Our good friends at @wshed.bsky.social have been shortlisted for @bifa-film.bsky.social's Cinema of the Year award! Give them a vote and hopefully we can all enjoy the free nachos if they win! www.bifa.film/coty-vote/

I'll be talking about my new book at @wshed.bsky.social's Pervasive Media Studio (& on YouTube Live) next Friday. Come along/tune in to hear how 2010s artgame creators pushed back against the online right via weird, funny, angry reworkings of classic videogames www.watershed.co.uk/studio/event...

Happy birthday Undershed! 🎂 In this article, Lead Curator Amy Rose shares reflections, highlights, and achievements after Undershed's first birthday. www.watershed.co.uk/articles/und...

We've launched our Values Circle - a pioneering new programme for companies who want to reimagine the world and the way we work. We are delighted to welcome Bristol-based @triodosuk.bsky.social as our first Values Partner.

Finished our Watershed Wild and Generous River Frome walk yesterday in good company, with animals from kingfishers to rats along the way www.watershed.co.uk/projects/wil... @wshed.bsky.social

Watershed is one of five nominees shortlisted for the British Independent Film Award’s (BIFA) very first Cinema of the Year award - vote now! www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c... @wshed.bsky.social @bifa-film.bsky.social

Just got out from watching Bugonia at @wshed.bsky.social and I feel shellshocked. Kind of how I felt after I first watched Under The Skin.

On Mon 17 Nov at 18:00, we'll be presenting a special screening of Eyeshine and The Hearing on AI Prophet, two moving image works by Korean artist duo Bang & Lee. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13663/the-prophet-in-the-darkness

Just booked for Nouvelle Vague at @wshed.bsky.social in December. This is a must-see, big screen film: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1366...

Getting ready for a midnight #halloween screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at @wshed.bsky.social and on getting into the theatre I see there’s a script for audience participation? Starting to wonder just what I’ve gotten myself into!

Today is your final chance to see Impulse: Playing with Reality by Anagram. 🤩 You can take part in this experience between 10:30-19:00, you can pre-book or buy a ticket in-person at box office or over the phone. Tickets are pay what you can £4-12: watershed.co.uk/impulse

Join Stephen Page (Faber & Faber) for our next #BristolLectures on how creativity, technology, and leadership are reshaping #publishing, and how inclusion and storytelling can build a more sustainable, representative future. 📅 6 Nov, 6-9 pm 📍 @wshed.bsky.social & Online 🎟️ Free entry: bit.ly/4oAOU3a

Another good #DCAC @Wshed.bsky.social follows up the Hollywood melodrama film, All That Heaven Allows. With insightful introductory facts by Andrew Kelly, gives us more deeper understanding of Douglas Sirk as a director, with shooting styles in invisible political themes!

Calling all creatures of the night... take a jump to the left (and a step to the ri-iiii-iiiight) over to Watershed to time warp the night away in honour of 50 years of the cult classic musical, in a special late night Halloween screening this Friday. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1360...

There's one week left to do Impulse: Playing with Reality in Undershed! Give it a try in Undershed until Sun 2 Nov. Tickets are £4-12 pay what you can in the link in bio. watershed.co.uk/impulse

Get swept up in a wave of emotion this winter with All That Melodrama Allows: our season of romance, passion and heartbreak ❤️‍🩹 Find out more and book your tickets here: www.watershed.co.uk/.../all-that... Artwork by: Beth Morris (Bam Create)

Also my viewing of Perfect Blue was of the new 4k restoration that I was lucky enough to catch at @wshed.bsky.social Amazing film, easily one of the highlights of my #hooptober horror binge thus far. #filmsky #Letterboxd boxd.it/bsXEOX

Join us this afternoon, @wshed.bsky.social cinema, 5:20pm, for the second screening of the new season of @thoughtinaction.bsky.social . We'll see and discuss Hayao Miyazaki's #PrincessMononoke! With guest speaker Rayna Denison, students, and friends (as always).

Last Thursday, Bridget Hart and I ran an online version of our Pin the Tale poetry workshop, hosted by @wshed.bsky.social. Deeply inspiring + moving to hear the site-specific poetry our participants wrote in a short space of time. Many of these poems have now been uploaded to the Pin the Tale map.

am at the @wshed.bsky.social to see Princess Mononoke in 4k

Touring internationally for the first time at Cervantino Festival, Mexico, Against the Grain: 1980s British Cinema, is a season of influential, era-defining indie films fr/the 1980s, curated by & presented w/#CineRedis (produced by @wshed.bsky.social) film.britishcouncil.org/blog/ukfilm-...

Fancy winning a private screening for you and your mates in Cinema 2? All you need to do is to take part in our Halloween Film Quiz Sun 26 Oct 20:00. Test your knowledge on horror (and non-horror) films this Sunday. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13582/halloween-film-quiz

Luca Guadagnino’s gripping psychological drama features an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, playing a college professor whose life begins to unravel. Now screening until at least Thu 23 Oct. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13594/after-the-hunt

Hola Guanajuato! ☀️ It’s an absolute joy to be representing our Against The Grain strand at Cervantino Festival in collaboration with CineClubUG at Universidad de Guanajuato 🙏 to British Council 🇬🇧 🇲🇽 Explore the line-up: festivalcervantino.gob.mx/programacion...

It's the last week of the BFI London Film Festival on Tour! Check our website for our last few preview screenings. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/season/712/bfi-london-film-festival-on-tour-2025

Academy Award®-winning Tilda Swinton narrates four stories of people who live with ADHD in Impulse: Playing with Reality. Currently on display in Undershed until Sun 2 Nov. Photos by Paul Blakemore.

Euella Jackson reflects on whether Black History Month is a tokenistic gesture or an essential, drawing on personal experiences of community, culture and change. This conversation tomorrow with Edson Burton, hosted by Emmanuella Blake-Morsi, 18:00-19:30.

Lovely sharing opinions with Gavin Sunderland in #DCAC following #AHouseofDynamite, @Wshed.bsky.social. Thrilling, unexpected journey before the time running out, 3 different chaotic scenarios took place, with more close-up shots of brass choosing their decisions and fate! Success or failure?!

We're seeing @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein tonight at @wshed.bsky.social which has got us wondering who the sexiest Victor Frankenstein is. Trick question. It's always Peter Cushing. We're crushing on Cushing. Good upper body development on Branagh though...

Starting my week of films for this year's London Film Festival (albeit in Bristol today) with It Was Just an Accident. I've been a fan of Jafar Panahi's work for a while and it's great that he's getting so much attention now. #lff #lff2025 #londonfilmfestival @wshed.bsky.social

#nowwatching my first film of the #lff2025 line that’s come to @wshed.bsky.social It Was Just An Accident My gradual dive into Iranian cinema continues. I’ve been amazed so far by how much amazing cinema is unknown in the west. Sure this will impress as well.

#nowwatching my #hooptober bonus film #5, Bugonia! A sneaky addition thanks to #lff25 and @wshed.bsky.social also the second new release this year where Emma Stone gets her life upended by our conspiracy loving world.

Find out about Leanne's experience of ADHD in this BBC article and in Impulse: Playing With Reality in Undershed until at least Sun 2 Nov. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ye2lrwqvxo

Can't make it to tomorrow's Bugonia preview? We've got two more preview screenings - on 35mm - Wed 29 and Thu 30 Oct! www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1359...

Glad to spend #WorldMentalHealthDay at the @wshed.bsky.social @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social Nature Based Social Prescribing event.

Are you a Bristol-based poet? If so, we’re inviting you to creatively explore the city through Pin the Tale — a digital platform for mapping stories, poems and place. Join us for FREE online Thu 16 Oct 18:30. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13457/pin-the-tale-poetry-workshops

From the harbourside to Japan’s second city: Watershed is taking cuddly plants, interactive tapestries and sketching robots from Bristol to Osaka, Japan, as part of Playable City Osaka.

Great night at The @wshed.bsky.social Bristol at the Friends & Family screening of GAME. Lots of local crew worked on the film. I think it was 3 years since we sat down in pub and started planning it. It’s turned out great. Go see it in cinemas from Nov 21st.

Apply now, deadline 15 Oct! Dreamtime Fellowship invites Bristol-based mid-career practitioners making art for the public domain that engages with technology. Includes workspace at @wshed.bsky.social tailored mentoring, vibrant peer community, £5,500 bursary. www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu...

Open call to Bristol-based practitioners making art in the public domain, involving technology. Watershed are looking for mid-career artists ready to take their practice to its next level, for the Dreamtime Fellowship www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu... @wshed.bsky.social

Have you tried Impulse: Playing with Reality in Undershed yet? Photos by Paul Blakemore.

The contradictions of climate work: a departing reflection from Watershed's Zoe Rasbash www.watershed.co.uk/articles/fiv... @wshed.bsky.social @zorasbash.bsky.social

Meeting the Moment at Watershed - for cultural organisations in troubled times. Host Martha Awojobi, speakers include The Crab Museum, Fatt Projects, Ella Saltmarshe, Jemma Desai, Nikesh Shukla, Clare Reddington and me. Tickets for 26 Nov www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1356... @wshed.bsky.social

Really enjoyed watching Power Station last night @wshed.bsky.social Inspiring stories about how a neighbourhood can come together & - despite all the obstacles - achieve something amazing while having fun along the way. Just the dose of positivity I needed! @melissamean.bsky.social

When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. A House of Dynamite is now screening until at least Thu 9 Oct.

"Are you ready?" "Yes." Dwayne Johnson delivers a knockout performance as MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr, in The Smashing Machine - entering the ring (our cinema screens!) from today 🥊

Watch the official UK trailer for LOVE+WAR 📷 From Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo), LOVE+WAR follows the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lynsey Addario as she battles danger, motherhood, and the frontlines of war. youtu.be/PcR06QUNaAI

Join us on Tue 7, @wshed.bsky.social cinema, 5pm, for the first screening of the new season of @thoughtinaction.bsky.social. We'll see and discuss Kathryn Bigelow's #HouseOfDynamite! With amazing speakers, students, and friends (as always).

The Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow tackles a crisis of apocalyptic proportions in her new film A House of Dynamite. Now screening. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1358...

On Sunday, an anti-immigration demo is planned in Bristol City Centre, with protesters marching from the Cenotaph to College Green. As city centre cultural venues, we stand together to celebrate the diversity of Bristol, and the creativity this contributes to our programme, workforce & communities.