Bristol’s globally respected Encounters film festival will make a comeback in September next year following a change of management which sees Dave Taylor-Matthews take over as Executive Director.

Get ready, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal is getting ready to roll out the red carpet for Gromit Unleashed 3, Bristol’s biggest blockbuster of 2025 – this year with a movie theme!

Historic England has today unveiled a national blue plaque to honour the inspirational actor Cary Grant, a working-class boy from Bristol who became one of the brightest movie stars Hollywood has ever known.  

Bristol Crew has recently celebrated its 15th birthday! We caught up with Founder and local DOP Sarah Smither, to find out more about the network and how it has grown and developed over the past decade and a half.

On Sunday 29th September, the Bristol Short Film Showcase at Watershed celebrated the vibrancy of the local film talent we have here in Bristol UNESCO City of Film, with a programme of new and recently made shorts from Bristol filmmakers.

This Summer, members of the public have been enjoying the opportunity to get closer to one of Hollywood’s biggest icons, and the Bristol streets he knew and loved. 

Loved The Outlaws? Love location spotting? Why not combine the two this Summer! Bristol Film Office has partnered with Visit West and Bristol UNESCO City of Film to present ‘The Outlaws in Bristol’ Movie Map, featuring some of the city’s best filming locations used in the making of Stephen Merchant’s BBC comedy-thriller.

Earlier this month, the XVI UNESCO Creative Cities Network Annual Conference (1-5 July 2024) took place in Braga, UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, in Portugal. Bristol was proudly represented at this important event by Natalie Moore, Bristol UNESCO City of Film Manager.

We are proud to present the new Bristol UNESCO City of Film 2024 showreel, showcasing the incredible breadth and depth of Bristol’s award-winning screen industry.

Local film critic and blogger Nathan Hardie shares his experience of last month’s Forbidden Worlds Film Festival (16th – 19th May 2024), which served up another feast of fantasy, action, sci-fi and horror on Bristol’s IMAX screen to its die-hard (and fast-growing) audience.

Bristol UNESCO City of Film Manager Natalie Moore recently travelled to the Polish city of Łódź , our fellow UNESCO City of Film, to take part in the International Congress for Culture and the Regenerative City (14-15 May 2024). Here, she describes experiencing the city’s film highlights and hearing more about how UCCN members are harnessing their designations to encourage urban regeneration. 

Bristol has won the coveted City of Film Award at the 2024 Global Production Awards, presented on Monday (20th May) during Cannes Film Festival. The annual awards held by leading film trade publication Screen International, recognise outstanding and sustainable work in the world of film and TV production, locations and studios.