What’s On Week Ahead

Until Thu 21 May

Set on the Galician coast in the early 2000s, Romería follows 18-year-old Marina, who travels to Vigo in search of information about her biological father.

Until Wed 3 Jun

Our Land dares to tread where few have trespassed before, asking the timely question of who has the right to roam in the English countryside? 

Until Thu 21 May

The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases.

In the 1970s, young filmmaker Agnieszka investigates the life of a 1950s bricklayer and worker’s hero. When she learns that the facts behind his story were suppressed, she has to decide whether to pursue the truth or not.

Until Thu 21 May

Rose of Nevada is Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s hotly anticipated and critically acclaimed follow-up to his BAFTA-award-winning first feature Bait and Enys Men.

Sat 16 - Wed 20 May

A promising young boxer survives a deadly accident thanks to his friend Matteo. After recovery, mysterious pain begins consuming him, jeopardizing his boxing career in a world where weakness isn't tolerated.

Until Thu 21 May

Experience the magic of Amélie back on the big screen, as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.

Until Thu 21 May

When a shy hopeless romantic makes a wish that his long-time crush falls in love with him, a sinister enchantment ensues in writer/director Curry Barker's freaky and frightening feature debut.

Until Thu 21 May

Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. Akira's arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for future generations of ground-breaking movies.

Are you the friend that rates films on Letterboxd before you even leave the cinema? Hosted by Watershed's own Sven and Tom, expect rounds to feature your favourite acting legends, music from iconic scenes, and unexpected film knowledge that’ll put even the biggest movie buffs to the test. Grab your friends, form a team, and book a table now.

One of Frederick Wiseman’s most immersive films captures life in the New England port.

Please join us at the 18:10 screening of The Christophers on Mon 18 May which will feature Descriptive Subtitles and an introduction from Neil Ramjee - film writer and broadcaster from the South West .

Until Wed 27 May

Bart Schrijver’s acclaimed, international hit drama follows two friends who meet up after a decade to hike Scotland’s West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail.

Imagine if rainbows were time travellers… hand-painted animation Arco sees its hero crash land in a near future impacted by climate change.

I Swear is a frank, funny and powerful new film inspired by the life and experiences of John Davidson, MBE (Robert Aramayo), charting his journey from a misunderstood teenager in 1980’s Britain to present day advocate for the understanding and acceptance of Tourette Syndrome.

In this Lunchtime Talk, Play Disrupt will be sharing young people’s creative outputs from the Public Map project, and the journey of co-designing new ways of making maps.

Fri 22 - Thu 28 May

In 1999, the unlikely duo of Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard and British flying instructor Brian Jones take on the world's leading aeronauts and billionaires in a race to become the first people to fly nonstop around the world in a balloon.

Fri 22 - Thu 28 May

Hen follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece.

Fri 22 - Thu 28 May

Oscar®-winning director László Nemes’ (Son of Saul, Sunset) highly anticipated third feature, set in post-war Budapest, follows a boy uncovering his family’s fractured history against the brutal Hungarian Uprising.

Baz Luhrmann’s iconic contemporary restaging of Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece returns to cinemas for its 30th anniversary.