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June at Watershed

 

Inspired by the forthcoming and somewhat controversial Beijing Olympic Games which highlights the shared territory between sports and politics, we explore the social, political and cultural meanings of sport through cinema in Let the Games Begin. Films in this season range from This Fighting Spirit, George Amponsah's portrait of three Ghanaian fighters, to Water Lilies, a brilliantly observed look at teenage girlhood set in the competitive world of synchronised swimming, and Substitute, which shows a side of a top footballer's life that the public rarely sees. Cinékids gets in on the Olympic fever too with the return of favourite Frenchman Asterix as he and his friends travel to Greece to compete in the Games.

Watershed is delighted to once again be participating in Refugee Week celebrations with a series of films and events focusing on displaced communities around the world. The programme looks both close to home, with All White in Barking, and further afield, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The season also includes a free screening of L'Esquive by celebrated Tunisian-born French director Abdellatif Kechiche, which coincides with the release of his latest film, Cous Cous, an examination of the émigré experience in contemporary France.

This month's other feature films span both geography and history: Mongol imagines the life of the notorious 12-13th century emperor Genghis Khan as a stunning big-screen epic, while American indie gem In Search of a Midnight Kiss observes love bloom on the streets of modern-day Los Angeles. Between these two extremes, Audrey Tautou and French comic Gad Elmaleh find love and money on the French Riviera in Priceless, and the passionate drama The Edge of Love follows poet Dylan Thomas and the women he loved across Wales and London under the shadow of World War II.
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:Developments at Watershed:

Since the 25th Birthday celebrations last year Watershed has continued to go from strength to strength. The balcony has been successfully opened and has quickly become one of the most sought after outdoor spaces in the city, online ticketing has finally arrived offering more choice and access to the programme, and work has also started on a process to increase the amount of locally sourced and organic products available in the Café/Bar. During these developments, the support and feedback we have received from our customers has been key to their success.

To mark these achievements we have commissioned acclaimed Bristol artist and filmmaker Joe Magee to produce a screenprint for Watershed. The result is called Scatter - a stunning hand-printed 10 colour screen print measuring just over a metre wide. Scatter will sit alongside Waveshed, the image Joe created to celebrate the 25th Birthday, in the Café/Bar.

Working with Spike Print Studio, Joe has produced a limited edition of 100 hand-crafted prints of this unique artwork which are available to buy from Box Office at the initial special price of £200.
To find out more about Scatter and the process that went into making the print, please go to http://www.watershed.co.uk/scatter
For more information on Joe Magee and his work, please visit http://www.periphery.co.uk
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The Calendar for June is available at: http://www.watershed.co.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Watershed.woa/wa/events/