Announcing Bristol’s Summer Film Takeover
Get ready to venture out and explore the city through a different lens with Bristol's Summer Film Takeover, presented by Bristol UNESCO City of Film and partners.
Featuring nine free film events taking place across the city centre between June and September 2023, Bristol’s Summer Film Takeover will celebrate unique aspects of Bristol’s culture and identity through a range of different screen experiences. The programme is being delivered as one of the activities under the City Centre and High Streets Recovery and Renewal programme, funded by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority’s Love our High Streets project.
Encounters are excited to be presenting two very special events, in collaboration with Hamburg-based film collective A Wall is a Screen :
A Wall is a Screen: Secrets of the Old City (Fri 30 June & Sat 16 Sept)
Location: Bristol’s Old City, starting on Corn Street BS1 1HT
Another chance to catch this unique 'film night' meets 'guided city tour'. Spend the evening touring lesser-known corners of the Old City's streets, watching a curated selection of short films projected onto Bristol buildings as you go. Presented by Encounters Festival and Hamburg-based collective A Wall is a Screen.
“We’ll be marking milestones including the 75th anniversary of Windrush, 100 years of 16mm film and 50 years of hip hop influence on Bristol’s culture, all through different screen experiences. Film has the power to convey stories we wouldn’t usually encounter, and we hope this programme will give the public the chance to explore the city from different perspectives whilst sampling excellent work from world-leading creatives and curators working in Bristol UNESCO City of Film.” -Natalie Moore, Bristol UNESCO City of Film Manager
View the full programme of free film events at www.bristolcityoffilm.co.uk/summerfilmtakeover.