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 double bill it with #SteveBuscemi directorial debut Trees Lounge (1996) on Thu 27th Aug 15:00.

Some of our favourite comment cards from the festival ✍️ If you attended any of the events or screenings at Cinema Rediscovered’s 10th Edition, share your highlights and ways we can improve through our short survey via the link below.

Looking for something to do next Saturday? We're launching our next Undershed exhibition SENTIENTS. 🐸🐺🐄 You'll get to meet Scent creator Alan Kwan and our Young Curators Collective at this informal gathering. Tickets are £5 PWYC: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/14182/sentients-launch-party

Our 10th Birthday edition is fast approaching (Wed 22 - Sun 26 July) and the party itinerary has arrived! Designed by Tony Stiles, download the Cinema Rediscovered 2026 programme of over 70 screenings and events across Bristol via the link in bio.

🎬 Great films back on the big screen for the 10th edition of Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 22 - Sun 26 July, Bristol). 🙏 Thanks to Silk Factory for this incredible new trailer highlighting some of our 70+ screenings and events lineup.

Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece Taxi Driver (1976) is screening in glorious 4K to celebrate its 50th anniversary during @cineredis.bsky.social at Bristol’s Megascreen. Join us on Sat 25 July, 4:30PM: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1404...

Spotted in Bedminster, the 10th anniversary poster for Cinema Rediscovered, the latest in a decade of designs c/o the incredible artist and designer Tony Stiles. Be sure to snap a pic if you see our posters across Bristol!

Hot off the presses, postcards for Cinema Rediscovered 10 have arrived! With a sleek design by Tony Stiles, pick up a few from Watershed or our partner venues and help spread the word that Great Films are back on the Big Screen in Bristol, Wed 22 to Sun 26 July. #watershed #cineredis26 #bristol

Congratulations to Aardman founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton on their knighthoods for services to the animation industry! We’re honoured to welcome them at the 10th edition of Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 22 - Sun 26 July, Bristol) to celebrate 50 years of Aardman. 📸 Jon Craig, Bristol 24/7

Festival founder Mark Cosgrove will be on @bcfmradio.bsky.social at 11:30 discussing w/ Charlie Morris 10 Years of Cinema Rediscovered! Listen in below 👇

It’s our 10th birthday and you’re all invited 🎂 Bookings are now open for Cinema Rediscovered, the UK’s leading celebration of newly-restored films and classic revivals – presented in association with Wiper and True. Rendez-vous Wed 22 to Sun 26 July 2026 in and around Bristol, link below 👇

📢 Calling UK-based film curators! Park Circus is teaming up once again with Cinema Rediscovered to invite you to pitch a 4-5 repertory film season idea curated from their catalogue for 2027. Submit your proposal(s) via the link in our bio by Monday 25 May 2026, midnight BST.

Happy Birthday Edgar Wright 🎈🎂 We’re honoured that the acclaimed director is video-introing the opening film of Cinema Rediscovered 10th Birthday Edition, Danger: Diabolik, launching our Comics Come Alive season featuring Wright’s Italian Fumetti-inspired Scott Pilgrim vs The World!

It’s all happening! 🤩🤩🤩

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Early Bird passes are now on sale for the 10th birthday edition of Cinema Rediscovered 🥳 Taking place in and around Bristol UNESCO City of Film from Wed 22 to Sun 26 July 2026, you can get up to 30% off a full festival pass. Read more about the highlights announced at @wshed.bsky.social website 👇

When Wiper and True met @wshed.bsky.social Cinema Rediscovered❤️ We are delighted to announced our 10th anniversary festival will be presented in association with Bristol’s favourite independent brewery, Wiper and True.  Read more via the @letterboxd.social article below 👇

🎉The ninth edition of Cinema Rediscovered, @wshed.bsky.social dedicated to the revival of great films on the big screen, was our biggest and best-attended edition to date! Here's some of the highlights 👇

“A veritable treasure trove of cinematic rarities” (Christina Newland), @wshed.bsky.social annual festival returns Wed 22 - Sun 26 July 2026 to bring great films back to the big screen in and around Bristol! We can’t reveal too much, but there are a few teasers via the article in our bio!

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Bristol and nearby areas folk, GAME will be showing at @wshed.bsky.social from Dec 12-14th. Tickets here: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1371...

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A gripping thriller set against the backdrop of the British rave scene, Game stars Marc Bessant and Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods) in their first leading roles.

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Today 2pm @wshed.bsky.social , experience The Story of Lovers Rock (2011), the late Menelik Shabazz’s feature-length doc shining a light on a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems ❤️

Douglas Sirk’s beautiful film about class & conformity in 1950s small-town America All That Heaven Allows (1955) marking the pinnacle of Hollywood melodrama kicks off @wshed.bsky.social ‘s ALL THAT MELODRAMA ALLOWS exploring romance, passion & heartbreak. Time to get swept up in a wave of emotion💔

A rare showing of Time & Judgement TODAY 2pm as part of Menelik Shabazz: Rebel Generation👇

Cinema Rediscovered@cineredis.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Commissioned for C4, Menelik Shabazz’s Time & Judgement (1988) uses theatre, verse & music to chronicle the struggles & triumphs of African diaspora communities globally feat. influential voices like Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan & Jesse Jackson. See it @wshed.bsky.social Sun 12 Oct 14:00

L👀king forward to hearing from @warrenellis.bsky.social (in person 😮 ) this Sun 21 Sep 17:00 @wshed.bsky.social after a special showing of Ellis Park, the first doc from acclaimed Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel (The Order, Macbeth, Snowtown)

‘Hollywood has everything to do w/the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – & toothache - Ryan Gilbey in @theguardian.com Have you booked for Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind w/Kaufman & Gondry @bristolbeacon.bsky.social part of @encounters.film ?

‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache

As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to th...

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Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social w/ Defence of the Realm on #35mm w/producer Lynda Myles & @markcosgrove.bsky.social ; one of relatively few 80s films to engage w/ contemporary political realities in Britain starring Gabriel Byrne Tue 9 Sept 6pm #CineRedis25

#Belfast ! Look out for some great cinema back on the big screen @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off Fri 12 Sept with Julien Temple‘s exuberant musical adaptation Absolute Beginners (1986) starring a who's who cast of music luminaries from Bowie and Ray Davies to Sade and Slim Galliard…

And that's how you kick off your 30th anniversary! cc @encounters.film www.encounters.film

Good to see @cineredis.bsky.social coming to Edinburgh, including a special screening of Defence of the Realm on 35mm.

Cinema Rediscovered@cineredis.bsky.social · last yr.

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social with… 🏓 Ping Pong Thu 28 Aug 6.15pm 💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too Fri 29 Aug 3pm & Mon 1st Sept 8.30pm 💥 Defence of the Realm w/ @markcosgrove.bsky.social & a very special guest Tue 9 Sept - coming soon #CineRedis25

So hyped @encounters.film is back for its 30th anniversary edition! To celebrate @wshed.bsky.social are presenting a👌 selection of debut features from festival alumni 👇

Cinema Rediscovered@cineredis.bsky.social · last yr.

Throughout Sundays in September, @wshed.bsky.social is marking the 30th edition of @encounters.film Festival (24 - 28 Sept) with a selection of first features from a few notable alumni. From Andrea Arnold's #RedRoad to Charlotte Wells' #Aftersun, see the full programme via the link in bio.

Remembering director Frank Perry who passed on this day thirty years ago (29 Aug 1995). It was great to have The Swimmer (1968) and Play It as It Lays (1972) at #CineRedis25, introduced by curator Ellisha Izumi von Grunewald.