Festival News and Updates
News about our special guests, who this year will include the Directors and star cast members of the opening and closing films, and details of events for the Discovery programme will be updated as they are confirmed. Keep logging on and up to date with Festival information here.
COMING SOON
Aged 14 to 19 and want to make films ? Go to Filmmaking Events and Workshops to find out more about great opportunities to make film and more with our One Minute Sci-fi challenge and Teen Screen Discovery Weekend.
OPENING FILM EVENT
UK Premiere of TERRA
2007 Canada
Advisory PG
Dir Aristomenis Tsirbas
Total running time 85mins
Tue 21 Oct at 6pm
English Language CGI feature animation.
See this brand new film FIRST at Discovery !
Aliens and earthlings who come dressed as their favourite sci-fi character get in for free. Come early so we can take pictures.
This science fiction fantasy adventure is beautiful to look at, has an epic sound track and boasts an amazing star cast of Brian Cox, Dennis Quaid, Luke Wilson, Evan Rachael Wood, Danny Glover and James Garner. The last survivors on Earth have destroyed their planet and now embark on a desperate mission to colonise another suitable planet.
Find out more at http://www.terra-movie.com"
ROBBIE SHEEHAN and MARTIN DUFFYfor Discovery’s first Teen Screen event
Teen Screen Weekend is the Discovery Festival’s brand new event for young people enthusiastic about film. The guests and workshops (Sat Nov 1 and Sun Nov 2) will include a rare opportunity to meet talented young Irish actor Robbie Sheehan, the 20 year old star of Discovery’s closing film ‘Summer of the Flying Saucer’ and Martin Duffy, the film’s Irish writer director, now living in Berlin.
Martin will be hosting a masterclass event with Robbie, to talk about directing actors. The festival team are very excited that both Martin and Robbie will be special guests of the festival and especially pleased that they are also enthusiastic to bring their expertise from the Film and TV industry to inspire others. Robbie, who has made many TV appearances despite his youth, will be arriving fresh from filming ‘Cherrybomb’ in Northern Ireland with Rupert Grint of Harry Potter fame. To ask about a place on the Teen Screen weekend email community.education@dca.org.uk
Thu 30 Oct 6pm
NOCTURNA HALLOWEEN DRESS UP
More dressing up family fun on with our screening of NOCTURNA. Come in your best guising gear. Prizes for everyone especially best family group and individual guiser. Photos, judging and prizes in the cinema before the film starts.
Sat 1 Nov 6pm
CLOSING NIGHT GALA SCREENING with special guests
Don’t forget to join us at DCA on Sat 1 Nov at 6pm
Martin and Robbie will be here in Dundee to introduce their film ‘Summer of the Flying Saucer ‘and chat to the audience after this special family screening for the Discovery Festival closing celebrations.