Watershed

About

Watershed is a cross-artform venue set on Bristol’s harbourside, offering a lively programme of independent film and events, plus occasional live music and Festivals. Watershed produces work that cuts across film, music, theatre, design, and visual art, encouraging culture and diversity to flourish in Bristol. Watershed’s friendly, buzzy cafe/bar is warm and inviting, with local organic food, plus free wi-fi for customers.

Watershed is more than just an arts cinema. It is at once a cultural centre, a social networker, a café/bar, and a cultural tourist attraction.

The box office opens at 9am on Monday to Friday, and at 10am on the weekends. Note that the box office closes 15 minutes after the start of the final film and there is no fee for advance or credit card bookings.

Groups are very welcome at Watershed. Enjoy the spacious Café/Bar which can reserved for parties of 10 up to 60.

Showing this week:

Marlina, the Murderer in Four Acts (15) S
Dir: Mouly Surya,  Indonesia | France | Malaysia | Thailand, 2018, 1hr 33mins
Mouly Surya directs this spaghetti western with an Indonesian, feminist flavour - complete with machetes and rolling heads...

Let the Sunshine In (15) S
Dir: Claire Denis, France | Belgium, 2017, 1hr 34mins
Juliette Binoche is both incandescent and emotionally raw in Claire Denis’s extraordinary new film as a middle-aged Parisian woman in search of love.

A Quiet Place (15)
Dir: John Krasinski, USA, 2017, 1hr 30mins
John Krasinski writes, directs and stars in this nerve-jangling, clammy-palmed thriller about a family who must survive in a world where the slightest sound brings out deadly monsters.

Custody (15) S
Dir: Xavier Legrand, France, 2017, 1hr 33mins
Winner of the Best Director and Best First Feature prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Xavier Legrand’s explosive family drama about a recently divorced couple’s bitter custody battle over their teenage son is as gripping as it is authentic.

Western (12A) S
Dir: Valeska Grisebach, Germany | Bulgaria | Austria, 2017, 1hr 59mins
Masculine tensions and cultural difference reach boiling point in this sizzling, brilliantly observed western from director Valeska Grisebach, where migrant German construction workers are pitched against villagers in Bulgaria.

Even When I Fall (12A) S
Dir: Kate McLarnon & Sky Neal, UK, 2017, 1hr 33mins
A heart-warming and life-affirming story of the triumph of the human spirit, this intimate and beautiful documentary follows the stories of two young Nepalese women, trafficking survivors who create their country's first circus.

Isle of Dogs (PG)
Dir: Wes Anderson, USA, 2018, 1hr 41mins
Wes Anderson returns with this brilliant stop-motion story set in a dystopian Japan where all dogs have been exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island.