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07 November 2016

Discovery Film Festival 2016

Take a look at some of the many highlights from 2016's festival!

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01 November 2016

Discovery Young Ambassadors interview the director of Sleeping Giant

Four of our Discovery Young Ambassadors put their burning questions to Andrew Cividino, the director of Sleeping Giant. Read his answers for an insight into the inspiration behind the film, the making process and the complexities of adolescence.

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20 October 2016

Confidence and collaboration; essential ingredients in the making of Riceballs

We interviewed Shingo Usami, the writer, director and star of short film Riceballs for an insight into the film making process, a look at his inspirations and to find out his advice for young filmmakers.

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26 September 2016

Meet the Discovery Young Ambassadors!

Want to join our gang for Discovery 2017?

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23 September 2016

Our 2016 programme is out now!

Our programme for 2016 is here! Take a look to find out about the cinematic treats and creative activities in store from Sat 22 October - Sun 6 November.

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16 May 2016

Discovery Film Festival Tour

Interested in showing our short film packages at your venue? Read on for more information!

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09 November 2015

Discovery Film Festival 2015

Check out some photos of another great year for Discovery!

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29 October 2015

Gaming, green screens and a great adventure story!

Three of our Discovery Young Ambassadors interview Douglas Boswell, director of the new games film Labyrinthus. They chat to him about computer games, CGI and creating a cracking adventure movie.

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27 October 2015

What’s so ace about making your own films?

We wanted to find out a bit more about how short films are made so we interviewed filmmaker Alice D Cooper, the director of Ace, and asked her all about making movies, watching films, and how to make your own!

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23 October 2015

You need big imagination to make short films

From a fox losing his tale to a cat and dog swapping bodies, there's nothing more fun than the adventure of an animated short film - we speak to two of this year's Shorts for Wee Ones animators about doodling, writing stories and making animations

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21 October 2015

Discovery Young Ambassadors meet the director of Prince

Ahead of the UK premiere of Prince - a gritty and exciting film that is perfect for teenagers - our Discovery Young Ambassadors chat to Sam de Jong, the director, to find out a bit more about the film, and give you a flavour of what to expect.

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12 October 2015

Games Developers Wanted for Drop in and Play at Discovery!

DCA and Abertay University are looking for games developers to take part in the next Drop in and Play event, which will form part of the closing celebrations of this year's Discovery Film Festival.

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28 September 2015

Our 2015 programme is here!

From paper planes to video games, street-dancers to astronauts, take a look at what's coming up at this year's Discovery Film Festival!

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19 August 2015

Discovery Schools Programme 2015

It's that time of year again - schools are back and so is Discovery Film Festival!

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13 February 2015

Discovery Film Festival 2014

We're already looking forward to Discovery 2015, but before then, let's take a look at all the fun we had in 2014!

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29 October 2014

Meet Our Discovery Young Ambassadors

Discovery Film Festival is programmed by young people for young people. Meet some of the group behind this year's festival.

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22 October 2014

Discovery Starts This Weekend

Films, workshops, family fun and more from Sat 25 October at DCA

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29 September 2014

2014 Programme Announced

Our Discovery Film Festival Programme is available now!

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10 September 2014

Get Ready For Discovery Film Festival 2014

Watch this teaser trailer and get ready for Discovery 2014!

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03 September 2014

Discovery Film Festival Public Programme Coming Soon

Check out the packed programme of films, workshops and fun activities for families in Discovery Film Festival's 2014 programme: Available Mon 29 September!

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