Don your shades, unleash the doves and prepare to dive in slow motion as on 27 March, @wshed.bsky.social is hosting a John Woo double bill of @arrowvideo.bsky.social's new restorations of The Killer and Hard Boiled! www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...

Did someone say free popcorn? 👀 This March, we’re taking part in National Lottery Open Week. As part of this, we're offering free popcorn for National Lottery players on Sat 7 March and free projection tours on Sat 14 March. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/gcqu50Y1F8Y #BecauseOfYou

An incredible turnout for our final event, @aiannucci.bsky.social and @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social introducing In The Loop at @wshed.bsky.social 🎬

If you fancy a 4 hour roaring rampage of revenge, @wshed.bsky.social is showing Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on 35mm this Friday and Saturday. We've got our tickets. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1375...

Day Two of #SlapstickFest26 begins at @wshed.bsky.social with an Adolphe Menjou double bill, #LucyPorter on Louise Fazenda, Dean Sills on Laurel & Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures, and then closing at the Megascreen with a #HarryHill Desert Island double bill! Tickets still available below 👇

MEMBER EVENT: Today is the start of @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2026 happening at venues all over Bristol including @wshed.bsky.social and @bristolbeacon.bsky.social. See what’s screening when and get your tickets: slapstick.org.uk

In May 2025 we began a programme of films, immersive art, talks & workshops to explore the many different ways in which people find, make, imagine, long for, and escape home. Find out what's happened so far: www.watershed.co.uk/news/making-experiencing-and-sharing-ideas-home-year-so-far

At @wshed.bsky.social for what I’m guessing could be an all time cinema experience. First my first ever Godard 😲 with Breathless which is one of my fav micro genres; French people do crime. Then I’m going to see Richard Linklater’s Nouveau Vague about the maki of Breathless. 😆 So much France today

Action Hero are constructing 2,000 paper buildings for a special event at M Shed - and they need your help! Join them in our Café & Bar between Mon 2 - Fri 6 Feb. No need to book, just turn up: wshd.to/buildapapermodelofbristolwithaction

There's only a few tickets left for our Bulk Q&A screening with Ben Wheatley this Sun 1 Feb 17:00! www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1372...

Great to catch up with Clare Reddington of @wshed.bsky.social today, to discuss culture, nature, and whether a zipline across the harbour would get planning permission. A key institution of Bristol's harbourside, I look forward to supporting Watershed's exciting ambitions for their site and beyond.

We've got an incredible director Q&A preview screening for an incredible new film My Father's Shadow on Tue 27 Jan 18:00. We hope you can make it! https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13792/preview-my-fathers-shadow

Join us this Fri 23 Jan for a special Lunchtime Talk! We're excited to be joined by renowned experimental Filmmaker Andrewkotting who will talk about his latest exhibition opening this week in Undershed - The Everyworld. Book a ticket on our website: wshd.to/theeveryworldlunchtimetalk

Find out more about our upcoming exhibition in Undershed in this Bristol 24/7 article. https://www.bristol247.com/culture/art/watershed-and-undershed-present-father-and-daughter-andrew-and-eden-kotting-collaboration-the-everyworld/

Join us on Tue 20 Jan @wshed.bsky.social cinema, 5:40pm, for the last act of the 8th season of @thoughtinaction.bsky.social. We'll see and discuss Kaouther Ben Hania's #TheVoiceOfHindRajab! With guest speaker Eldin Fahmy (UoB), students, and friends.

Opening this week on Fri 23 Jan - The Everyworld! A multimedia jaunt through family, myth and the creative spirit. www.watershed.co.uk/theeveryworldexhibition

Catch Jacques Demy's debut feature Lola as part of our Nouvelle Vague - Debuts From a Scene season on Sun 18 Jan 14:00. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1373...

Awards season is here; so are you ready to put your knowledge to the test? Grab yourself a team of four for the Watershed Film Quiz: Awards Edition Sun 22 Feb 20:00 in our Café & Bar! www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1378...

In The Everyworld everything is possible. Our first Undershed exhibition of the year opens on Fri 23 Jan! Bringing together the work of the renowned experimental filmmaker Andrew Kötting and his daughter Eden in one multimedia exhibition. Book tickets: watershed.co.uk/theeveryworldexhibition

What a film - #Hamnet #DCAC @Wshed.bsky.social with Sharon @esjayclark.bsky.social, her useful contribution sparked us to see the comparison from Maggie O’Farrell’s bestseller novel. It highlighting the nature, pain, female isolation and influence! Some powerful scenes brought tears to your eyes!

We are launching our latest documentary film this Friday. Here’s a link to the upcoming ‘making-of’ talk and Q&A with our subject Phil Harrison plus Director @reubenarmstrong.bsky.social, live-streamed via @wshed.bsky.social @pmstudiouk.bsky.social www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1374...

A great read on "the fluffiest of fluff" that is Olive Thomas in The Flapper! We'll be showing it at @wshed.bsky.social on Fri 6 Feb, where we're celebrating some of the lesser-known stars of the Silent Era from Wed 4th to Sun 8th of Feb - link below👇

Before coming to see Nouvelle Vague from Fri 30 Jan, catch Breathless - the film that started it all - Sun 11 Jan and Wed 21 Jan. 🕶️ https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13734/breathless

Due to overwhelming demand, we've added extra screenings of Hamnet all the way until at least Thu 22 Jan! 🌹https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13737/hamnet

Our first Undershed exhibition for 2026, The Everyworld, opens on Fri 23 Jan and runs to Sun 12 April. From award-winning experimental filmmaker Andrew Kötting and his daughter Eden who was born with the rare neurological condition - Joubert Syndrome. wshd.to/undershedfirstexhibition2026everyworld

Colossal Wreck, which screens Sat 10 Jan 18:00, takes us on an odyssey inside the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13735/colossal-wreck

📣 Limited Silent Passes remaining 🎟️ Silent Passes grants access to events at @wshed.bsky.social, #BristolMegascreen and the #SilentComedyGala - over half of our events! There aren't many left, so pick yours up ASAP for an incredible Slapstick experience Wed 4th to Sun 8th February below 👇

Less than a month to go until Slapstick Festival returns to Bristol! Running from Wed 4th to Sun 8th February, we’ll be bringing more than 30 events celebrating screen comedy with special guests including #ArmandoIannucci, #StephenMangan, #HarryHill, #AdamHills and more - link in bio for tickets.

RIP Béla Tarr (1955 - 2026) We were honoured to showcase the UK Premiere of @film.curzon.com’s 4K restoration of Werckmeister Harmonies at Cinema Rediscovered 2024, ahead of the retrospective season 'Will Heaven Fall Upon Us?’ on the visionary Hungarian director at @wshed.bsky.social.

Taking up the Veganuary Challenge? Well, did you know we have 17 vegan dishes (big and small!) on our menu? Don't say we don't help you out here ;) www.watershed.co.uk/cafe-bar

Farmer Nikola finds himself unable to sell his land or crops. He takes a job as a landfill attendant, where he rescues an injured stork. As he nurses the stork back to health, an unlikely bond emerges. The Tale of Silyan opens Tue 6 Jan. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13767/the-tale-of-silyan

Oscar®-winning director Chloé Zhao's (Nomadland) latest film Hamnet adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel reimagines a pivotal moment in the lives of William Shakespeare's family. Opens Fri 9 Jan. Tickets are now on sale. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13737/hamnet

To tie in with the release of Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague, we’re diving back into the emergence of the French New Wave and its freewheeling filmmaking spirit. Screening Sundays throughout January. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/season/720/nouvelle-vague-debuts-from-a-scene

Colossal Wreck takes us deep inside the surreal world of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Armed with nothing more than a selfie stick, Josh Appignanesi uncovers what really happens behind the scenes… This one-off screening will be followed by a Q&A. Don’t miss it! https://ow.ly/rNvJ50XNY5c

The Everyworld Season from father/daughter duo, Andrew and Eden Kötting is part of our year-long theme of Home. Looking deeply at home as a place where family is forged and dreamed, from a home in the French mountains to memories of long-lost homes from the past. watershed.co.uk/theeveryworld

With a groundbreaking career spanning seven decades, we're dedicating a WHOLE YEAR to exploring Frederick Wiseman’s back catalogue. Our ‘Wiseman of the Month’ season kicks off in January with 'Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troigros'. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/season/721/wiseman-of-the-month

Bounce your way to see Marty Supreme! 🏓 Now screening until at least Thu 8 Jan. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13679/marty-supreme

If waving goodbye to 2025 has you feeling all sentimental, we’ve got just the film for you... Following the success of global phenomenon The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier reunites with Renate Reinsve for their acclaimed follow-up film: Sentimental Value. https://ow.ly/npBR50XNXen

Heads up! We’ll be closing early today at 19:30, and we’ll be back open on Thu 1 Jan 2026 at 12 Noon. See you in the New Year! 🎆

A farmer grappling with poverty takes an injured white stork under his wing, in the visually arresting part-documentary / part-fable The Tale of Silyan. Opens Tue 6 Jan. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13767/the-tale-of-silyan

Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in Ira Sachs’s stunning new film Peter Hujar's Day, a richly cinematic rendering of the meeting between acclaimed photographer Peter Hujar and artist-writer Linda Rosenkrantz. Opens Fri 2 Jan. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13744/peter-hujars-day

Stop the presses! Something's brewing... We're so excited to spill the beans that Wogan Coffee has joined us as our newest partner in our Values Circle – our pioneering programme for organisations who want to reimagine the world and the way we work. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/VWtf50XNWli

‘Alexander Skarsgård in Pillion’ son or ‘Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value’ daughter? It’s a family affair this Twixmas with screenings of both Pillion and Sentimental Value at Watershed this week! Why have one Skarsgård when you can have both… @

Catch this serve. 🏓 Marty Supreme is now screening until at least Thu 8 Jan. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13679/marty-supreme

We've still got a few more Christmas Crackers for you to open in our cinemas: - It's A Wonderful Life (until Sun 28 Dec) - Eyes Wide Shut (until Sun 28 Dec) - Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases (until Wed 31 Dec) https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/season/718/christmas-crackers

Shaken, stirred and full of festive spirit, our 'Warm Up at Watershed' cocktails are sending their Christmas wishes to you! Season's Greetings from all of us today - we’ll see you at the bar when we reopen on Sat 27 Dec 🍸🎄

Season’s greetings from all of us at Watershed! The greatest gift we could ask for is your continued support. So to everyone who’s visited, watched, talked, donated, volunteered, shared, questioned, laughed, cried, and made this place what it is: thank you for being part of our community this year ❤️

A little reminder that we are closed today (Wed 24 Dec) and on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. But we’ll be back open from 12 Noon on Sat 27 Dec with a feast of festive films to keep the whole family entertained throughout the Chrimbo Limbo!

Do you give (good presents)? If you haven’t got your Christmas shopping all wrapped up yet – we’ve got your back 😉 Our gift vouchers are still available to purchase online here: https://www.watershed.co.uk/visit/gift-vouchers

The Everyworld Exhibition opens on Fri 23 Jan - Andrew and Eden Kötting invite you into an exuberant kaleidoscope of visions, snippets, memories, and collisions. Tickets are pay what you can £5+ for adults, £4 for children. Find out more and book tickets: watershed.co.uk/theeveryworldexhibition