Six weeks ago, the Floating Cinema set off from London - and the boat that is also a movie screening room finally arrived in Bristol this week, moored opposite Spoke & Stringer on the Floating Harbour.
The Floating Cinema will be in the city for five days, presenting a programme of open-air and on-board film screenings, performances, talks and events that have specially created to celebrate the waterways of the South East and West of England.
During the boat's journey through its 11 stops, starting at Brentford Lock and calling in a destinations including Reading Newbury, Devizes, Bradford-on-Avon, Bath and of course Bristol, the Floating Cinema has shown a special selection of movies that celebrate the rich diversity of urban and rural living, while discovering local landscapes and heritage through a mix of new and archive footage.
During its residency at Bristol, which last until July 11 (before the boat needs to head back to Brentford again), the Floating Cinema will be putting on the following programme:
Wednesday July 8, moored in Bathurst Basin, near the Ostrich Pub
- Make Yourself at Home: Bristol's Archives Revealed (11am-5pm): Archivists and speakers discuss Bristol's history on film, alongside archive screens from the Bristol Record Office of Bristol's docks and waterways.
Thursday July 9, moored next to the Arnolfini, Narrow Quay
- Somewhere on the Ballast Seed Garden (3-5pm, 6-8pm): An afternoon of special tours to Arnolfini's floating ballast seed garden, along with discussions relating to community gardening projects.
Friday July 10, moored at New Inlet, Millennium Promenade,
- Cube-Cola Lab (11am-2pm): Learn to make your own cola on-board the Floating Cinema, using a recipe created by Bristol's Cube Cinema.
- What Does it Take to Really Make an Independent Cinema (3.30-5pm): Speakers discuss what it take to build, secure and run an independent cinema.
- 70 Films in 70 Minutes: Tour Screening of 'The Film That Buys the Cinema' (5.30pm, 7pm, 8.30pm): Take an evening journey through Bristol – either from the deck of The Floating Cinema or watching one of the 70 artists' works that all contribute to this film made to raise funds for the Cube cinema.
Saturday July 11, open-air screening at a secret location
- Swansong at Sunset (8-11pm): Celebrate the Floating Cinema's last day in Bristol with a sound installation from artist Yann Seznec, and al-fresco screenings of 'Repeat to Flourish' and 'From the Seas to the Land Beyond'.
For more conventional film screenings, take a look at our what's on cinema guide for Bristol.