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Resfest
Please note: this is an old season with no further events to see
This year’s RESFEST marks the 10th anniversary of this pioneering festival and it kicks off its seven-city tour in Bristol, the first time Watershed has hosted the opening.
At the core of RESFEST are the specially curated programmes of the latest and most innovative work including: short films, music videos, animation and motion graphics.
RESFEST is much more than a collection of screened programmes. The programmers work hard to make the Festival a fully immersive and interactive experience, a place where talented, passionate people – new to the industry, or established – can mingle and meet their artistic heroes. And so, alongside the programmes of short form work - and informed by them - are a series of feature films and documentaries; retrospectives of the work of leading artists; seminars featuring top UK and International experts aimed at those in the creative industries; educational sessions aimed at university students considering careers in film and media; technology demonstrations and free classrooms; live music and AV events
Fee: £6.00 full / £4.00 concessions (unless otherwise stated)
RESPASS: £45.00 full / £30.00 concessions. A RESPASS gives discounted entry to 10 screenings. (NB: RESPASS not valid for Blacktronica Party – £3.00 supplement or Black Gold + Panel Discussion – £2.00 supplement)
Please note: all advertised times are the actual start times of the programme.
Shown in Resfest
| Radiohead, the Visionaries: A Decade of Breaking New Talent | Wed 25 & Fri 27 Oct |
| A Decade of RESFEST: Ten Seminal Short Films | Thu 26 - Fri 27 Oct |
| Rock the Bells plus Blacktronica After Party | Thu 26 Oct 20:30 |
| Blacktronica After Party | Thu 26 Oct 22:00 |
| Shorts Three: Fear and Trembling | Thu 26 & Sun 29 Oct |
| Videos that Rock | Fri 27 - Sat 28 Oct |
| The Host | Fri 27 Oct 18:45 |
| Unsung Heroes: Gems from the Archive | Thu 26 - Fri 27 Oct |
| loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies | Fri 27 - Sat 28 Oct |
| Cinema Electronica | Sat 28 - Sun 29 Oct |
| Coldcut: Sound Mirrors Videos & Remixes. DVD Preview | Sat 28 Oct 18:50 |
| Shorts One: State of the Art | Sat 28 - Sun 29 Oct |
| Random Function | Sat 28 Oct 20:50 |
| Black Gold Screening + Panel | Sun 29 Oct 14:50 |
| Everything Under The Sun: Filmmaking with A Purpose | Sun 29 Oct 19:00 |
Filmic
A festival of film and music
We're mad about music and film. So much so we've created a brand new festival dedicated to this most enduring of relationships, and it all kicks off this weekend with a special focus on the music of the maestro himself: Ennio Morricone.
Can you do it in 90 seconds?
DepicT! '12 is open for entries
Filmmakers from across the globe: show your stuff in just a minute and a half to be in with a chance of winning £1500, priceless industry exposure, and loads more exclusive prizes.

