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Inside Screen 2026<\/a><\/h3>\n

On Sat 28 Feb, BFI Film Academy SW presented Inside Screen 2026 at Watershed, filled with panels, short films and networking for 16 to 25-year-olds.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Shorts at Slapstick Festival 2026<\/a><\/h3>\n

Roaming Reporter Jahziah Dixon shares his favourite short films from Slapstick Festival 2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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YASUJIRO OZU\u2019S CAPTIVATING BLEND OF SLAPSTICK AND DRAMA<\/a><\/h3>\n

Roaming Reporter Martha Redfern reviews Yasujiro Ozu’s Where Now Are The Dreams of Youth? following its screening at Slapstick Festival 2026.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Encounters Festival Showcase and Masterclass<\/a><\/h3>\n

On Tuesday 20th January, BFI Film Academy South West hosted a showcase of Encounters Film Festival 2025 shorts.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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My Favourites at Encounters Film Festival 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n

For the Encounters Roaming Reporters 2025, Jahziah Dixon reviews his favourites of the festival.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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All Eyes on Her: Female Stories at Encounters Film Festival 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n

Martha Redfern writes about the Female Stories at Encounters Film Festival 2025 for the Roaming Reporters<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Opportunity & Identity in My Beautiful Laundrette<\/a><\/h3>\n

For Cinema Rediscovered’s Roaming Reporters, Will Palmer explores the opportunity and identity in My Beautiful Laundrette and 1980s Britain.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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My Top Five Films at Cinema Rediscovered 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n

One of the Cinema Rediscovered 2025 Roaming Reporters, Jazhiah Dixon lists his top five films of the festival.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Time, Place, and Secret Sex: How these Queer 80s Films represent Sexual Identity and Mobility<\/a><\/h3>\n

As part of the Cinema Rediscovered 2025 Roaming Reporters Scheme, Teagan Waymouth writes about two 1980s Queer films she saw at the festival: Desert Hearts and My Beautiful Laundrette<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Under 30s guide to Cinema Rediscovered 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n

Explore the Cinema Rediscovered 2025 (23 – 27 July) programme through the lens of Watershed Staff under 30, aimed at under 30s!<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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A Day with Aardman Academy<\/a><\/h3>\n

On 30th April 2025, a select group of fifteen students from South West institutions spent the day at Aardman Animations studios for a special showcase from Aardman Academy!<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Inside screen 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n

15th March 2025 saw the return of Inside Screen to Watershed, Bristol, for a day filled with panels, short films and opportunities for people aged 16-25 to gain insights into the screen industries.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Introducing the hosts of Film Club!<\/a><\/h3>\n

Meet the hosts of Film Club, the inclusive space for 16-18 year-olds to share ideas and watch great cinema.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Inside Screen 2024<\/a><\/h3>\n

Inside Screen saw 120 emerging filmmakers flooding into Watershed, Bristol for a day of screenings, talks and networking.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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BFI Film Academy at Encounters 2023<\/a><\/h3>\n

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. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Hardie Writes: Best and Worst of Film Lists<\/a><\/h3>\n

My passion for cinema began during adolescence and grew through IMDb\u2019s Top 250 Movies list.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Hardie Writes: How Rep Films Broaden Cinema\u2019s Horizons<\/a><\/h3>\n

I know that I\u2019m meant to be a film critic, but even I get tired watching too many movies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Hardie Writes: The Virgin Suicides<\/a><\/h3>\n

Rediscovering Sofia Coppola\u2019s stunning style with The Virgin Suicides.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Hardie Writes: Shabu review<\/a><\/h3>\n

This documentary from director Shamira Rapha\u00ebla follows the charismatic young rapper Shabu as he tries desperately to earn money to pay off a debt. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Hardie Writes: Reflective Encounters<\/a><\/h3>\n

As part of this year’s Encounters Film Festival, we were able to commission Nathan Hardie, AKA HardieWrites to write about a number of the films included in the festival’s student programme.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Hardie Writes: Cinema Rediscovered<\/a><\/h3>\n

Nathan Hardie reports on everything that happened on each day of this year’s Cinema Rediscovered festival.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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\u2018Timeless Yet Timely\u2019 – A conversation between Qezz Gill and Katie Metcalfe<\/a><\/h3>\n

Qezz Gill caught up with Katie Metcalfe to learn more about what stories get commissioned and how the process works.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Meet the Creative Mentoring 2022 Participants<\/a><\/h3>\n

Meet our group of emerging talent based in the South West who have been receiving professional industry mentoring over the last few months.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Queer is not a Genre\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n

As part of Queer Vision Film Festival, Sally MacAlister explores the importance of having multi-faceted characters in Wildhood and Girls Girls Girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Inside Film 2022: The Roundup<\/a><\/h3>\n

Missed our Inside Film day last month? Catch up with what
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Break into Film Guide<\/a><\/h3>\n

Find out about some of the routes into the screen industries, with many opportunities based in the South West region.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n <\/div>\n \n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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