Film Academy Recommends South West

BFI Film Academy Recommends is a series of curated screening events on different themes, as well as opportunities to watch and talk about films. Find out about up coming screening events, watch shorts made by other new and emerging filmmakers and get inspired.

Upcoming Screening Events

BFI Film Academy Recommends
20 Jun

Several Samurai

Throughout June and July at Watershed, explore several Samurai-featuring works from Akira Kurosawa, co-curated by our Film Club host Jojo Myers-Insole!

BFI Film Academy Recommends
6 Jul

Queer Vision Shorts Showcase & Mixer

Join us on Sun 6 July at 14:30 for Queer Vision’s South West Shorts, followed by a mixer for LGBTQIA+ filmmakers in Watershed’s Cafe & Bar.

BFI Film Academy Recommends
22 Jul

16-19 Film Club: Friendship

If you’re aged 16-19, and passionate about cinema, join us at Watershed on Tue July 22 at 17:30 for an intro and post-film discussion in the Pervasive Media Studio (snacks provided).


GET INSPIRED

BFI Film Academy at Encounters 2023

BFI Film Academy in the South West teamed up with Encounters Film Festival to offer three BFI Film Academy members passes in exchange for content created about their visit.

Inside Film 2022: The Roundup

Missed our Inside Film day last month? Catch up with what
happened and listen back to some of the the sessions and advice from industry pros.

BFI Film Academy Shorts

Watch short films produced by the talented young filmmakers from the BFI Film Academy Craft Skills course at the National Film and Television School.