Watershed Podcast

In this episode: Mark Cousins, critic, presenter and filmmaker talks to Watershed's Clare Leczyki and Tommy Curtis about his inspiration for making A Story of Children and Film, in which he asserts that the themes of children in cinema are the big human themes, themes that show us all what it is to be alive.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, is joined by Phil Johnson, Senior Programme Producer at St George's Bristol, to discuss Filmic 2014. Filmic 2014 is the third year of Watershed and St George's annual celebration of the creative connections between film and music, explored through a season of performances, events and screenings.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, is joined by Phil Johnson, Senior Programme Producer at St George's Bristol, to discuss Filmic 2014. Filmic 2014 is the third year of Watershed and St George's annual celebration of the creative connections between film and music, explored through a season of performances, events and screenings.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove, Watershed Cinema Curator, is joined by philosopher and writer Julian Baggini. Julian has co-programmed January's season of screenings Recipe For Life: Film, Food and Philosophy Sunday Brunches and in this podcast discusses the relationships between food and philosophy and how film can provide a philosophical insight into the meaning of food in our lives.

In this episode: Mark discusses all things magic with Watershed Magicians in Residence Stuart Nolan and Kieron Kirkland, plus residency partner Dr Mike Fraser of University of Bristol, Department of Computer Sciences. They discuss what they have been exploring in their residency and the relationships between magic, technology and computing, plus magic and magicians' inextricable link with the birth of film.

In this episode: This month Mark considers the representation of women in film and media and discusses five films coming up at Watershed in November that have women as their central characters – all of which engage with issues of female representation in rich and complex ways.

In this episode: Mark reflects on the ongoing creativity of British filmmaking, the role of festivals such as Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival in giving British directors, cast and crew their big breaks, and the plethora of great British films opening this month including Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant, Paul Wright's For Those In Peril, Hanif Kureshi's Le Week-end and John Akomfrah's The Stuart Hall Project.

In this episode: Charlie Cooper is part of the Future Producers, our development programme for 18-25 year olds, and for this month's podcast he took a closer look at how Watershed and Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival produce new talent - both in filmmaking and in creating young producers, like him, who have the skills needed to programme an arts venue like Watershed.

In this episode: Continuing our summer podcasts looking at some of what goes on at Watershed outside of the cinema, Clare Reddington, Director of Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, discusses the Playable City with Watershed Producer Verity McIntosh and Watershed Managing Director Dick Penny. They discuss why Watershed has coined the term the Playable City, the current Bristol-wide play experience Hello Lamp Post and the playful work Watershed has been doing to encourage you to look at the city with fresh eyes.

In this episode: Guest podcaster Clare Reddington, Director of Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, discusses the Watershed produced creative technology collaborations which, as a part of #BRISTOLPROMS, explore how to re-present classical music performance. #BRISTOLPROMS is Bristol Old Vic's season of classical music concerts in July and Clare is in discussion with Tom Morris, Bristol Old Vic Artistic Director and John Durrant, Creative Director of Bristol based design agency BDH.

In this episode: Mark considers the cinema of Austrian director and perennial provocateur Ulrich Seidl, including our 2008 retrospective and his upcoming new trilogy (Paradise: Love, Faith and Hope). He also discusses why Watershed is showing Much Ado About Nothing, the latest film from Hollywood's renaissance man Joss Whedon.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove looks forward to this year's Cannes Film Festival, where he thinks the famous auteur theory is still very much in evidence. Continuing the auteur theme, he discusses Pedro Almodovar's early career, his status as the quality European auteur, and the release of his latest film, the intoxicatingly fun I'm So Excited!

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove reflects on the impact digital is having on the film and cinema world. He also talks about Bristol-made feature film Flying Blind plus Filmic, Watershed's season of films and events celebrating the enduring relationship between film and music which continues into Spring.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove introduces Watershed and St George's Filmic season of films and events which explore the rich relationship between film and music. The focus in March is on composer, producer, artist and collaborator John Parish and in this podcast Mark discusses with John his filmic influences and how they have inspired his own compositions for films.

In this episode: Prompted by upcoming documentary Side by Side, where Keanu Reeves goes on a tour of the past, present and future of filmmaking in today's digital revolution, Mark takes a closer look at the impact digital is having on the making of films and on what we see on screen. To explore the issues and changes, Mark is joined by South West-based cinematographer Terry Flaxton, who is Professor of Cinematography and Lens Based Media at University of the West of England.

In this episode: Mark discusses the future of cinema in this post digital, multi-platform age. Mark takes a look at the challenges cinemas and film have faced in this brave new world, and asks what it means for exhibitors, and for audiences.

In this episode: Mark discusses how food features prominently on the cinematic menu with the reissue of Oscar winning Babette's Feast plus a season of Sunday Brunch films with a food flavour. Mark is joined by Watershed's Executive Chef Oliver Pratt who discusses his own food inspirations and passions, the value of Watershed's Plot to Plate ethos, changes in food culture over recent years and some of the new food experiences Watershed has been offering over the last year.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove on Michael Haneke's extraordinary and moving, Palme D'Or winning, Amour – coming to Watershed this month. For Mark Amour raises questions more broadly around perfection in art and explores why for him Haneke's film represents artistic perfection in cinema. Also discussed is the upcoming The Master, dubbed by some as 'a new American classic', which Mark looks forward to assessing in terms of his contention that a certain strand of American cinema is only concerned with itself, is self-referential and isolated.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove on profiling, promoting and platforming new talent at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, plus his pick of Future Encounters. On finding talent away from the centre through Watershed's FilmWorks programme, and its aim to develop regional based filmmakers. Plus Award-winning film industry professionals sharing skills and experiences at Encounters Festival 2012 – now available on DShed.

In this episode: Mark Cosgrove on Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, its move to September and its relationship to Bristol; Watershed's work with artists and technology which explores how we experience cities; and a certain tendency in some American cinema for what Mark perceives as 'self-obsessed amoral insularity'.