Film listings and Events at Watershed in August

A summer of entertaining, poignant and thought-provoking new cinema from around the world – plus a sprinkling of restored classics.

Before 9/11, New York's Twin Towers were a symbol of humanity’s ability to defy gravity through engineering. As if to underscore the awesome arrogance of such an achievement, in 1974 French high wire artist Philippe Petit illicitly strung a cable between the tops of the two buildings and spent 45 minutes performing on it. With humour and amazement, the utterly compelling documentary Man on Wire brings this audacious feat to life.

Errol Morris applies his signature elegant and eloquent style to the most controversial of recent subject matters, the treatment of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, in the powerful documentary Standard Operating Procedure.

The Uruguayan comedy El Baño del Papa takes the actual 1980s visit of Pope John Paul II to a small border town as a starting point to craft a witty morality tale of imagined events. From Brazil, Elite Squad is a raw, unapologetic portrait of the violence boiling in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and from Hong Kong, Mad Detective, is an inspired cop thriller. Iranian filmmaker Hana Makhmalbaf’s Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame, is a moving drama set amongst the bombed-out ruins of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan.

Shane Meadows follows This Is England with another coming-of-age tale, Somers Town, which portrays an unlikely friendship between two teenagers, one British and one Polish, and, inspired by the film, eShed has planned Shedloads Culture Swap to celebrate European cultural diversity.
Finally… do not miss the reissue of Sergio Leone's classic Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
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Venue

Watershed Media Centre, Harbourside

Dates

Date 1 Aug 2008 - 31 Aug 2008

Tickets Information

Road Directions

From M4/M5 (N) follow the M32 to the end, then bear right and follow the signs for the city centre; then follow signs for the A4 to Anchor Road (or Avonmouth). From M5(S) exit at junction 18 and follow the A4 to the city centre. The Watershed is near At-Bristol, on Anchor Road with car parking in Canons Way, in Millennium Square underground car park.

Public Transport Directions

By Bus: any First City Line bus to the city centre or First Badgerline service to Anchor Road. Phone 0845 602 0156 for details of services and special combined discounts.

 Facilities

Provider Preferences

• In town/city centre
• Indoor Event

Catering

• On-Site café/restaurant