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.