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DepicT! '14 Winner's Journey - June

Posted on Mon 22 June 2015

Each year, we challenge filmmakers from around the world to create an original and imaginative super short film of 90 seconds or under for our unique filmmaking competition, DepicT!. Last year's competition was dominated by UK filmmaker Daniel Chisholm, who we caught up with to hear about what he's been up to after his big win, nine months on.

Still from Leave to Remain

Bristol producer screens her remarkable film at Watershed

Posted on Wed 10 June 2015

Leave to Remain’s producer Kate Cook, who grew up in Nailsea, is returning to Bristol on Sun 21 June to screen her film as part of national Refugee Week, which helps celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK. Kate will be here for a Q+A, so you can ask about her own journey to becoming a top class independent film producer.

Meet the Urbanimals! Winner of the Playable City Award

Posted on Mon 8 June 2015

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2015 international Playable City Award, Urbanimals, created by the Laboratory for Architectural Experiments, LAX, based in Poland.

Bashu, the Little Stranger (screening on Fri 12 June at 15:00)

A society from the ashes: celebrating Masters of Iranian Cinema

Posted on Mon 8 June 2015

Nariman Massoumi, Senior Lecturer in Film & Television Studies at Bath Spa University, writes about the political and cultural context to films in our upcoming Masters of Iranian Cinema season.

3D printed robotic hand from Open Bionics

Say hello to our New and Emerging Talent Residents...

Posted on Tue 2 June 2015

Following our open call for Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio New and Emerging Talent Residencies programme we are delighted to announce that robotics startup co-founder Samantha Payne, game designer and producer Roz Dean and composer and designer Thomas Williams will be joining us for three months from July to explore ideas related to creative technology.

Young people at our recent BFI Film Academy Akira night

Balancing access and sustainability: new ticket price structure at Watershed

Posted on Tue 26 May 2015

Here at Watershed we are proud that our cinema programme showcases the new, the old, the unusual and the unexpected. To help sustain this work, increase access and give everyone the opportunity to discover something new, there will be a small increase in our ticket prices – and we are pleased to introduce a brand new young peoples’ ticket.

Audience at last year's No Boundaries

Contributors announced for No Boundaries

Posted on Mon 25 May 2015

We are delighted to welcome No Boundaries, the arts and culture industry's annual conference, back to Watershed in September, and to be working with partner venue HOME in Manchester.

Introducing 2015 Studio Artist in Residence: Ashley James Brown

Posted on Fri 22 May 2015

Following the open call for Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio Artist's Residencies programme we are excited to announce that Ashley James Brown, creative coder, technologist, sound artist and electronic musician will be with us in July and August as our Studio Artist in Residence.

Whispering Cloud, one of the shortlisted projects for the Playable City Award 2015

Have your say on the 2015 Playable City Award Shortlist

Posted on Tue 19 May 2015

Were you one of the thousands of people who played, danced and shaped their shadows under streetlights last year? Perhaps you struck up a conversation with a lamp post in the summer of 2013? These projects - Shadowing and Hello Lamp Post - are previous winners of our Playable City Award and we've just announced the seven shortlisted projects for this year - now you, the people who play, can have your say on the lot.

68th Cannes Film Festival

Live from Cannes Film Festival 2015

Posted on Thu 14 May 2015

The 68th Cannes Film Festival – the world’s biggest, oldest festival – kicks off this week. Mark Cosgrove, our Cinema Curator and Madeleine Probst, our Cinema Programme Producer and Vice-President of Europa Cinemas, will be in Cannes for the next couple of weeks reporting back live on Twitter as they make their way through the myriad screenings, industry events, meetings and the occasional reception.

Door Into The Dark

Door Into The Dark wins big at Tribeca Film Festival

Posted on Fri 24 April 2015

A Watershed-supported project is the talk of New York City: immersive documentary Door Into The Dark, made by Pervasive Media Studio residents Anagram, has just scooped the Bombay Sapphire Storyscapes Award (taking home $10,000) at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival.