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Watershed Balance & Belonging Results 2024

Posted on Wed 18 Sept by Helen Jaffa

Helen Jaffa, Head of People at Watershed shares how Watershed's annual Balance & Belonging report impacts our wider people strategy and how it supports us to make change.

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“ Autumn Cinema at Watershed ”

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Posted on Fri 6 Sept
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Our Cinema programme team share some of the highlights we’ll be welcoming to Watershed’s cinema screens throughout Autumn.

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“ Celebrating 20th anniversary of working at Watershed ”

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Posted on Mon 15 July by Clare Reddington
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In this article Clare Reddington, CEO of Watershed shares some thoughts on the importance and joy of working in partnership and collaboration as she celebrates two milestones: 20 years of working at Watershed and being awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the West England (UWE) in recognition of her leadership in the cultural sector and her contributions to Bristol’s creative ecology.

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“ Watershed and The Art of The Turnaround   ”

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Posted on Thu 18 April by Clare Reddington
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In light of the huge challenges that so many arts and culture organisations have faced in recent years, Clare Reddington , Watershed's CEO, shares five ‘rules’ for turning your organisation round.

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“ Watershed Wild and Generous ”

Posted on Tue 12 March by Clare Reddington

What will the world want from a cultural venue in a climate crisis?  

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“ Watershed Cinema Curator Mark Cosgrove, reflects on the changing nature of film exhibition ”

Posted on Thu 30 Nov 2023 by Mark Cosgrove

On the day that one of the commercial cinema spaces in the city is sadly closing, Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator reflects on the changing cinema exhibition landscape...

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“  Watershed CEO's Response to Bristol City Council’s Openness funding proposal ”

Posted on Tue 28 Nov 2023 by Clare Reddington

Clare Reddington, Watershed CEO, reflects on the proposal and shares the many ways we deliver on the city's mission

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“ Mujer with a Movie Camera: A season of films by female directors from Latin America ”

Posted on Mon 23 Oct 2023 by Lorena Pino

In this article MA Curating placement student and Mujer with a Movie Camera Season Curator Lorena Pino Montilla explains the process behind creating her season.

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“ Watershed's Balance and Belonging Data 2023 ”

Posted on Thu 12 Oct 2023 by Helen Jaffa

Balance and Belonging is an approach we began in 2021 to understand the intersectional identities of the people who work at Watershed (Balance), and how their identities and backgrounds impact their experience of working with us (Belonging).

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“ Undershed - an immersive gallery for Watershed ”

Posted on Wed 4 Oct 2023 by Clare Reddington

Clare Reddington, Watershed's CEO talks about the plans for Undershed - a new immersive gallery opening downstairs in Watershed in Spring 2024. 

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“ In memory of Trini ”

Posted on Tue 1 Aug 2023 by Clare Reddington

With sad hearts we want to acknowledge the death of Adriene Layne or Trini as we knew her. Trini was a member of the Pervasive Media Studio community since 2017, having joined us on a micro residency to develop her Voice Letter prototype into a product, and quickly became a full resident.  

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“ X-rated: Crossing Fact and Fiction in Kamikaze Hearts ”

Posted on Fri 28 July 2023 by Harriet Taylor

Guest writer Harriet Taylor from SWITCH offers a fresh take on Juliet Bashore's quasi-documentary Kamikaze Hearts, screening at Cinema Rediscovered 2023 on Thu 27 July and Sun 30 July.

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“ Film on Film: Morvern Callar revisited  ”

Posted on Wed 26 July 2023

20th Century Flicks' Daisy Steinhardt takes us through Lynne Ramsay’s Movern Callar (2002), which is being screened from a new BFI 35mm print as part of Cinema Rediscovered 2023.

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“ The Sound of Cinema Rediscovered  ”

Posted on Tue 25 July 2023

Guest writer Sean Wilson explores some of the soundtrack highlights & musical motifs of this year's Cinema Rediscovered programme.

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“ Look Who’s Back: the Hollywood Renaissance and the Blacklist ”

Posted on Tue 25 July 2023 by Andy Willis

​​​​​​​Andy Willis (Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford and Senior Visiting Curator at HOME in Manchester), curator of the Look Who's Back: The Hollywood Renaissance and the Blacklist strand at this year's Cinema Rediscovered festival, dives into the thinking behind the strand and the political context of this era of Hollywood filmmaking.