What’s On Week Ahead

Until Thu 19 Feb

With virtual reality, giant inflatables, feature films, projections, sketchbooks and more – this season explores family, the creative spirit, grief and togetherness. With a multimedia exhibition alongside a series of events and films in the cinema from the Kötting family.

Until Thu 5 Feb

Oscar®-winning director Chloé Zhao's (Nomadland) adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel reimagines a pivotal moment in the lives of William Shakespeare's family.

Until Thu 5 Feb

Claire Foy stars alongside Brendan Gleeson in Philippa Lowthorpe’s beautifully realised and emotionally charged adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s award-winning memoir.

Until Thu 5 Feb

Oliver Hermanus (Living) chronicles a decades-spanning romance centered around the power of music, starring an electric Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.

Until Thu 5 Feb

Park Chan-wook (Decision To Leave, Old Boy, The Handmaiden) returns with this satirical black comedy/thriller about a husband and father who takes violent action after being laid off.

Until Thu 5 Feb

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

Fri 30 Jan - Mon 9 Feb

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Richard Linklater 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.

Fri 30 Jan - Tue 3 Feb

Becoming Victoria Wood uncovers the formative experiences and personal battles that powered the comic genius's unmatched ability to make the nation laugh.

In this Lunchtime Talk Jon Somerscales and Andrew Stone from Studio Blue Green will share insights from designing their immersive installation 'Phycologica' in collaboration with living algae.

Until Mon 2 Feb

Jean-Luc Godard’s extraordinary debut feature was this iconoclastic crime film, which almost singlehandedly changed the face of French cinema and went on to inspire countless New Waves around the world.

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Ben Wheatley’s Bulk is a mind-bending sci-fi thriller in the tradition of Quatermass, Alphaville and Primer, but also a love letter to film writing and making.

Mon 2 - Fri 6 Feb

Artists and Studio Residents, Action Hero are constructing 2000 paper buildings in our Café & Bar, and they need your help!

Make Shift Fundamentals are masterclasses for early career creatives (18-30s -ish) to come together in the Pervasive Media Studio and get their creative ideas moving. This session will be hosted by Tony Bhajam, Inclusion Producer.

Join Sunday Times bestselling, Tik Tok sensation Imani Erriu on tour to celebrate the release of Fallen Stars, the much anticipated second book in her Heavenly Bodies series.

Adolphe Menjou plays the impeccably dressed but somewhat wayward husband of a socialite (Florence Vidor) whose teenage daughter (Betty Bronson) schemes to reunite her estranged parents.

A joyful triple bill celebrating 1928, the second year of Laurel & Hardy’s partnership, and the moment when their distinctive comic rhythm, friendship and finely tuned partnership truly took shape.

A rare opportunity to see one of Buster Keaton’s most surprising and charming sound features, a 1934 French production co-starring the lovely Paulette Dubost.

Irreverent, subversive and gloriously funny, The Bank Dick (1940) remains one of W.C. Fields’ greatest comedies – and a perfect gateway into Slapstick’s ongoing exploration of faith, morality and rebellion in screen humour. 

Bristol Megascreen (about 1 min walk from Watershed)

Continuing Slapstick’s opening-day exploration of comedy, faith and irreverence, this special double-bill presents two silent-era masterpieces that find humour and humanity in the search for redemption.

Bristol Megascreen (about 1 min walk from Watershed)

Exploring the uneasy line between humour and heresy, join Slapstick for a riotous 25th-anniversary screening of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999), Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s outrageous, sharp-witted musical satire that took the world by storm.