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Nathan Hardie

@hardiewrites.bsky.social

Film Comms and Marketing, Critic, Host, Rising Arts Agency Member

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Deaf poster featuring sulked face of deaf woman next to his hearing partner with wood framed mounting on the white bricked wall

Deaf poster featuring sulked face of deaf woman next to his hearing partner with wood framed mounting on the white bricked wall

Nathan with black top and jeans holding a microphone and his mobile standing on the stage. The screening of the image of deaf woman cuddling with her partner in the kitchen. Next to Nathan is a female interpreter wearing red top and grey trouser.

Nathan with black top and jeans holding a microphone and his mobile standing on the stage. The screening of the image of deaf woman cuddling with her partner in the kitchen. Next to Nathan is a female interpreter wearing red top and grey trouser.

32 of us sitting on the chairs with 4 tables in the room with white and bricked walls. Hands waving that signifies applauding to the film!

32 of us sitting on the chairs with 4 tables in the room with white and bricked walls. Hands waving that signifies applauding to the film!

Great turnouts #DCAC @Wshed.bsky.social after watching ‘Deaf’ #Sorda with @hardiewrites. Interesting themes - relationship, family across generation, social norms and most importantly the role of language reflecting the reality of deaf lives within a ‘perfect’ world. Beautifully executed shootings!

16.09.2025 10:04 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A big thank you to @cineredis.bsky.social for the opportunity to write about a real gem 💎 My top pick out of an already stunning line-up at this year’s Festival. Excited to attend! 📽️

Very special thank you to Tarah Judah @maddyprobst.bsky.social @markcosgrove.bsky.social @hardiewrites.bsky.social 💜

02.07.2025 18:30 — 👍 24    🔁 7    💬 5    📌 9

What an amazing bunch, and absolute pleasure to have them involved in #CineRedis25 & huge thanks to @hardiewrites.bsky.social / BFI Film Academy team for making it happen👇

11.07.2025 10:17 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Mark Cosgrove (wearing a bucket hat and glasses, striped tshirt), Nathan Hardie (dark grey shirt) and Lorena Pino (black cap and cardigan), smiling to the camera holding the Cinema Rediscovered programme. 

Laptops, microphones, headphones, phone, a glass and wires are on a brown table in front of them

Mark Cosgrove (wearing a bucket hat and glasses, striped tshirt), Nathan Hardie (dark grey shirt) and Lorena Pino (black cap and cardigan), smiling to the camera holding the Cinema Rediscovered programme. Laptops, microphones, headphones, phone, a glass and wires are on a brown table in front of them

New Cinema Rediscovered special edition episode of Watershed Podcast is LIVE 🎧 Listen via link in bio, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Feat. @hardiewrites.bsky.social , @markcosgrove.bsky.social on the highlights of #CineRedis25 (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July)

With thanks to producer Bernie Hodges 🙏

12.07.2025 10:45 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Three images - top 2 females speaker and BSL interpreter standing along Rediscovered Cinema screening. Bottom left, male interpreter with the screening of 2 older men being interviewed. The crossed window is behind at the back. Bottom right, old cinema projection with two big reels.

Three images - top 2 females speaker and BSL interpreter standing along Rediscovered Cinema screening. Bottom left, male interpreter with the screening of 2 older men being interviewed. The crossed window is behind at the back. Bottom right, old cinema projection with two big reels.

Six (should be seven) mixed deaf and hearing filmgoers holding bottle of air bubbles with Nathon (yellow t-shirt) on the right.

Six (should be seven) mixed deaf and hearing filmgoers holding bottle of air bubbles with Nathon (yellow t-shirt) on the right.

Lovely night #DCAC after watching #MyBeautifulLaundrette marking 40th anniversary @Wshed.bsky.social with controversial themes in British values in the 80s era and fantastic camera work. With @hardiewrites.bsky.social explaining valid points after listening the veteran film director’s remarks!!

27.07.2025 09:18 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A Cinema Rediscovered poster - the yellow Cinema Rediscovered logo and Ayako Wakao from Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (A Wife Confesses) c/o Kadokawa on a red-blue background designed by Tony Stiles - with Poster Launch Giveaway in red graffiti text above. Comms and Outreach coordinator Nathan (short brown hair, headphones around neck, light pink-white t-shirt) stood to the right of the poster. White text above the poster detailing how to enter the competition - 
1. Take a photo with one of our posters
2. Tag @cineredis and #CR25Poster
3. Chance to win a T-shirt and Ticket!

A Cinema Rediscovered poster - the yellow Cinema Rediscovered logo and Ayako Wakao from Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (A Wife Confesses) c/o Kadokawa on a red-blue background designed by Tony Stiles - with Poster Launch Giveaway in red graffiti text above. Comms and Outreach coordinator Nathan (short brown hair, headphones around neck, light pink-white t-shirt) stood to the right of the poster. White text above the poster detailing how to enter the competition - 1. Take a photo with one of our posters 2. Tag @cineredis and #CR25Poster 3. Chance to win a T-shirt and Ticket!

Entries close Mon 7 July at 23:59 BST, we’ll be in touch with the winners via DM. One entry per person.

We have five T-shirt/Ticket prizes to give away, with tickets subject to availability and T-shirts to be collected at Watershed during Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July).

28.06.2025 10:46 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
A Cinema Rediscovered poster - the yellow Cinema Rediscovered logo and Ayako Wakao from Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (A Wife Confesses) c/o Kadokawa on a red-blue background designed by Tony Stiles - with Poster Launch Giveaway in neon red graffiti text above.

A Cinema Rediscovered poster - the yellow Cinema Rediscovered logo and Ayako Wakao from Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (A Wife Confesses) c/o Kadokawa on a red-blue background designed by Tony Stiles - with Poster Launch Giveaway in neon red graffiti text above.

📸POSTER LAUNCH GIVEAWAY 📸

We love our new posters and we want to spread the word with a giveaway!

Here’s how to enter:

1. Take a photo with one of our posters
2. Tag us @cineredis.bsky.social and #CR25Poster on your post
3. You’re now in with a chance to win a T-shirt and Ticket!

28.06.2025 10:46 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 3
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🎬Great films back on the big screen at Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July, Bristol)

Thanks to Silk Factory for this amazing new trailer showcasing some of our 80+ screenings and events lineup.

Passes & tickets are available with a 20% discount when you book 4+ screenings - link in bio 🎟️

18.06.2025 13:03 — 👍 34    🔁 29    💬 2    📌 19
On a white background, a still of Irezumi, highlighted pink, and white text with Under 30s Guide to Cinema Rediscovered, Ella McDonald and Nathan, Wed 23 - Sun 27 July 2025

On a white background, a still of Irezumi, highlighted pink, and white text with Under 30s Guide to Cinema Rediscovered, Ella McDonald and Nathan, Wed 23 - Sun 27 July 2025

The Under 30's guide to #CinemaRediscovered is back, and it's pink 🩷

Made by and for festival-goers under 30, these are their must-see films and events at the festival (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July 2025) - read more via link in bio 🔗

19.06.2025 15:07 — 👍 11    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 3

Love this 💓

Huge 🙏 to Ella McDonald , @hardiewrites.bsky.social + all involved👇

www.watershed.co.uk/film-academy...

19.06.2025 15:15 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Nathan with dark clothing giving his short speech next to the BSL interpreter red top standing on the platform behind the screen

Nathan with dark clothing giving his short speech next to the BSL interpreter red top standing on the platform behind the screen

13 of us sitting on the chairs with tables. The rear window on the left and white double door at the back with the white wall.

13 of us sitting on the chairs with tables. The rear window on the left and white double door at the back with the white wall.

Enjoyable discussion after watching #parthenope @wshed.bsky.social revealing woman power over sexual attraction, losing a loved one & terrifying but smile journey in a beauty blue sea front in its colourful setting! @hardiewrites.bsky.social giving an aspect of dir.Paolo Sorrentino. Mixed reactions

13.05.2025 09:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Black and white of The Wife of Seisaku of Ayako Wakao, mostly in the shadows highlighting her eyes.

Black and white of The Wife of Seisaku of Ayako Wakao, mostly in the shadows highlighting her eyes.

The UK Premiere of The Wife of Seisaku will close the 9th Edition of Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July), culminating a strand highlighting the collaboration of Yasuzô Masumura x Ayako Wakao!

#cineredis25 #YasuzoMasumura #AyakoWakao #TheWifeOfSeisaku

10.04.2025 15:47 — 👍 14    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 2
David Bowie wearing a black suit, arms stretched, spotlit on a typewriter paper background. This is above the Cinema Rediscovered Letterboxd HQ logo, CR25 Early Bird Pass lineup, and four film posters: Amadeus, My Beautiful Laundrette, Yeelen, Rita, Sue and Bob too

David Bowie wearing a black suit, arms stretched, spotlit on a typewriter paper background. This is above the Cinema Rediscovered Letterboxd HQ logo, CR25 Early Bird Pass lineup, and four film posters: Amadeus, My Beautiful Laundrette, Yeelen, Rita, Sue and Bob too

Full announcement of #CineRedis25 Early Bird lineup is on our @letterboxd.social HQ account!

Comment which features you're most excited about and pick up a discounted pass w/ exclusive perks 🎟️

28.03.2025 12:33 — 👍 9    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Hello Bluesky! Nice to finally be here.

I’m Jack. I design games and interactive narratives, specialising in creating experiences that engage with ‘real-world’ places. I've made:

🏁 QR code treasure hunts
🧩 Narrative puzzle games
🎧 Locative audiowalks
🎭 Interactive theatre
🎲 Board games

27.03.2025 18:05 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
A poster for the new Forbidden Worlds festival with a parody of the iconic Jaws poster featuring the robot logo for Forbidden Worlds instead of a shark - designed by Andy Janes (@thehoodeddraw on Instagram)

A poster for the new Forbidden Worlds festival with a parody of the iconic Jaws poster featuring the robot logo for Forbidden Worlds instead of a shark - designed by Andy Janes (@thehoodeddraw on Instagram)

We're back!

28 May - 1 June at Bristol Megascreen!

Forbidden Worlds invites audiences to dive into new depths of fear and excitement with FORBIDDEN WORLDS OF THE DEEP, featuring a line-up of classic and cult films set on, around and under the water.

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

28.03.2025 09:01 — 👍 34    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 6
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‘Aliens’ and ‘Tremors’ Producer Gale Anne Hurd to Be Honored at 2025 Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 'Aliens' and 'Tremors' producer Gale Anne Hurd will be celebrated at the 2025 Forbidden Worlds Film Festival.

We are beyond thrilled to welcome legendary producer @galeannehurd.bsky.social to Bristol as this year's Forbidden Worlds Legend with a special series of Q&A screenings including Aliens and Tremors!

variety.com/2025/film/fe...

28.03.2025 09:02 — 👍 45    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 3
Artist David Bowie wearing a suit, raised arms pointing upwards, tinged pink by lighting, stood in an office setting with a blender on his left and a couple of bins to his right. Behind him is a plain wall with various sized holes, a lighting fixture on the ceiling, and Eddie O’Connell in a blue-and-white striped blazer stood in the doorway. On a pink border above the image is the Cinema Rediscovered logo, in-between Bowie’s raised arms is neon pink text ‘ Wed 23 – Sun 27 July’ and on Bowie’s midriff is neon pink text ‘Early Bird Passes on Sale!’ (both in all caps).

Artist David Bowie wearing a suit, raised arms pointing upwards, tinged pink by lighting, stood in an office setting with a blender on his left and a couple of bins to his right. Behind him is a plain wall with various sized holes, a lighting fixture on the ceiling, and Eddie O’Connell in a blue-and-white striped blazer stood in the doorway. On a pink border above the image is the Cinema Rediscovered logo, in-between Bowie’s raised arms is neon pink text ‘ Wed 23 – Sun 27 July’ and on Bowie’s midriff is neon pink text ‘Early Bird Passes on Sale!’ (both in all caps).

Early Bird passes are on sale for the 9th edition of Cinema Rediscovered, the UK’s leading festival of newly restored & re-found cinematic gems in & around Bristol UNESCO City of Film 23 - 27 July 2025.

Get access the 50+ event line-up of events, exclusive deals + priority booking via the in bio 🎟️

27.03.2025 12:37 — 👍 38    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 10
Still from Twin Peaks of a Black-and-white zig-zag floor surrounded by red curtain

Still from Twin Peaks of a Black-and-white zig-zag floor surrounded by red curtain

Stills from nine of David Lynch's films from L-R, T-B:

Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire

Stills from nine of David Lynch's films from L-R, T-B: Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire

Immerse yourself in the surreal world of the late visionary director David Lynch (1946-2025) at @wshed.bsky.social this April!

Get 20% off when you buy four or more tickets as part of Behind The Curtain: The Films of #DavidLynch, starting with #Eraserhead on 5th April.

14.03.2025 12:08 — 👍 15    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1
A still from Alma's Rainbow above a Letterboxd list screenshot, with Cinema Rediscovered logo, title 'The Women of Cinema Rediscovered' and four posters of fenale directed films: 

Alma's Rainbow
Anything You Want To Be
Araya
Beau Travail

A still from Alma's Rainbow above a Letterboxd list screenshot, with Cinema Rediscovered logo, title 'The Women of Cinema Rediscovered' and four posters of fenale directed films: Alma's Rainbow Anything You Want To Be Araya Beau Travail

Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay with these classics directed by women shown at #CinemaRediscovered!

Check out the full list on @letterboxd.social, comment your favourites and which women directors you'd like us to showcase next.

08.03.2025 10:24 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
Still from The Conversation of Gene Hackman, wearing glasses, brown suit, black tie

Still from The Conversation of Gene Hackman, wearing glasses, brown suit, black tie

RIP Gene Hackman (1930 - 2025)

For Cinema Rediscovered 2024, we had the privilege of showing Night Moves (1975) on 35mm at @wshed.bsky.social and The Conversation (1974) at Bristol Megascreen.

A generational talent.

#genehackman #theconversation #nightmoves

27.02.2025 09:58 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 2
Me smiling, eyes closed, outside of Watershed, backdrop of the harbourside. Photo credit: Ella McDonald

Me smiling, eyes closed, outside of Watershed, backdrop of the harbourside. Photo credit: Ella McDonald

Slapstick Crew badge pinned to a corkboard

Slapstick Crew badge pinned to a corkboard

Another year older, another festival finished ✅

A lot of laughs last week at @slapstickfest.bsky.social, culminating in over 3 months of hard work.

Thank you to the team for the support whilst they pulled together such an incredible feat.

Photo credit: Ella McDonald

#slapstickfest25

19.02.2025 12:49 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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🤿 Desperate for work, an unemployed scuba diver must convince a burnt out recruiter to hire her for a dangerous job. Trailer for my latest short film 'Fathom', exploring female sabotage vs support in male dominated workplaces. #shortfilm #femalefilmmaker #Bristolfilm

17.02.2025 11:30 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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A review of Hard Truths (2024) "Why can't you enjoy life?" is the loaded question at the heart of it all. We've all suffered and struggled, some more than others, but, at the end of the day, you're still alive (or not, in which cas...

My review of Hard Truths on Letterboxd boxd.it/8JEQjX

05.02.2025 07:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
HardieWrites wearing blue coat, headphones and grey jumper in front of a I Love Watershed poster, which features a photo of HardieWrites wearing a grey shirt

HardieWrites wearing blue coat, headphones and grey jumper in front of a I Love Watershed poster, which features a photo of HardieWrites wearing a grey shirt

The I Love Watershed poster, featuring many lovely Watershed creatives

The I Love Watershed poster, featuring many lovely Watershed creatives

📰 Breaking News: I ❤️ @wshed.bsky.social 📰

04.02.2025 10:25 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Massive thank you to @popcornchat.bsky.social and @hardiewrites.bsky.social for giving The Haunted Mansion screening's @wshed.bsky.social a shoutout on Episode 6 of Popcorn Chat, very excited for @slapstickfest.bsky.social coming up soon, 12 - 16th Feb! 📽️💫💜
www.slapstick.org.uk

03.02.2025 11:58 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator In our tribute to the works and worlds of David Lynch, David Jenkins reflects on his most spiritual film.

The loss of David Lynch for the film world is so colossal we couldn't do justice with a single piece. So we'll be celebrating his work for the next fortnight. First, @daveyjenkins.bsky.social & @summerray.bsky.social on Eraserhead lwlies.com/articles/era...

01.02.2025 13:39 — 👍 43    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 2

I've spent the last fortnight pulling together a group of incredible artists and writers for this tribute to David Lynch ❤️ Follow LWLies for daily essays on a true legend

01.02.2025 13:42 — 👍 39    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0
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💡Inspiring💡sessions in #Leeds @hydeparktheatre.bsky.social at Archive #Screening days c/o #ICO

Beautiful cinema & community!

We can’t wait to bring some of this energy back to @wshed.bsky.social

The conversation continues at #CineRedis25 (23 - 27 July); watch this space…

31.01.2025 09:43 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Friends in #Leeds !

Look out for El Cine Soy Yo at The Tetley 20 Feb 7pm brought to you by Mosa Mpetha and the wonderful peeps at #scalaramaleeds as part of #CineRedis on tour

Turn up at 6pm to meet the team & find out how you can get involved in Scalarama Leeds DIY Film festival

31.01.2025 13:16 — 👍 12    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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Episode 6 of Popcorn Chat with Sarah is live now! Chatting with @hardiewrites.bsky.social from @slapstickfest.bsky.social go and give it a listen open.spotify.com/episode/5jdc...

31.01.2025 13:41 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

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