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Afrika Eye Festival returns

Posted on Tue 11 Oct 2016

Afrika Eye - the South West’s biggest celebration of African cinema and culture – returns in November with a packed weekend of new films, discussions, family workshops plus live music featuring Abass Dodoo, the Ghanaian master drummer.

Urbanimals 2015 Award Winner (photo by Paul Blakemore)

Fourth international Playable City Award Shortlist Revealed

Posted on Thu 22 Sept 2016

From emotionally responsive signposts to mischievous footprints, the Playable City Award’s eight shortlisted projects place journeys at the heart of the future city. Now open for your comments.

Image by Max McClure

Open Sourcing our Approach to Creative R&D

Posted on Thu 22 Sept 2016

Today we are sharing two pieces of work, a guide to running a Watershed Sandbox and the REACT Report which distills the learning from our collaboration with five Universities over the past four years.

‘A small film with a big heart’ – Esther May Campbell’s first feature opens at Watershed

Posted on Tue 20 Sept 2016

Light Years opens at Watershed with a special preview screening at Encounters Short Film Festival and is the first feature from Bristol-based Esther May Campbell, starring singer-songwriter Beth Orton. A lyrical drama about family relationships wilting in the late summer heat, Light Years is Beth Orton’s big screen acting debut.

Jono Sandilands' work

New Talent Residencies

Posted on Tue 6 Sept 2016

Playable prints, curious playgrounds and a treasure hunt of Britain's steel towns... these are the brilliant ideas from the recipients of Watershed's New Talent Residencies. We thought we’d find out how they are getting on so far…

Bait - one of the DepicT! '16 shortlisted films

DepicT! '16 Shortlist is live!

Posted on Fri 2 Sept 2016

With this year’s DepicT! film entries numbering a record breaking 700 films from 63 different countries, we had an especially exciting and diverse pool of mini movies to whittle down to our shortlist of just fifteen films: the shortlist is now live on depict.org and awaiting your votes and comments.

No Offense, But... Daniel Savage

Unfixed 2.0 - Challenging Perceptions of Disability

Posted on Thu 1 Sept 2016

Unfixed is a creative research project bringing together UK and Australian disabled artists to explore notions of the 'fixed' and 'unfixed' body through the lens of art and technology. If disabled people are able to access ways of being in the world that the ‘able-bodied’ are not, who exactly is disabled?

David Ellington at our Matilda Read in a Day (credit: Jon Aitken)

Making Watershed accessible for everyone

Posted on Wed 24 Aug 2016

We have a whole host of events in September that are accessible for Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people, including a robotics showcase, a creative workshop exploring 'feeling' sound, Deaf Conversations About Cinema, shorts programmes and more...

Image credit: 2416 The Afronaut © Drojan Visuals a.k.a Alejandro Padron 2016.

Introducing our newest Artist in Residence

Posted on Wed 24 Aug 2016

‘Blues Song of a Lost Afronaut' is a completely new immersive experience exploring identity and mythology. It is the latest brilliant idea commissioned through Watershed’s Artist in Residence programme.

David Ellington, a Deaf Bristol artist and filmmaker, reading Matilda at last Friday's Read-in-a-day (Credit: Jon Aitken)

Watershed shortlisted for UK Cinema of the Year 2016

Posted on Thu 18 Aug 2016

Watershed has been shortlisted for UK Cinema of the Year 2016 at the prestigious Screen Awards, which recognises excellence in film distribution, exhibition and marketing in the UK film industry.

Encounters Festival returns with local heroes

Posted on Wed 17 Aug 2016

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival returns from Tue 20 - Sun 25 Sept. This year audiences, filmmakers and industry players can expect five days of the best short films from more than 40 countries alongside a series of special big screen events, a comprehensive industry programme and Q&As with leading filmmakers.