Great line-up Afrika Eye Film Festival incl. this hypnotic film essay by Johan Grimonprez anchored by the rhythm of American jazz 👇

Filling in on The Observer New Review film reviews this week - & Small Things Like These is just excellent: the exacting cold comfort quietly heroic Christmas movie the world needs right now theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/…

Anora review – Sean Baker’s screwball Cinderella tale vaults him towards greatness theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/…

💥Chicks, Flicks & Kicks 💥 Time for some action Watershed 🏄🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️ Yes, Madam! TODAY 2pm Point Break Sat 9 (w/Beach Party) Thu 14 Nov The Inspector Wears Skirts Sun 10 Nov Police 3: Supercop Sun 17 Nov Polite Society Wed 20 Thu 28 Nov (w/Nida Manzoor) The Heroic Trio Sun 24 Nov

“‘They've been there since the beginning of cinema': How female action stars have wowed through the ages”Christina Newland in BBC Film Look out for screenings across the UK as part of BFI FAN’s UK wide #ArtofAction season. bbc.com/culture/articl…

Kathryn Bigelow's '90s cult classic Point Break surfs back into cinemas this wknd 🏄 Here in #Bristol Watershed & The Wave invite you to a beach party Sat 9 Nov; expect surfing rodeo, cocktails, a DJ set, & lots of“I! Am! An F! B! I! Agent!” impressions.

Out of enthusiasm for BFI's ongoing nationwide Art of Action season, I spoke with curator Timon Singh and stuntwoman Georgia Munroe in an exploration of female action queens for BBC Culture: bbc.com/culture/articl…

UK exhibitors sound alarm over incoming tax increases and wage rises Closed sites, reduced screenings and expansion plans put on hold are among fears: screendaily.com/news/uk-exhibi…

A Frank Capra season; Heiny Srour’s Leila & the Wolves (1984) c/o Bristol Palestine Film Festival ; 1961 noir Blast of Silence; 1998 classic The Big Lebowski; focuses on Bob Dylan & Chantal Akerman early next year; there’s plenty to keep you going through the winter Watershed watershed.co.uk/news/winter-ci…

Meet CHLOE ABRAHAMS; director/ producer of THE TASTE OF MANGO! 🥭✨ Join us in convo w Chloe: 🔸The Garden Cinema - 13 Nov (only London screening w tickets remaining!) 🔸Watershed - 23 Nov 🔸Bertha DocHouse - 26 Nov (SOLD OUT) 🔸The Cameo, Edinburgh - 27 Nov 🎟️shorturl.at/fAcVm

📣 We are calling for UK based curators/event producers to pitch in proposals for the upcoming edition of Cinema Rediscovered (23-27 July ‘25) as part of Other Ways of Seeing, a development opportunity supported by BFI / #NationalLottery For more info: wshd.to/pitchtocr25

#Bristol! The South West’s biggest celebration of African cinema and culture is back at Watershed this Saturday. Have you got your ticket? watershed.co.uk/whatson/season…

“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant” Cary Grant Join Cary Grant Festival in Archie’s home city for a 3-day celebration of how the Hollywood star’s early training as an acrobat influenced his work and the wider #artofaction in cinema.

To mark the publication of Tim Robey ‘s new book Box Office Poison, an alt history of Hollywood through its most notable flops, Tim presents Howard Hawks’ Land of the Pharaohs (Scorsese’s fav guilty pleasure…) Watershed this Wed 6pm w/@bookhaus2 the perfect midweek pick me up 🤔

Most know his festive fave It’s A Wonderful Life but what about the film’s director Frank Capra? A new doc by #Bristol based filmmaker Matt Wells reveals more of Capra’s filmmaking Watershed alongside some of his finest films like It Happened One Night (1934) - screening this Sunday

Both our events today at Watershed and Palestine Museum Bristol are sold out! Book your tickets for the rest of the festival early to avoid disappointment bristolpff.org.uk

For ArtReview_ I wrote about cinema in 2024, the year the film world turned a blind eye to genocide artreview.com/the-year-in-fi…

✨As we come to the end of the year, we look back at some of our fav 2024 restorations, particularly those that we caught on the big screen at UK cinemas & fests…. What about yours? 🧵 ✨ Gilda (1946) Víctimas del Pecado (1951) On The Waterfront (1954) Seven Samurai (1954)

Breaking: After fears about its future due to funding issues, Bristol's Encounters short film festival (Encounters Film Festival) will return in 2025, with a new executive director. Details and dates: screendaily.com/news/encounter…

Jan and Feb will see us screen four trailblazing films from Cinema Rediscovered under the subtitle of Queer Cinema From The Eastern Bloc: - Coming Out (Jan 12) - Another Way (Jan 19) - 100 Days Before The Command (Jan 26) - Marble Ass (Feb 2) macbirmingham.co.uk/queer-cinema-f…