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BFI Film Academy Bristol

Project

The film and television industry in the UK is thriving but a skills shortage and lack of diversity within the sector threaten to undermine it's future. The BFI Film Academy identifies and nurtures young talent to help the sector continue to thrive.

  Daphne: Directors Q&A

Posted on Tue 3 Oct 2017

Director Peter Mackie Burns discusses Daphne, his striking drama which follows the life of an early-thirties Londoner who goes off the rails after witnessing a random act of violence.

  Impact Report 2016/2017

Read about how Watershed supporters encourage innovation, enable talented young people to gain confidence and share their experiences, and ensure our cinema programme sustains its depth and richness and remains accessible for all to enjoy.

Filmmakers from Mexico, France and the UK share DepicT! Awards

Posted on Fri 29 Sept 2017

Filmmakers from Mexico, France and the UK shared the glory in this year's DepicT! – Watershed’s 90 second filmmaking competition - at this year’s Encounters Short Film...

  October 2017 Watershed Podcast

Posted on Thu 28 Sept 2017

October 2017's podcast focusses on the upcoming Festival of the Future City at Watershed.

 An interview with Sharon Clark, writer/creator of Ice Road 

Posted on Wed 27 Sept 2017

Raucous (who brought the critically acclaimed theatre show The Stick House to Bristol in 2015) open their brand-new show Ice Road next Monday (2 October) so we thought you might be interested in this interview between Claire Skelcey, Head of Communications and Sharon Clark, Creative Director of Raucous.

  The Last Blues Song of a Lost Afronaut

Posted on Tue 26 Sept 2017

An immersive theatre piece, developed as part of our 2016 Artist in Residence programme, in which protagonist Afronaut Femi travels through space in search of life on other planets.

Playable City

Project

Playable City puts people and play at the heart of the future city, re-using city infrastructure and re-appropriating smart city technologies to create connections – person to person, person to city.

 What does it all add up to?  

Posted on Thu 21 Sept 2017 by Clare Reddington

We design our programmes to have local, national and global impact

 How we work with artists 

Posted on Thu 21 Sept 2017 by Clare Reddington

Watershed's approach is not characterised in a specific project or programme, but an ethos of open-ness, responsibility, partnership and passion.

DepicT! '17 Shortlist is now live

Posted on Tue 5 Sept 2017

Watch, vote and comment nowWe are delighted to announce that this year's DepicT! shortlist is live - and we need your votes to decide the winner of this year’s coveted Audience...