Before, during and even after the festival - there are loads of dates throughout November for you to mark in your calendar.
Click on the links below for more information and tickets.
BAFTA MASTERCLASS WITH TONY MARCHANT (FOR
EMERGING TALENT 15 – 30 YRS)
TUE 1ST NOV 16.00 WATERSHED
Join BAFTA-winning screenwriter Tony
Marchant, as we exploring his approach to creating gripping story, characters
and conflict. Read more.
ELEANOR’S SECRET (U) + FREE ANIMATION WORKSHOP (SUITABLE FOR 6 – 12
YRS)
SUN 6 NOV 13.00 – 15.30 WATERSHED
Dir: Dominique Monfery
France/ Italy
2009, 1hr 14mins
Aunt Eleanor bequeaths seven-year-old Nat her library of rare books. There's just one catch: Nat can't read. At night, however, the fairytale characters in the books come to life to warn Nat that unless he learns to read they may disappear. Read more.
WHAT'S THE SCORE? FILM SCORING WORKSHOP (SUITABLE FOR 14 – 25
YRS)
SAT 12 NOV AT 15.00 – 18.00 + LIVE PERFORMANCE
19.00 WATERSHED
Join Tony Orrell (aka Birdman of Alkijazz)
for a hands-on workshop to create your very own live score to silent film. Read more.
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME COMPETITION SHOWCASE +
PANEL DISCUSSION (15+)
SAT 12 NOV 13:00 WATERSHED
What does nuclear disarmament mean to you?
Show us, in a film 30 to 120 seconds long. That was the challenge that Bristol
CND put to young filmmakers across the UK. Read more.
BRISTOL PREMIERE: A CAT IN PARIS (PG)
SUN 13 NOV 15:00 WATERSHED
Dir: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol
France/ Netherlands/ Switzerland/ Belgium
2010, 1hr 10mins.
Paris is a playground for an adventurous cat like Dino. By day, he is the loyal tabby of the police superintendent’s daughter. By night, he joins the nocturnal adventures of an actual cat burglar, climbing the city’s ornate masonry and gothic gargoyles. Read more.
SUNDAY BRUNCH SCREENING: PERSEPOLIS (12A)
SUN 13 NOV 12.00 WATERSHED
Dir: Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud,
France/USA
2007, 1hr 36mins
Based on the best-selling autobiographical graphic novels by Satrapi, this poignant and beautifully animated story follows a precocious girl’s coming-of-age during the Islamic Revolution. Read more.
PICK ‘N’ MIX: FAMILY FRIENDLY SHORTS (12A)
SAT 19 NOV 12.30 WATERSHED
A sweet selection of shorts from this
year’s Encounters International Festival programme. Read more.
AARDMAN PRESENTS: KIDS MODEL ANIMATION WORKSHOPS (SUITABLE FOR
7+)
SAT 19 NOV 13:00 & 15:30 ARNOLFINI
Join Jim Parkyn from Aardman Animations,
as he shows you how to make a puppet that can be used in animation films. Read more.
BFI FUTURE FILM PRESENTS…THE WINNING PITCH (SUITABLE FOR 16 – 25
YRS)
SUN 20 NOV 11.00 – 12:30 WATERSHED
Be in with a chance to win a place on a
filmmaking workshop in either Amsterdam, Seville, Istanbul or Warsaw. Read more.
MINI MASTERPIECES – TELLING STORIES TOGETHER
(SUITABLE FOR 16-21 YRS)
SUN 20 NOV 13.00 – 17.00 WATERSHED
Good storytelling is at the heart of all
good films, but where do great ideas come from? Read more.
KES (PG)
SUN 20 – THU 24 NOV WATERSHED
Dir: Ken Loach
UK
1969, 1hr 41mins
Fifteen-year-old Billy has a rough time at home and school. The children bully him and the adults don'tseem to care. He finds and trains a wild kestrel whohe names 'Kes' and in doing so finds something that finally excites him. Read more.
CINEKIDS ENCOUNTERS SPECIAL: CHILDREN’S
JURY AWARD NOMINEES (8 YRS OLD +)
SAT 26 NOV 13.00 WATERSHED
From an exciting go-kart race to an eager
beaver; an annoying pecking bird to a tooth fairy, this wonderful collection of
short films shows us just how creative and funny animation can be. Read more.
MUSIC SOUTH WEST 2011
SAT 26 NOV WATERSHED
Special Rate for Fresh Flix Ticket holders
- £10
Whether an aspiring or professional
musician, label, publisher, promoter, artist manager, agent, video maker, or
even just a fan of music - come on down. Read more.
SUNDAY BRUNCH SCREENING: THIS IS ENGLAND (15)
SUN 27 NOV 12:00 WATERSHED
Dir: Shane Meadows,
UK
2006, 1hr 43 mins
Meadows’ powerful film draws on his own youth in an England on the verge of multi-culturalism, a time when ska and skinhead culture briefly came together only to be snuffed out by the rise of the National Front. Read more.
BRISTOL PREMIERE: RED DOG (PG)
SUN 27 NOV 15:00 WATERSHED
Dir: Kriv Stenders
Australia
2011, 1hr 32mins
This adaptation of the best-selling novel by Louisde Bernieres (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin) follows the life and times of a scrappy stray, the real-life legend of the title: Red Dog. Read more.
LOUDER THAN A BOMB (12)
MON 28 NOV 18.00 WATERSHED
Dirs: Greg Jacobs/Jon Siskel
USA
2010, 1hr 39mins
Four teams of supremely talented Chicago high school students harness the ecstatic power of words as they prepare to compete in the world’s largest youth poetry slam in Chicago in this rousing, multiple award-winning smash documentary. Read more.
ELECTRIC DECEMBER LAUNCH
ONLINE FROM 1 DEC
Fresh Flix culminates with the launch of Electric
December, Watershed's original end of year online showcase of creative talent. Read more.
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