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Watershed's UK tour of Kenyan films opens tonight

Posted on Thu 9 Jan 2014

Following sold out screenings at Afrika Eye Festival last November, we are delighted to confirm that two new Kenyan films - Nairobi Half Life and Something Necessary - are now playing at cinemas and festivals across the UK as part of New Visions from Kenya: Celebrating 50 years of Independence. Audience reaction here at Watershed has been outstanding for both films.

Welcome to Recife: The Playable City

Posted on Wed 8 Jan 2014

This week we are delighted to welcome participants from Brazil and the UK who are joining us as part of the Recife: The Playable City programme. Participants will spend the next 10 days developing ideas here at Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, before heading to Brazil in April to finalise their prototypes.

Reflections on 12 Years A Slave

Posted on Wed 8 Jan 2014

The unflinching intensity of Steve McQueen

Posted on Fri 3 Jan 2014

Digital Producers Lab celebratory film released

Posted on Thu 19 Dec 2013

Last Autumn, Watershed and National Theatre Wales supported 12 brilliant creative Digital Producers through Wales’ very first Digital Producers Lab, a development programme to foster digital talent and catalyse production of creative technology projects in Wales. We are delighted to announce that we have just released a short film following the Digital Producers Lab that ran at Watershed between Sept - Nov 2013.

Inner and Outer Space: A tale of two films 3D

Posted on Wed 11 Dec 2013

The Harbourside Christmas Market

Posted on Mon 9 Dec 2013

Shoppers can head to the harbour this Christmas for a vibrant, locally focused alternative to the high street. With a host of amazing artisan stalls and a gift wrapping station, as well as local artists (including works from Upfest Gallery), performers and gourmet chefs, the market promises to be a one-stop shop for all things Christmassy. There will even be a pop-up bar courtesy of Harbourside No.1, serving delicious hot cocktails, mulled wine and merry ales.

Congratulations to Watershed winners at the Media Innovation Awards

Posted on Wed 27 Nov 2013

Three Watershed-supported projects were announced as winners of the 2013 Media Innovation Awards last week at a glittering event held in Plymouth. Hosted by one of Channel 4’s Three Hungry Boys, Thom Hunt, the event is a joint initiative by the media and design networks in the South West. Now in their seventh year, the awards celebrate the most innovative work produced by creative companies.

Magic making at Watershed

Posted on Wed 20 Nov 2013

For the past two months we have had the great pleasure of hosting two magicians in residence, Stuart Nolan and Kieron Kirkland. Based at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, they have been exploring creative ideas that blend technology, interactive design, magic and illusion. Kieron and Stuart here share some of the ideas that they have been developing in collaboration with the Bristol Interaction and Graphics Group at the University of Bristol.

The Pervasive Media Studio welcomes new residents

Posted on Thu 14 Nov 2013

Joan of Arc’s South West homecoming

Posted on Thu 14 Nov 2013

The Passion of Joan of Arc enjoys a glorious South West homecoming on Mon 25 Nov with a performance in Bath Abbey, one of the country’s great medieval buildings, as part of the Bath Film Festival.Developed in Bristol by musicians Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) working with inspiration from Watershed, The Passion of Joan of Arc is a live performance to Carl Theodore Dreyer’s 1928 classic of silent cinema.