A photo of the Watershed projection room

Projection Tour

Name: Projection Tour
Start: 2026-07-26T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-26T11:00:00+01:00
Location: Watershed

part of Reframing Film

Event

Fri 24 & Sun 26 July

Projection Rooms, Watershed

Priority booking opens on Wed 27 May at 12:00 for Cinema Rediscovered passholders and Club Shed members.

General sale opens on Mon 1 June at 10:00.

Additional booking info below

Join Watershed’s Charlotte Bendrey and BFI National Archive Curator Rosie Taylor on a tour of Watershed’s projection booth and discover how the films screening at the festival make it to the screen during a festival like Cinema Rediscovered.

Watershed is one of a decreasing number of cinemas in the country which can still screen 35mm and 16mm film, alongside 2K and 4K digital projection. Discover how digital and analogue film projection works, why each of Watershed’s three cinemas are unique, and find out about the individual projectors and films.

The tour will start in the top foyer of Watershed next to the festival information desk and will last approximately 30 minutes. You will have the opportunity to meet some of our Award-winning technical team and ask questions.

Watershed’s Charlotte Bendrey (also an Artist & Curator) will lead the Friday tour and Rosie Taylor (BFI National Archive Curator) will lead the Sunday tour.

Charlotte Bendrey is an artist and curator based in Bristol. She graduated from Central Saint Martins with a degree in Fine Art in 2023 and has since been shortlisted for The Sid Motion Gallery prize and the Spike Island Dreamtime Fellowship. Her interest in 16mm and artists’ film was amplified through a work placement with LUX during her degree. She works part-time in Projection at Watershed and was involved in last year’s 16mm Projection workshops as part of Other Ways of Seeing supported by BFI awarding funds from National Lottery.

Rosie Taylor is an archivist and historian with a special interest in archive film projection, who has sourced and screened films from archives, museums, historians and private collectors all over the world.

Please note: Due to various stairwells in our listed building, this tour unfortunately isn't accessible for wheelchair users.

Special offers:
Booking for more than 10 events/screenings?
Buy a Cinema Rediscovered Festival Pass (£130 full / £100 concessions / £80 24 and under) and select your tickets for as many of the 60+ screenings and events during the festival as you want.
Booking for between 4 to 10 events/screenings?
Multi-Ticket Package Offer: get 15% off the regular ticket price when you book 4-10 Cinema Rediscovered screenings and/or events. The discount will automatically apply when you add the tickets to your basket.
Club Shed members get 15% off all individual Cinema Rediscovered tickets.

Priority booking opens on Wed 27 May at 12:00 for Cinema Rediscovered passholders and Club Shed members.

General sale opens on Mon 1 June at 10:00.

Fri 24 July

Sun 26 July

Join Club Shed for £20 and save 15% on tickets. Plus, get advance booking, discounts on food and more. Get membership and start saving today

Pricing

Ticket price:

£6.00 full (plus 12% booking fee*)

£4.50 concessions / Refugees and Asylum Seekers (plus 12% booking fee*)

£4.50 24 or under (plus 12% booking fee*)

Concessions apply to Full Time Students, Job Seekers Allowance and Employment Support Allowance, 66+ who have retired, Equity and BECTU members and disabled people. Where applicable please produce proof of eligibility when collecting a ticket.

*Booking fee applies to online and phone booking only.

Complimentary tickets are available for Personal Assistants accompanying customers who are Deaf / Disabled and can be booked through the Box Office, or online after joining our Access Register.

Cinema Rediscovered Festival Pass

The Cinema Rediscovered Pass allows you to select from 60+ Cinema Rediscovered screenings and events between Wed 22 - Sun 26 July. Subject to availability, terms and conditions apply. Buy your Pass here. Pass holders get 25% off monthly or annual subscriptions to streaming platform Cinelogue.

Pass prices: £130 full / £100 concessions / £80 24 and under.

Multi-Ticket Package Offer

Get 15% off the regular ticket price when you book 4-10 Cinema Rediscovered screenings and/or events. The discount will automatically apply when you add the tickets to your basket.

Club Shed members get 15% off all individual Cinema Rediscovered tickets.

All Cinema Rediscovered Pass and ticket holders can get 20% off any 6 O'Clock Gin & Tonic (including Watershed’s very own) at the Café & Bar and Undershed Bar during the Festival. Pass and ticket holders can also enjoy 20% off Wiper and True draught products after 20:00 at the Café & Bar and Undershed Bar during the Festival.

Please note: the Cinema Walks, Projection Tours, Improv Workshops, Shadow Puppet Making Workshop and the Film Quiz are excluded from the Pass and Package.

Access

Cinema seat widths

Our cinema seats are 46cm wide, with wooden armrests on either side of each seat that can’t be moved.

We can provide seats without armrests or bean bags as alternatives at the front of the cinema if that is more comfortable for you. Please just call our Box Office on (0117) 927 5100 or book in-person to arrange.

Access Register

Join our Access Register to help us deliver the best possible experience for you. You can sign up to our Access Register online, or in person at Box Office or by calling (0117) 927 5100.

Further info

Our building is accessible, our staff are trained in basic BSL and Deaf awareness, we have toilets for everyone and we run an accessible programme of screenings, events and exhibitions. Find out more on our Access page.

Concessions

Concessions apply to Full Time Students, Job Seekers Allowance and Employment Support Allowance, 66+ who have retired, Equity and BECTU members and disabled people.

Where applicable please produce proof of eligibility when collecting a ticket or showing your ticket at the entrance to the cinema.