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Knowle West Media Centre won a Special Recognition Award

Electric December Award Winners!

Posted on Fri 2 Dec 2011

A Russian peasant

A Hawk and A Hacksaw live rescore of seminal Soviet classic

Posted on Tue 29 Nov 2011

We are very excited to welcome New Mexico's roving folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw (accordionist/drummer Jeremy Barnes and violinist Heather Trost) to Watershed this weekend. They are here to present a brand new live rescore of Soviet director Sergei Paradjanov's classic film Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors.

School students having fun with Electric December

Electric December goes live this week

Posted on Mon 28 Nov 2011

Electric December returns this Thursday, ready to make December just that little bit more joyous, with an outstanding online showcase of 24 short films from across Europe - one for each day of advent at electricdecember.org.Watch the trailer below to get a glimpse of the great work that's waiting for you to watch from 1 Dec.

Prompts to help you progress your idea

Posted on Tue 22 Nov 2011

Above as Below: award winner

DepicT! 2011 Winners

Posted on Mon 21 Nov 2011

Following a fantastic buzz at the DepicT! Showcase in the afternoon, filmmakers and guests gathered on the evening of Sat 19 Nov for the 17th Bristol Encounters International Film Festival Awards Ceremony hosted by Peter Carlton to learn who'd scooped this year's DepicT! competition prizes.Out of a dizzying 500 films from 30 countries, 14 tiny films were shortlisted for their distinctive, imaginative and engaging qualities.

Image from the documentary The Story of Lover's Rock

Celebrate the return of The Story of Lover’s Rock with our special Party Night

Posted on Wed 16 Nov 2011

Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Head of Programme

Watershed's Head of Programme is one of four Candidates for BFI Member Governor

Posted on Tue 8 Nov 2011

BTEC Media Students producing Electric December

Watershed showcases young film talent with help from Bristol schools

Posted on Wed 2 Nov 2011

We are recruiting...

Posted on Fri 28 Oct 2011

Meeting at the Pervasive Media Studio

Pervasive Media Studio moves into Watershed

Posted on Thu 27 Oct 2011

The Pervasive Media Studio is Watershed’s city-centre research space that brings together a network of over 100 artists, technologists and academics to explore the future of mobile and wireless media. Since opening in 2008, it has been situated in nearby Anchor Square.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc reaches New York

Posted on Tue 25 Oct 2011

We are thrilled that The Passion of Joan of Arc is being performed at the White Light Festival in New York this weekend (Sat 29 Oct). This collaborative project, developed in Bristol by musicians Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) working with inspiration from Watershed, is a new live performance to the classic film (directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer in 1928) long regarded as a towering masterpiece of cinema.