Watershed is the kind of arts venue Bristol does well: informal, serious about culture, and woven into the everyday life of the harbourside. It occupies a former warehouse on Canons Road and works primarily as a cultural cinema, with a programme that leans toward independent film, documentaries, festivals, restorations, and the kind of one-night screenings that rarely reach multiplexes.
It is more than a place to catch a film on a rainy afternoon. Watershed has become one of the South West's important centres for film culture and creative technology, with talks, artist development, and a cafe-bar that looks out toward the floating harbour. If you are already walking the docks between M Shed, Millennium Square, and the old quays, it is an easy stop and a useful check for what Bristol is talking about that week.