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

Carol (2015) Screening Tue 23 Dec 17:50. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1368...

🎉The ninth edition of Cinema Rediscovered, @wshed.bsky.social dedicated to the revival of great films on the big screen, was our biggest and best-attended edition to date! Here's some of the highlights 👇

WARM UP WARM UP! From hot mulled drinks to coooooool tiramisu martinis (all paired with a festive bake of course), our Café & Bar have got all your bases covered.

Moomins and the Winter Wonderland (2017) Now screening until Tue 23 Dec.❄️ www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1368...

This is terrific. See it at the cinema if you can. @wshed.bsky.social has it end January with a short season of French new wave films through the month. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...

The Slapstick Festival 2026 programme has landed at #Watershed 📍 Pick up your programme and tickets from @wshed.bsky.social Box Office, or link in bio for individual tickets and passes so you can watch all the whole programme 🔗 #BusterKeaton #LaurelandHardy #SilentComedy

Come celebrate the launch of our new season and exhibition The Everyworld on Thu 22 Jan at 18:30 with the inimitable father / daughter duo Andrew and Eden Kötting. 🥳 Tickets are PWYC from £2-£6: wshd.to/theeveryworldlaunchevent

The Slapstick Festival 2026 Brochure has arrived 🎁 Pick up a copy from our partner venues @bristolbeacon.bsky.social, #BristolMegascreen, #StGeorgesBristol and @wshed.bsky.social to see what's on and start planning your festival journey!

If you’ve not seen it yet, our 90s Rave-era thriller film GAME is on at @wshed.bsky.social Bristol Dec 19-21st. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1371...

What a good film and lovely #DCAC over Pilion @Wshed.bsky.social. Never expected Christmas theme is included, with British humour woven throughout it, plus sub/top relationship in awkward scenes! Interesting intro by @berniehodges.bsky.social about the darker, heavier themes in the book - Box Hill!

Sponsor a seat in one of our cinemas and gift something that lasts far longer than the festive leftovers! A personalised plaque on a cinema seat is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of present for the film lover who already has everything. Find out more at watershed.co.uk/seat

We're looking for an Undershed Gallery General Assistant to join our team. Think you've got what it takes? Head to our website to find our more.

We are excited to introduce our Dreamtime Fellow Gemma Paintin. The Dreamtime Fellowship is a year-long opportunity initiated and fully funded by the Jerram Foundation delivered in partnership with Watershed & @pmstudiouk.bsky.social. Read the news post: wshd.to/introducingourdreamtimefellow2026

Our Working-Class Producers’ Forum, hosted by film & TV producer Sophie Reynolds, will take place Tue 3 Feb 26 from 6pm-7:30pm. This forum is open to producers based in the south west of England who are from lower socio-economic background. Applications are now open and will close on Thu 8 Jan 10am.

Please enjoy the Christmas decorations on the @wshed.bsky.social tree

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases review – on the hunt with Holmes in restored 1920s mysteries by @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social. See all three films between Christmas and New Year @wshed.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de... Tickets available here: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1372...

Enter The Everyworld! We're excited to announce tickets have just gone on sale for our new season and Undershed exhibition that celebrates the visionary work of father/daughter duo Andrew and Eden Kötting. Opening Fri 23 Jan. Find out more on our website. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/seas...

GAME is showing @wshed.bsky.social Bristol from today. Go for some ‘trapped upside down in a car’ festive fun.

Thank you so much to everyone who donated and shared our @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge campaign. Thanks to your support we were able to unlock every last pound of our match pot, raising £17,423 including Gift Aid! Together, we can keep Watershed a place where culture builds community ❤️

In this article for Writing Home, writer, artist and creative producer Cèlia Domínguez Hernàndez takes us from Badalona to Bristol in a new article on our website, where ‘homemaking’ becomes a practice, not a destination. www.watershed.co.uk/articles/hom...

We've hit our target! 🙌 Thank you to everyone who's donated to our @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Campaign so far, it really means a lot. 💜 There's still a couple of hours more to get any last-minute donations, so if you can, please head here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge

Join us on Wed 10 Dec @wshed.bsky.social cinema, 5:30pm, for the next event of @thoughtinaction.bsky.social. We'll see and discuss Jafar Panahi's #ItWasJustAnAccident! With guest speaker Lies Lanckman (UoB), students, and friends (as always).

Bristol people, GAME has been extended at @wshed.bsky.social

We are so close! We've raised an incredible £11,222 and we've got until 12:00 noon Tuesday to hit the £15,000 @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge target! Please donate today: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge

As a registered charity, Watershed relies on public support to remain a welcoming space where groups like Queer Reads Bristol can gather. Please donate today and your gift will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge

Just a heads up, due to staff shortages, there may be delays to food service in the Café & Bar 17:30 - 19:30. We appreciate your patience during this time.

Dr Edson Burton, writer and artist first came to Bristol in 1994 and found connection and a community at Watershed. Help us continue to build culture through community. Donate today as part of the @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge

For one week only, your donation will be doubled through the @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge. One donation, twice the impact. Please share our campaign far and wide and donate today - your gift will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge

A message from @clarered.bsky.social about BIFA Cinema of the Year and our @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge campaign which is now open! Please consider donating via the Big Give website and your donation will be doubled and have twice the impact: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

The Big Give Christmas Challenge is back! From 2 – 9 Dec, donations made through our campaign page will have TWICE the impact. Head over to our campaign page on the Big Give website, click the donate button and see your gift doubled: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000005ApO9YAK

Get ready! There are just 24 hours to go until your donation can be doubled through our Big Give campaign… Find out more at: https://www.watershed.co.uk/biggive #ChristmasChallenge

On Sat 6 - Sun 7 Dec Knowle West Media Centre invites you to an immersive sound installation featuring voices and perspectives, co-curated and produced with sound artist Nik Rawlings. This a free event and you can book tickets on our website: wshd.to/bristolcivicobservatory

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Bristol and nearby areas folk, GAME will be showing at @wshed.bsky.social from Dec 12-14th. Tickets here: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1371...

Interesting discussion with @hardiewrites #DCAC @Wshed.bsky.social, after watching #DieMyLove, this film gave us a food of thought with some totally unexpected, terrified and shocking moments, (it even made us jump!). Really emotional and empathetic themes centred on female’s representation!

We’ve welcomed artists/studios from 6 countries, from Sing the Body Electric in autumn 2024, to Framerate: Pulse of the Earth and Only Expansion in spring 2025, The Hothouse Laboratory in August, & Impulse: Playing with Reality. Read about Undershed: www.watershed.co.uk/undershed

Have you been a good boy?

Our Cinema Curator Mark shares his thoughts on Watershed's role in the wider film ecosystem, and providing a platform for independent films and filmmakers. Yet another reason you should vote for us to be @bifa-film.bsky.social's Cinema of the Year! ❤️ https://www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?cinema=watershed

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We're not crying, you are 🥲 Thank you so much to everyone who has voted for us so far to be @bifa-film.bsky.social's Cinema of the Year ❤️ We can't stop reading all of your lovely comments! There are only a few days left to vote for us here: www.bifa.film/coty-vote/?c...

Looking for a festive do in Bristol with a difference? We've got you covered! Our Festive Quiz Parties include a glass of prosecco on arrival, festive tapas menu and the quiz prize, which is your very own private cinema screening. Find out more on our Venue Hire page.

Dhaqan Collective and Watershed invite you to a FREE screening sharing powerful stories at the intersection of climate and migration on Fri 21 Nov 18:30. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1367...

We'll be announcing our annual #FilmNoir #Christmas screening @wshed.bsky.social, #Bristol later this week (save Wednesday 17th December). But if you signup to our newsletter you will be able to find out early what we have planned: southwestsilents.com/subscribe

Over the past year we’ve welcomed 10 artists and studios from 6 countries to Undershed, stretched over 27 weeks of programming. Read more from Amy about Undershed's 1 Year Anniversary on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/articles/undershed-one-year

Hometown sold out Q&A Screening of GAME in Bristol @wshed.bsky.social tonight with Jason Williamson in town.