Cinema Rediscovered

Cinema Rediscovered Tickets & Passes are onsale for the 10th edition of Cinema Rediscovered!

Watershed’s annual festival returns 22 - 26 July 2026 to bring great films back to the big screen in and around Bristol, UNESCO City of Film launching a UK & Ireland-wide tour. Cinema is back and the 6th edition of Cinema Rediscovered (20 - 24 July 2022) - Watershed’s annual festival showcasing brand new restorations, contemporary classics and film print rarities in and around Bristol UNESCO City

of Film - will celebrate the return of the big screen experience. Screening at cinemas including Clevedon’s Curzon Cinema & Arts, 20th Century Flicks, Arnolfini and Watershed the festival will launch a UK wide tour of highlights (Aug – Nov 2022), and an online offer via MUBI, the global streaming service, production company and film distributor.

Join us at Watershed wearing your fave PJs for The Sleepover Season, Sunday afternoons in September!Link in bio for tick...
02/09/2026

Join us at Watershed wearing your fave PJs for The Sleepover Season, Sunday afternoons in September!

Link in bio for tickets 🔗

Beginning this Sunday as part of BFI FAN’s Rip it Up season comes a trio of British coming-of-age classics programmed by guest curators Ella McDonald and Reba Martin.

Starring a debuting John Boyega, Joe Cornish’s horror-comedy Attack the Block features in the National Cinema Weekend (Sat 4th & Sun 5th September) with tickets only £4.

Endlessly quotable, Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beckham explores intersectionality with sharp humour and incredible chemistry between Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley.

Capping off the Sleepover Season is a special 35mm screening of Chadha's Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, an iconic encapsulation of the awkward teenage phase.

A treat for fans of our 2025 season Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema, join us on Sundays 2pm in September at Watershed.

Cinema Rediscovered on Tour comes to Gloucester Guildhall in September!Experience new restorations from our 10th Birthda...
31/08/2026

Cinema Rediscovered on Tour comes to Gloucester Guildhall in September!

Experience new restorations from our 10th Birthday edition on the big screen in Gloucester’s historic Guildhall, each Saturday at 2pm throughout September.

This begins on Sat 5th September with Charles Burnett's rarely-seen My Brother's Wedding (1983), followed by psychological dramas Obsession (1949) and Accident (1967), capped off on Sat 26th September with a cornerstone of the 1960 British new wave, Billy Liar (1963).

Tickets via the link in bio.

28/08/2026

For our Roaming Reporters 2026, James Batt takes us through the decades of films he watched at Cinema Rediscovered 10th Birthday edition!

Roaming Reporters is a talent development initiative covering how festivals are programmed, executed, and documented, as well as providing a platform for content creation.

This year's cohort was led by Comms and Outreach Coordinator Nathan Hardie, supported by reviewer and videographer Sarah Williams and BFI Film Academy South West Lead Claire Simmons.

Our 10th edition is presented in association with Wiper and True and made possible thanks to the support of the BFI Audience Projects Fund, awarding National Lottery funding, and principal sponsors Park Circus and STUDIOCANAL.

Four early-stage creatives had the opportunity to explore Cinema Rediscovered 2026, capturing their experience in whatev...
26/08/2026

Four early-stage creatives had the opportunity to explore Cinema Rediscovered 2026, capturing their experience in whatever fun, engaging way they decided. Keep an eye out for their work over the coming weeks on our Instagram and Letterboxd HQ.

This talent development initiative covered how festivals are programmed, executed, and documented, providing a platform for content creation led by Comms and Outreach Coordinator Nathan Hardie, supported by reviewer and videographer Sarah Williams and BFI Film Academy South West Lead Claire Simmons.

Our 10th edition is presented in association with Wiper and True and made possible thanks to the support of the BFI Audience Projects Fund, awarding National Lottery funding, and principal sponsors Park Circus and STUDIOCANAL.

Rogue Hollywood comes to HOME Manchester for Cinema Rediscovered 10 on Tour!Curated by Ellen Smith (freelance film progr...
25/08/2026

Rogue Hollywood comes to HOME Manchester for Cinema Rediscovered 10 on Tour!

Curated by Ellen Smith (freelance film programmer) and Andy Willis (Senior Visiting Curator at HOME), these six films are testament to a period when filmmakers in 70s Hollywood, such as Elaine May, William Friedkin and Martin Scorsese, veered from the mainstream.

Beginning on Sun 30th August with a rare 35mm screening of Looking for Mr. Goodbar, catch the full season over the next three Sundays and Wednesdays at HOME Manchester - link in bio for tickets.

Alexandre Rockwell's new 4K restoration of In The Soup (1992) was a hit closing out Cinema Rediscovered 10th Birthday Fe...
18/08/2026

Alexandre Rockwell's new 4K restoration of In The Soup (1992) was a hit closing out Cinema Rediscovered 10th Birthday Festival!

Catch it at The Prince Charles Cinema on Thu 20th Aug at 15:30, plus make it a double Steve Buscemi bill with his directorial debut Trees Lounge (1996) on Thu 27th Aug 15:00.

Cinemas, community cinemas and more can book both 4K restorations ℅ IndieCollect with Cinema Rediscovered on Tour via the link in bio, bringing great films back to the big screen.

18/08/2026

Pastor Hall (Roy Boulting, 1940)/ Obsession (Edward Dmytryk, 1949)   Richard I talk about two films screened recently at Cinema Rediscovered in Bristol, that will be touring around art cinemas…

On 13th August 2010, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was released ⚡For our 10th anniversary festival, we showcased the featu...
14/08/2026

On 13th August 2010, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was released ⚡

For our 10th anniversary festival, we showcased the feature at Bristol Megascreen with a pre-recorded intro from visionary director Edgar Wright!

Cinemas, festivals, and more can book Scott Pilgrim vs. The World from our Comics Come Alive season as part of Cinema Rediscovered on Tour - link in bio to learn more.

Last chance to fill out our 10th Anniversary Edition Survey 📝If you attended this year's Cinema Rediscovered, we want to...
12/08/2026

Last chance to fill out our 10th Anniversary Edition Survey 📝

If you attended this year's Cinema Rediscovered, we want to hear from you; please take a moment to share your thoughts via the link in bio by Friday 14 August.

Your feedback is invaluable to keep the festival going and for us to provide the best experience. As a thank you, there's an opportunity to win a subscription to BFI Player and a Limited Edition Danger: Diabolik T-Shirt designed by Beth Morris.

📸 Charley Williams

Continue the celebrations from Cinema Rediscovered 10 at Watershed across August with seasons showcasing Andrei Tarkovsk...
08/08/2026

Continue the celebrations from Cinema Rediscovered 10 at Watershed across August with seasons showcasing Andrei Tarkovsky and Aardman Animations!

Following the UK Premieres of new 4K restorations for Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (Offret) 40th anniversary, Mosaics of Time: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky presents the great auteur's masterworks on the big screen each Sunday in August, plus Cinébabies on Wednesday mornings.

We were honoured to have Aardman co-founders Sirs David Sproxton and Peter Lord at the festival to celebrate fifty years of the Bristol animated institution. In addition, Watershed are bringing your favourites Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run and more back to the big screen for Cracking Films, Gromit!

Get 15% off when you purchase tickets to three or more screenings per season, applied automatically at checkout. Plus, further discounts on Aardman for those attending Cracking Exhibition, Gromit! at M Shed - more details via Watershed's website.

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