Madeleine Probst
@maddyprobst.bsky.social
Head of Film at Watershed, Cinema Rediscovered Producer, on the board of Europa Cinemas She-Her, made in🇨🇭Film, music, great outdoors. Views are mine.
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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 ❤️
October 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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 ❤️
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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💔
Time to get swept up in a wave of emotion💔
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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💔
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👇
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
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
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A rare showing of Time & Judgement TODAY 2pm as part of Menelik Shabazz: Rebel Generation👇
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)
September 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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)
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‘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 ?
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...
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
‘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 ?
Have you booked for Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind w/Kaufman & Gondry @bristolbeacon.bsky.social part of @encounters.film ?
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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
Tue 9 Sept 6pm
#CineRedis25
September 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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
Tue 9 Sept 6pm
#CineRedis25
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#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…
September 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#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…
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September 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Good to see @cineredis.bsky.social coming to Edinburgh, including a special screening of Defence of the Realm on 35mm.
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
🏓 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
August 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Good to see @cineredis.bsky.social coming to Edinburgh, including a special screening of Defence of the Realm on 35mm.
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 👇
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.
From Andrea Arnold's #RedRoad to Charlotte Wells' #Aftersun, see the full programme via the link in bio.
August 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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 👇
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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.
It was great to have The Swimmer (1968) and Play It as It Lays (1972) at #CineRedis25, introduced by curator Ellisha Izumi von Grunewald.
August 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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.
It was great to have The Swimmer (1968) and Play It as It Lays (1972) at #CineRedis25, introduced by curator Ellisha Izumi von Grunewald.
Friends in #Sheffield - how about some great mid 80s British films at your local indie cinema?👇
Against the Grain makes its way to Showroom in #Sheffied
Get involved!
🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette
Fri 5 - Sun 7 Sept
💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too
Fri 12 - Sun 14 Sept
💥The Gold Diggers
Fri 19 - Sun 21 Sept
#CineRedis25
Get involved!
🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette
Fri 5 - Sun 7 Sept
💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too
Fri 12 - Sun 14 Sept
💥The Gold Diggers
Fri 19 - Sun 21 Sept
#CineRedis25
August 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Friends in #Sheffield - how about some great mid 80s British films at your local indie cinema?👇
London Friends!
Not to be missed at Ciné Lumière Sun 7 - Thu 18 Sept presented by Cinema Mentiré
www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nobod...
Not to be missed at Ciné Lumière Sun 7 - Thu 18 Sept presented by Cinema Mentiré
www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nobod...
August 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
London Friends!
Not to be missed at Ciné Lumière Sun 7 - Thu 18 Sept presented by Cinema Mentiré
www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nobod...
Not to be missed at Ciné Lumière Sun 7 - Thu 18 Sept presented by Cinema Mentiré
www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nobod...
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Great to see our members in the news with their exciting events, such as @purbeckfilm.bsky.social's screenings at Corfe Castle.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Corfe Castle bathed in light for Purbeck Film Festival
Filmgoers picnicked under the stars in front of the castle site, maintained by the National Trust.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Great to see our members in the news with their exciting events, such as @purbeckfilm.bsky.social's screenings at Corfe Castle.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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
🏓 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
August 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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
🏓 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
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Before the screening of I, The Worst of All next week at Ciné Lumière, head to our @letterboxd.social HQ to read a wonderful piece by Argentine director and screenwriter Lucrecia Martel on the “cultural phenomenon” that is María Luisa Bemberg.
Link below 👇
Link below 👇
August 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Before the screening of I, The Worst of All next week at Ciné Lumière, head to our @letterboxd.social HQ to read a wonderful piece by Argentine director and screenwriter Lucrecia Martel on the “cultural phenomenon” that is María Luisa Bemberg.
Link below 👇
Link below 👇
Breathtaking performance c/o Paraorchestra & the Breath @bristolbeacon.bsky.social #BBCProms
ps: the signer was also phenomenal 🙌
ps: the signer was also phenomenal 🙌
August 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Breathtaking performance c/o Paraorchestra & the Breath @bristolbeacon.bsky.social #BBCProms
ps: the signer was also phenomenal 🙌
ps: the signer was also phenomenal 🙌
Support your local cinema…👇
A host of our members in the South West have been nominated for BIFA's Cinema of the Year award (supported by Kia)!
Vote for your favourite today! (Deadline: 22 September)
www.bifa.film/coty-vote/
Vote for your favourite today! (Deadline: 22 September)
www.bifa.film/coty-vote/
August 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Support your local cinema…👇
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Some excellent refreshed gems coming to @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. Including Defence of the Realm and Neil Jordan's Angel. Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Rea at their brooding best.
Friends in #Belfast !
Time to browse through the Cinema Rediscovered on Tour line-up @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off 12 Sept w/Absolute Beginners.
Experience the latest new restorations fr/around the world hand picked by the QFT team + a rare showing of Defence of The Realm on #35mm
Time to browse through the Cinema Rediscovered on Tour line-up @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off 12 Sept w/Absolute Beginners.
Experience the latest new restorations fr/around the world hand picked by the QFT team + a rare showing of Defence of The Realm on #35mm
August 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Some excellent refreshed gems coming to @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. Including Defence of the Realm and Neil Jordan's Angel. Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Rea at their brooding best.
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Friends in #Sheffield !
L👀k out for Cinema Rediscovered highlights coming to #Showroom both part of Against The Grain: 1980‘s British Cinema:
🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - Fri 5 Sept 17.30
🌟 The Gold Diggers (Sally Potter, 1984) - Fri 19 Sept 20:00
L👀k out for Cinema Rediscovered highlights coming to #Showroom both part of Against The Grain: 1980‘s British Cinema:
🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - Fri 5 Sept 17.30
🌟 The Gold Diggers (Sally Potter, 1984) - Fri 19 Sept 20:00
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Friends in #Sheffield !
L👀k out for Cinema Rediscovered highlights coming to #Showroom both part of Against The Grain: 1980‘s British Cinema:
🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - Fri 5 Sept 17.30
🌟 The Gold Diggers (Sally Potter, 1984) - Fri 19 Sept 20:00
L👀k out for Cinema Rediscovered highlights coming to #Showroom both part of Against The Grain: 1980‘s British Cinema:
🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - Fri 5 Sept 17.30
🌟 The Gold Diggers (Sally Potter, 1984) - Fri 19 Sept 20:00
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“Cinemas & festivals have always been spaces where you can start difficult conversations. What I love about what filmmakers can do for these difficult conversations is show us something so much more complex than what a news piece can do.” Tricia Tuttle in @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy
Festival directors discuss imperative to show “uncomfortable films”
"Part of our role is to find and back voices that sometimes make people uncomfortable," said Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle.
www.screendaily.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Cinemas & festivals have always been spaces where you can start difficult conversations. What I love about what filmmakers can do for these difficult conversations is show us something so much more complex than what a news piece can do.” Tricia Tuttle in @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy
Very tempted to take a trip to #Belfast to experience some of the films I missed in #Bristol (due to being too tied up with the delivery of the festival… ) 🤩👇
Friends in #Belfast !
Time to browse through the Cinema Rediscovered on Tour line-up @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off 12 Sept w/Absolute Beginners.
Experience the latest new restorations fr/around the world hand picked by the QFT team + a rare showing of Defence of The Realm on #35mm
Time to browse through the Cinema Rediscovered on Tour line-up @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off 12 Sept w/Absolute Beginners.
Experience the latest new restorations fr/around the world hand picked by the QFT team + a rare showing of Defence of The Realm on #35mm
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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⚔️ Friends in Glasgow ⚔️
Essential viewing on the big screen this Sun @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social
Essential viewing on the big screen this Sun @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
⚔️ Friends in Glasgow ⚔️
Essential viewing on the big screen this Sun @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social
Essential viewing on the big screen this Sun @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social
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In this article for the Guardian, our very own Cinema Programmer Steph comments on how young people are embracing independent cinema. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
‘I don’t touch my phone. At home, I’d be scrolling’: why young people are flocking to independent cinemas
Young people are drawn in by the promise of a ‘no-distractions’ zone, rereleases of old classics and music documentaries by global artists
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In this article for the Guardian, our very own Cinema Programmer Steph comments on how young people are embracing independent cinema. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
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✨Applications are now open to join the team as a Volunteer at this year's festival (24-28 Sept)!✨
📅 Applications close Tues 19 Aug, 5pm. So get your skates on 🛼!
Head to encounters.film/volunteer-2025 to find out more & apply!
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📅 Applications close Tues 19 Aug, 5pm. So get your skates on 🛼!
Head to encounters.film/volunteer-2025 to find out more & apply!
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August 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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