government film policy review launch

Mon 16 Jan was the much-anticipated launch of the Film Policy Review - our Head of Programme Mark Cosgrove tweeted his thoughts from the public launch and Q&A at @msc45.

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Watershed's Top 10 Sellers of 2011

With 2012 upon us with a vengeance, we thought it would be fun to take a quick look back at a year in film here at Watershed.

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Filmic: A festival of film and music

Forget Bogart and Bacall, Astaire and Rogers, Burton and Taylor: cinema’s most enduring relationship is with music. To celebrate this partnership Watershed and St George's have collaborated to produce Filmic, a brand new festival of film and music.

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Meet Me in St Louis

Festive cheer at Watershed

This festive week we welcome two films we missed the chance to screen on their initial release, plus the return of a bonafide Christmas classic!

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Knowle West Media Centre won a Special Recognition Award

Electric December Award Winners!

On Thu 1 Dec over 100 people came together at Watershed to celebrate the launch of Electric December 2011, Watershed's original online countdown calendar of brilliant short films from young European filmmakers, and find out who scooped some of the prestigious Electric December Awards.

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A Hawk and A Hacksaw live rescore of seminal Soviet classic

We are very excited to welcome New Mexico's roving folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw (accordionist/drummer Jeremy Barnes and violinist Heather Trost) to Watershed this weekend. They are here to present a brand new live rescore of Soviet director Sergei Paradjanov's classic film Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors.

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School students having fun with Electric December

Electric December goes live this week

Electric December returns this Thursday, ready to make December just that little bit more joyous, with an outstanding online showcase of 24 short films from across Europe - one for each day of advent at electricdecember.org

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Above as Below: award winner

DepicT! 2011 Winners

Following a fantastic buzz at the DepicT! Showcase in the afternoon, filmmakers and guests gathered on the evening of Sat 19 Nov for the 17th Bristol Encounters International Film Festival Awards Ceremony hosted by Peter Carlton to learn who'd scooped this year's DepicT! competition prizes.

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Celebrate the return of The Story of Lover’s Rock with our special Party Night

We are delighted that The Story of Lover’s Rock is returning from Fri 16 – Thu 22 Dec with a special Party Night on Sat 17 Dec in the Café/Bar with live music and some very special guests.

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