South West & Scotland
Friday 5 September – Saturday 25 October 2025
Friday 5 September, 18:00 | Watershed BristolFollowing Daisies, Fruit of Paradise marks another acclaimed collaboration between director Věra Chytilová, costume designer Ester Krumbachová, and cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera. As highly stylised as its predecessor, the film reimagines the biblical Fall of Man as an allegory for Czechoslovakia’s loss of freedom after the Soviet invasion in 1968.
Saturday 6 September, 11:00 | Watershed BristolThis children’s programme showcases the harmonious collaboration between humans and non-human species, while celebrating the power of animation to bring the impossible to life.
Saturday 6 September, 15:00 | Watershed BristolThe production, dispersal and eventual re-distribution of clothing is one of the protagonists of the climate crisis. This programme zooms in on the term ‘waste colonialism’ and reveals the ways in which creativity can be deployed to amplify collective concerns.
Saturday 6 September, 18:00 | Watershed BristolGods and spirits of nature appear in these two artist films. We see deities in plant-based ceremonial attire wander the woods, delivering messages to humanity. In the other, a magical plant creature becomes a guardian angel.
Sunday 7 September, 15:00 | Watershed BristolIn this long-form visual essay following a group of young garment workers in the Chinese town of Zhili, friendships and romances fold and unfold as the seasons pass.
Friday 19 September, 19:00 | ArnolfiniJoin us for a special In-Conversation featuring multidisciplinary Danish-Trinidadian artist Jeannette Ehlers, in dialogue with British film and art curator Karen Alexander.