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DepicT! '14 Winner's Journey - April

Posted on Mon 20 April 2015

Daniel Chisholm won two awards at last year's DepicT! - our annual short film competition. Hear what he's been up to seven months on from his big win in his latest update on the Berlinale, his new short film, and his first feature project.

Peter shooting Tea & Sangria with his crew

Bristol filmmaker returns to Watershed with Tea & Sangria

Posted on Thu 9 April 2015

We are delighted to welcome ex-Bristol filmmaker Peter Domankiewicz back to Watershed with his new feature Tea & Sangria on Tue 28 April. Multi-talented Peter is writer, director and lead actor in his Madrid-set love story and he will join us in person for a Q&A after its one-off screening.

Still from Jo Magee's DepicT! '14 shortlisted film Modrifried

Ready, steady, DepicT! - 2015 submissions now open

Posted on Tue 17 March 2015

We are back for our nineteenth year of DepicT!, our ultra short film competition that asks filmmakers from around the world to create an original short film under 90 seconds long.

Image by Jon Craig

Watershed wins Silver in Fairtrade Awards

Posted on Wed 11 March 2015

We were delighted to pick up a Silver Award in the 2015 regional Fairtrade Business Awards which we hosted here at Watershed last week. The aim of the Awards is to increase sales of and support for Fairtrade amongst local businesses, by promoting businesses that support Fairtrade and encouraging others to do more.

Still from Loose Ends, one of DepicT! '14's shortlisted films

Get double the exposure for your short film

Posted on Wed 11 March 2015

We're delighted to announce that DepicT! - our annual competition for original short films of 90 seconds or less - is teaming up with Encounters Short Film Festival 2015, the UK’s leading short film and animation festival, for this year's DepicT! '15 submissions.

Villa Touma

Telling stories about Palestine: An interview with writer/director Suha Arraf

Posted on Tue 10 March 2015

Bristol Palestine Film Festival Director David Owen sits down with Suha Arraf, director of upcoming feature Villa Touma, to discuss and pleasures of being a director as opposed to a screenwriter and the challenges of being a Palestinian living in Israel.

Announcing two open calls for Studio Residencies

Posted on Tue 10 March 2015

Are you an artist, graduate, or someone at an early stage in their career? Are you interested in the point where creativity, culture and technology meet? Good news – we are delighted to announce two new residency programmes that are now open to applications for those interested in spending some time in the open and collaborative environment of the Pervasive Media Studio.

Nii Sackey, CEO Bigga Fish, speaker at No Boundaries 2014

No Boundaries 2015 now on sale

Posted on Tue 10 March 2015

We are delighted to announce that delegate passes are now on sale for the second No Boundaries, the arts and culture industry’s annual conference presenting questions and challenging new ideas on the role of arts and culture.

Image by Toby Farrow: Shadowing, Bristol, Oct 2014

Playable City Award is now open for submissions

Posted on Mon 23 Feb 2015

Following the international success of Hello Lamppost (2013) and Shadowing (2014), we are delighted to announce the Playable City Award returns for its third year, with the call for submissions opening today.

Filmic is back!

Posted on Thu 19 Feb 2015

Filmic, a joint venture with our friends up the road at St George's Bristol, returns in March with another great line-up of film, music, talks and special live events. Dedicated to pursuing the notion of 'the filmic' - whether connected to an actual film or inside a musician's head - it's a different kind of film and music season.

Seeing Selma

Posted on Wed 11 Feb 2015

A round up of recent activity - vox pops, Twitter Chats, comment cards and more - on Selma, the story of Dr Martin Luther King's historic struggle to secure voting rights for African-Americans.