At last, the movie everyone is talking about arrives on our screens! Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (collectively known as the Daniels), this emotional, mind-bending stunner is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes.

In a radical departure from his previous films, provocateur Gaspar Noé tenderly takes us into the everyday life of an ageing couple coming to terms with old age, dementia and death.

Colm Bairéad’s beautifully understated feature debut finds a young girl coming to terms with loss and the importance of family in rural Ireland.

Terence Davies (A Quiet Passion, The Deep Blue Sea) evocatively explores the turbulent life of Siegfried Sassoon, known for his poetry on the horrors of the Great War, and also his love affairs with other notable men.

Eskil Vogt’s (Blind) chilling Nordic supernatural thriller, about a group of children who secretly discover that they share dark and mysterious powers, is a strong contender for the genre film of the year.

Armed with a boom mic, director Gwenaël Breës attempts to make a film about Talk Talk: a band that does not want to be filmed.

Join us at the 17:30 screening of Benediction, which will feature Descriptive Subtitles and a short introduction from our guest speaker Rebecca Ballard, Queer Vision Producer and Programmer. This will be followed at 20:00 by a post screening discussion in the Café & Bar with audience members and Rebecca.

Since most photographs and film footage of Karen Dalton have been lost or destroyed, this long-awaited film draws on her recordings, and interviews with loved ones and collaborators, to build a rich portrait of a singularly gifted musician

In this talk, participatory dramatist Rik Lander and conversational AI designer Phil D Hall discuss their live show I am Echoborg which adapts each time based on audience conversations with an artificial intelligence.

Mike Hodges’ seminal classic, perhaps the greatest of all British gangster films, has been newly restored in 4K to celebrate half a century since its initial release.

Join us to celebrate one of cinema’s great nightmares with this 90th anniversary restoration of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s experimental early talkie about a village threatened by malign forces.

A hardworking Maltese fisherman is faced with an agonising choice: repair his leaky fishing boat to eke out a meagre living or decommission it for an EU payout and enter into a murky black-market operation...

Love in Bright Landscapes reveals the man behind the songs – via beautifully restored 35mm slides, delightfully evocative home movies and heart-rending interviewees with colleagues, family, and friends.

At last, the movie everyone is talking about arrives on our screens! Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (collectively known as the Daniels), this emotional, mind-bending stunner is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes.

Colm Bairéad’s beautifully understated feature debut finds a young girl coming to terms with loss and the importance of family in rural Ireland.

Terence Davies (A Quiet Passion, The Deep Blue Sea) evocatively explores the turbulent life of Siegfried Sassoon, known for his poetry on the horrors of the Great War, and also his love affairs with other notable men.

Mike Hodges’ seminal classic, perhaps the greatest of all British gangster films, has been newly restored in 4K to celebrate half a century since its initial release.

A hardworking Maltese fisherman is faced with an agonising choice: repair his leaky fishing boat to eke out a meagre living or decommission it for an EU payout and enter into a murky black-market operation...

Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) returns with this feverish, shape-shifting rural horror about a traumatised widow who retreats alone to heal in an English country house… but finds herself in an escalating nightmare.

For his new album, Uri Green has collaborated with filmmaker Borja Cantera to document the creative process under his record label Yam & Banana.

Newly restored in stunning 4K, Psycho is now screening in its original uncut form with 13 seconds of additional footage, previously removed by censors on release.

A serene and self-reflective ode to love, cinema and storytelling that fluctuates playfully between fantasy and realism.

A talented teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland dreams of Olympic gold in Elie Grappe's multi-award-winning drama.

Featuring an Oscar®-winning, melodramatic turn from Vivien Leigh, this Southern Gothic drama depicts the fragile sentimentalism of a woman who leaves her aristocratic background and seeks refuge with her sister in a dilapidated New Orleans project.

Make Shift is a space for 18-30 year old creatives to come together in the Pervasive Media Studio at Watershed on the first Tuesday evening of each month. This is an opportunity to meet other creatives in the city, use one of our hot desk spaces, seek advice on your creative project or next steps in your career in a welcoming environment.

Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation) returns with this feverish, shape-shifting rural horror about a traumatised widow who retreats alone to heal in an English country house… but finds herself in an escalating nightmare.

A serene and self-reflective ode to love, cinema and storytelling that fluctuates playfully between fantasy and realism.

A talented teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland dreams of Olympic gold in Elie Grappe's multi-award-winning drama.

In this Lunchtime Talk, Toby Smith from Climate Outreach will explore how inclusive imagery of the natural environment is key to building a diverse climate movement.

Emma Thompson stars alongside Daryl McCormack in this feel-good sex-positive comedy about a retired schoolteacher yearning for some more adventure in the bedroom.

Ten years after his celebrated and much-loved last film Le Quattro Volte, Michelangelo Frammartino returns with this meticulous and engrossing true story of cave mapping in Calabria.

Albert is employed to look after young girl Mia whose teeth are made of ice, frozen from her own saliva. One day Albert is instructed to prepare the child to leave the flat that she's never left before...

Part of the Sundance London Tour, this is a piercing documentary about Chol Sool Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted in 1970s San Francisco for murder.

James Coburn stars as the grizzled outlaw-turned-lawman Pat Garrett, hired by a group of wealthy cattle barons to track down his former friend – the boyish bandit Billy the Kid

A heartfelt portrait of yearning and the passage of time, set amongst an unvarnished American landscape.

Come to Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio for a free informal social event open to anyone with an interest in climate and community activism.

Ten years after his celebrated and much-loved last film Le Quattro Volte, Michelangelo Frammartino returns with this meticulous and engrossing true story of cave mapping in Calabria.

Albert is employed to look after young girl Mia whose teeth are made of ice, frozen from her own saliva. One day Albert is instructed to prepare the child to leave the flat that she's never left before...

This special screening of shorts celebrates some of the thought-provoking, bold, and visionary award-winning works from recent Encounters Film Festival editions.

In this talk, director Sacha Wares shares some thoughts-in-progress about crafting emotional engagement in virtual and mixed reality, in relation to two pieces, VR drama Adult Children and the exhibition, Museum of Austerity.

A candid, affecting study of complicated family ties and the realities of assisted dying.

Emma Thompson stars alongside Daryl McCormack in this feel-good sex-positive comedy about a retired schoolteacher yearning for some more adventure in the bedroom.

The Antichrist is real in the late Richard Donner’s classic Satanic horror.

Join us for an illustrated talk exploring the wondrous and multifaceted world of film music.