When Wiper and True met @wshed.bsky.social Cinema Rediscovered❤️ We are delighted to announced our 10th anniversary festival will be presented in association with Bristol’s favourite independent brewery, Wiper and True.  Read more via the @letterboxd.social article below 👇

🎉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 👇

“A veritable treasure trove of cinematic rarities” (Christina Newland), @wshed.bsky.social annual festival returns Wed 22 - Sun 26 July 2026 to bring great films back to the big screen in and around Bristol! We can’t reveal too much, but there are a few teasers via the article in our bio!

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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...

Today 2pm @wshed.bsky.social , experience The Story of Lovers Rock (2011), the late Menelik Shabazz’s feature-length doc shining a light on a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems ❤️

Douglas Sirk’s beautiful film about class & conformity in 1950s small-town America All That Heaven Allows (1955) marking the pinnacle of Hollywood melodrama kicks off @wshed.bsky.social ‘s ALL THAT MELODRAMA ALLOWS exploring romance, passion & heartbreak. Time to get swept up in a wave of emotion💔

A rare showing of Time & Judgement TODAY 2pm as part of Menelik Shabazz: Rebel Generation👇

L👀king forward to hearing from @warrenellis.bsky.social (in person 😮 ) this Sun 21 Sep 17:00 @wshed.bsky.social after a special showing of Ellis Park, the first doc from acclaimed Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel (The Order, Macbeth, Snowtown)

‘Hollywood has everything to do w/the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – & toothache - Ryan Gilbey in @theguardian.com Have you booked for Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind w/Kaufman & Gondry @bristolbeacon.bsky.social part of @encounters.film ?

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social w/ Defence of the Realm on #35mm w/producer Lynda Myles & @markcosgrove.bsky.social ; one of relatively few 80s films to engage w/ contemporary political realities in Britain starring Gabriel Byrne Tue 9 Sept 6pm #CineRedis25

#Belfast ! Look out for some great cinema back on the big screen @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off Fri 12 Sept with Julien Temple‘s exuberant musical adaptation Absolute Beginners (1986) starring a who's who cast of music luminaries from Bowie and Ray Davies to Sade and Slim Galliard…

And that's how you kick off your 30th anniversary! cc @encounters.film www.encounters.film

Good to see @cineredis.bsky.social coming to Edinburgh, including a special screening of Defence of the Realm on 35mm.

So hyped @encounters.film is back for its 30th anniversary edition! To celebrate @wshed.bsky.social are presenting a👌 selection of debut features from festival alumni 👇

Remembering director Frank Perry who passed on this day thirty years ago (29 Aug 1995). It was great to have The Swimmer (1968) and Play It as It Lays (1972) at #CineRedis25, introduced by curator Ellisha Izumi von Grunewald.

Friends in #Sheffield - how about some great mid 80s British films at your local indie cinema?👇

London Friends! Not to be missed at Ciné Lumière Sun 7 - Thu 18 Sept presented by Cinema Mentiré www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nobod...

Great to see our members in the news with their exciting events, such as @purbeckfilm.bsky.social's screenings at Corfe Castle. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social with… 🏓 Ping Pong Thu 28 Aug 6.15pm 💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too Fri 29 Aug 3pm & Mon 1st Sept 8.30pm 💥 Defence of the Realm w/ @markcosgrove.bsky.social & a very special guest Tue 9 Sept - coming soon #CineRedis25

Before the screening of I, The Worst of All next week at Ciné Lumière, head to our @letterboxd.social HQ to read a wonderful piece by Argentine director and screenwriter Lucrecia Martel on the “cultural phenomenon” that is María Luisa Bemberg. Link below 👇

Breathtaking performance c/o Paraorchestra & the Breath @bristolbeacon.bsky.social #BBCProms ps: the signer was also phenomenal 🙌

Support your local cinema…👇

Some excellent refreshed gems coming to @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. Including Defence of the Realm and Neil Jordan's Angel. Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Rea at their brooding best.

Friends in #Sheffield ! L👀k out for Cinema Rediscovered highlights coming to #Showroom both part of Against The Grain: 1980‘s British Cinema: 🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - Fri 5 Sept 17.30 🌟 The Gold Diggers (Sally Potter, 1984) - Fri 19 Sept 20:00

“Cinemas & festivals have always been spaces where you can start difficult conversations. What I love about what filmmakers can do for these difficult conversations is show us something so much more complex than what a news piece can do.” Tricia Tuttle in @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy

Very tempted to take a trip to #Belfast to experience some of the films I missed in #Bristol (due to being too tied up with the delivery of the festival… ) 🤩👇

⚔️ Friends in Glasgow ⚔️ Essential viewing on the big screen this Sun @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

In this article for the Guardian, our very own Cinema Programmer Steph comments on how young people are embracing independent cinema. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

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For the #CineRedis25 Roaming Reporters Scheme, Teagan Waymouth analyses the queer relationships of #DesertHearts and #MyBeautifulLaundrette, highlighting a turning point for LGBTQ+ representation in the 1980s. Read more via the link in bio 🔗

Sad to hear about Roger K Burton 💔 He was the Founder of the Horse Hospital arts centre in London who also styled pop videos and films, including Julien Temple’s Absolute Beginners (which opened Cinema Rediscovered and is now touring) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Excited to be back at HOME cinemas in Manchester on Thursday 28 August at 6.30pm. I will be introducing director Prem Kapoor's BADNAM BASTI (India, 1971), India's first queer film, and which is part of @cineredis.bsky.social on tour. More info & tickets: homemcr.org/whats-on/bad...

Tonight! London Premiere at BFI Southbank NFT1 18:30 + intro @cineredis.bsky.social @milestonefilms.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

After a brief hiatus, Encounters Film Festival is BACK 24-28 Sept for its landmark 30th edition on Bristol's harbourside & we can’t wait! Alumni include #DenisVilleneuve & #CharlotteWells ; watch this space for some connected rep happenings @wshed.bsky.social Get your pass at www.encounters.film!

“A lyrical portrait of a community on the margins… The film doesn’t ask us to feel sorry for its characters, to pity them, but it does demand that we afford them dignity and respect... Groundbreaking!” Oscar-winning director Sean Baker on Killer of Sheep Back in UK cinemas in 4K

Something for the weekend… See it at a cinema near you parkcircus.com/film/105032-...

Essential viewing! A new 4K restoration of Killer of Sheep voted One of the 50 Greatest Films of All Time @sightandsound.bsky.social Poll 2022 BFI Southbank 12 Aug @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social 9, 12 Aug Tyneside Cinema 8 & 11 Aug Close-Up 12, 21, 28 Sept @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social 6 Oct

Coming to BFI Southbank for its London Premiere on Tue 12 Aug, NFT1 + intro! Tickets: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau... @milestonefilms.bsky.social @cineredis.bsky.social

Love it! The new 4K restoration of Killer of Sheep is now on tour starting with: 💥 BFI Southbank 12 Aug 💥 @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social 9 & 12 Aug 💥Tyneside Cinema 8 & 11 Aug 💥 Close-Up Film Centre 12, 21 & 28 Sept 💥@queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social 6 Oct Cinemas! get in touch to book the film

The final instalment… Thoughts on Absolute Beginners?

Really grateful to @christinalefou.bsky.social (who has been coming to the festival from the first edition back in 2016 & witnessed our evolution…) for this review of the 9th edt of Cinema Rediscovered and all those involved in making it happen particularly our Other Ways of Seeing co-curators 💘👇

Grateful for this review by @christinalefou.bsky.social & to all our co-curators & partners 🙏 Look out for “jewel in the crown” The Fall of Otrar Sun 17 Aug @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social 💘 +“minor-key, jazzy 1964 docu-fiction” Belarmino now available to book 👇

Calling all filmmakers, screenwriters, producers and creatives – Bath Film Festival’s Industry Day is back for 2025. Find out more and book your tickets: watershed.co.uk/filmhub/even...

We had the pleasure of showing a pair of newly-restored Anglo/German silents starring Anna May Wong: Song (1928) & Pavement Butterfly (1929) presented by @pamhutch.bsky.social Here’s a chance to catch them again at #BFISouthbank in London + a whole selection of other titles & talks…

Find a screening near you… parkcircus.com/film/105032-...

Cinemas! Festivals! Community cinemas… You can now book some of the amazing new restorations & rediscoveries presented at @wshed.bsky.social ‘s Cinema Rediscovered at reasonable rates + there is support available towards local marketing/events. Get in touch: www.watershed.co.uk/cinema-redis...

Travel with Mosa Mpetha through her experiences at this year's Cinema Rediscovered where she contributed and listened to our Reframing Film Sessions as well as discovering cinema that she recommends you catch at Hyde Park Picturehouse’s very own Cinema Rediscovered remix… hpph.co.uk/index.php/jo...

Such a joy to welcome these two @wshed.bsky.social & recommend you catch the film back on the big screen looking better than ever on its 40th! 🫧

Writers on Film special: a new miniseries to celebrate the work of Jonathan Glazer. Kaleem Aftab joins me to discuss SEXY BEAST podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...