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Until Wed 3 Dec

The Thing With Feathers

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a magnificent performance in the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Max Porter’s award-winning Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.

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The Ice Tower

Rated 15

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Until Wed 3 Dec

The Ice Tower

A 15-year-old orphan witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina (Marion Cotillard).

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Die My Love

Rated 15

Until Thu 4 Dec

Die My Love

From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay this is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and postpartum psychosis. Anchored by a ferocious, tour de force performance from Jennifer Lawrence, and co-starring Robert Pattinson.

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Predators

Rated 18

Until Thu 27 Nov

Predators

Predators is a chilling, thought-provoking exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall of the MTV show To Catch a Predator, and the underground world it helped spawn.

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Thu 27 Nov - Sat 6 Dec

The Fifth Step

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

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Bugonia

Rated 15

Until Thu 4 Dec

Bugonia

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

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Blue Moon

Rated 15

Fri 28 Nov - Thu 4 Dec

Blue Moon

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical Oklahoma!.

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Pillion

Rated 18

Fri 28 Nov - Thu 4 Dec

Pillion

A shy young man finds his place in the world as the submissive to a handsome biker, in Harry Lighton’s charming, sexy and tender debut.

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The Voice of Hind Rajab

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of BPFF 2025

Fri 28 Nov 18:00

The Voice of Hind Rajab

The Voice of Hind Rajab uses an innovative hybrid of drama and documentary, to tell the heart-shattering story of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israeli army in Gaza in January 2024.

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All That's Left of You

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of BPFF 2025

Sat 29 Nov 17:30

All That's Left of You

After Noor, a Palestinian teenager, confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the history that brought Noor - and Palestine - to this moment.

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A State of Passion

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of BPFF 2025

Sun 30 Nov 12:30

A State of Passion

A British-Palestinian surgeon’s 43 day journey working day and night under bombardment in Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals.

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Rated 12A

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part of All That Melodrama Allows

Sun 30 Nov - Wed 3 Dec

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.

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Voices from Gaza

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of BPFF 2025

Sun 30 Nov 19:30

Voices from Gaza

This collection of short documentary films explores three different perspectives on life in the Gaza Strip before and after October 7th, 2023. 

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Tue 2 Dec 18:00

Supporters Evening 2025

This is our special annual event where we say thank you to our incredible supporters, partners and friends who make Watershed’s work possible, and this year's celebration promises to be extra special.

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Dreamers

Rated 15

Wed 3 - Thu 11 Dec

Dreamers

In a UK immigration removal centre, Nigerian migrant Isio finds hope in an unexpected love that gives her the strength to fight a broken system.

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Thu 4 Dec 18:00

Misan Harriman: Shoot the People + Q&A

Acclaimed photographer Misan Harriman documents protest movements across the globe. But in a world more divided than ever, he is forced to question whether activism can actually deliver social change and if his own work can really make a difference.

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Fri 5 Dec 13:00

Immersive Media and Climate Futures

In this Lunchtime Talk, Julia Scott-Stevenson will share research and creative practice findings from her research project on how might collectively engaging with immersive artworks inform our perception of climate crisis and our feelings of agency?

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Fri 5 Dec 17:00

First Friday

First Friday is a monthly social and showcasing event open to anyone. This month has been co-produced with the Pervasive Media Studio and Muti Live, exploring the theme of Light in the Darkness.

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A Want In Her

Rated 15

Fri 5 Dec 18:10

A Want In Her

When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself.

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Sat 6 - Sun 7 Dec

Bristol Civic Observatory

Knowle West Media Centre invites you to an immersive sound installation of voices and perspectives co-curated and produced with sound artist Nik Rawlings in Bristol's first Civic Observatory—a space in which people can come together and learn about AI.

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Art for the Struggle, Struggle for the Art

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of BPFF 2025

Sat 6 Dec 14:00

Art for the Struggle, Struggle for the Art

Art for the Struggle, Struggle for the Art is a collection of five short films from the revolutionary period of Palestinian cinema – from 1968 to 1974 – exploring the importance of archive film in social and cultural documentation.

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Happy Holidays

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of BPFF 2025

Sat 6 Dec 17:30

Happy Holidays

In this powerful drama, a Palestinian and Israeli fear raising a child in a mixed Arab-Jewish community in Haifa, where they can’t even be seen together in public.

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High Heels

Rated 18

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part of All That Melodrama Allows

Sun 7 Dec 14:00

High Heels

Written and directed by Pedro Almódovar, High Heels is a murder mystery focussing on the relationship between flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo and her daughter Rebecca, a television anchorwoman.

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All About My Mother

Rated 15

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part of All That Melodrama Allows

Tue 9 Dec 18:00

All About My Mother

In 1999 Almodóvar had both critics and audiences swooning as he weaved together this magnificent tapestry of femininity to deliver a high-camp operetta and poignant story of love, loss and compassion.

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Nouvelle Vague

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of French Film Festival

Tue 9 Dec 20:30

Nouvelle Vague

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Nouvelle Vague reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.

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The Little Sister

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of French Film Festival

Wed 10 Dec 18:00

The Little Sister

Hafsia Herzi’s sensitive and affecting coming-of-age drama The Little Sister tells the story of Fatima, a devout young Muslim woman, as she struggles to balance the dictates of her religion with her sexuality.

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Sirât

Rated 18 (CTBA)

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part of French Film Festival

Thu 11 Dec 20:30

Sirât

Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Sirât tells the story of Luis (Sergi López), a committed father who embarks on a journey with his son to search for his eldest daughter, Marina, after she disappears at a rave deep in the mountains of Morocco.

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