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Discovery Film Festival 2024

Sat 19 October – Sun 3 November

Girl in pink smiles and holds a doll in DCA cinema

The 21st edition of Discovery Film Festival is here, and everyone’s welcome! The festival brings the best films from around the world for children and families to the heart of Dundee.

Tickets for all of the films are Donate What You Can – you can choose how much you’d like to donate to the festival, from £0 to £8. As well as our screenings, there are free creative workshops to enjoy, and don’t miss our beautiful exhibition by Claudia Martínez Garay, filled with colourful tuftings, fascinating Peruvian imagery and tiny ceramic details to capture the imagination.

For the first time, we’re opening the festival with a full day of screenings and activities. Join us on Sat 21 October for a great line-up of films, creativity… and cake!

Discovery Film Festival 2024 listings

Discovery Film Festival listings

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Films

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A colourful still shows a stop-animation landscape

Shorts for Wee Ones 2024

Duration: 45mins, Age: 3+
Sat 19 Oct - Sun 3 Nov 2024
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Two large animated fish meet each other in the bottom of the ocean.

Shorts for Tinies 2024

Duration: 45m, Age: 0+
Sat 19 - Sun 27 Oct 2024
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A boy sits in a remote mountain playground, reading a magazine, his white alpaca stands nearby

Through Rocks and Clouds

Duration: 1h23m, Age: 7+
Sat 19 Oct 2024
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Still from a colourful animation sees a girl complain to her mother, who is crouching to listen

Chicken for Linda!

Duration: 1h13m, Age: 7+
Sun 20 Oct 2024
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Shorts for Families 2024

Duration: 1h1m, Age: 8+
Sun 20 Oct - Sun 3 Nov 2024
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A close-up image of a turtle swimming through the ocean, while discarded rubbish floats all around him.

Virtual Reality: Drop in the Ocean & The Museum of Imagined Futures

Duration: 45 minutes
Sun 20 Oct 2024
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Animation still – two boys looking around a garden – one of the boys is glowing from within, his skin lit up warmly

Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light

Duration: 1h22m, Age: 8+
Sun 20 Oct 2024
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Teen girl with blonde hair and a beanie hat sits on a log in the forest

Once Upon a Time in a Forest

Duration: 1h33m, Age: 12+
Sun 20 Oct 2024
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A colourful still shows a stop-animation landscape

Relaxed: Shorts for Wee Ones 2024

Duration: 1h1m, Age: 3+
Sat 26 Oct 2024
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A pre-teen girl and a boy walk along a street in Norway

Lars is Lol

Duration: 1h25m, Age: 8+
Sat 26 Oct 2024
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A group of teens pose for a selfie with a guitar and drumsticks

Okthanksbye

Duration: 1h31m, Age: 10+
Sat 26 Oct 2024
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Relaxed: Shorts for Families

Duration: 1h1m, Age: 8+
Sun 27 Oct 2024
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A girl in a beret walks in a dark, spooky forest

Nelly Rapp and the Secret of the Black Forest

Duration: 1h36m, Age: 8+
Sun 27 Oct 2024
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A girl with dark hair wears a swimsuit in the sun but looks troubled

Alemania

Duration: 1h27m, Age: 12+
Sun 27 Oct 2024
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Three teen girls talk seriously in a school yard

Sisterhood

Duration: 1h41m, Age:15+
Sat 2 Nov 2024
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Animation still – a girl sits in a forest and talks to a hedgehog

Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret

Duration: 1h17m, Age: 7+
Sun 3 Nov 2024
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A huge puppet girl walks at sunset, surrounded by puppet birds

The Walk

Duration: 1h20m, Age 10+
Sun 3 Nov 2024
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Workshops

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Two children painting in Create Space

Discovery Art Cart

All ages are welcome at our roving Art Cart, packed with activities to drop-in and try.
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Child and adult signing prints at Family Art Lab

Print a Discovery Alpaca Bag

Create a screen-printed bag of an alpaca! Suitable for all ages.
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A child makes a stop motion set at Discovery Film Festival.

Stop Motion Animation Taster

Join us for a stop motion taster where you’ll learn how film and animation started. Ages 7+
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Person holding up a large piece of paper saying The Response is Political, the letters are different colours

Creative Banner Making

Make your own banners inspired by Sisterhood. Ages 15+
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Close up of person using materials in Create Space

Leaf Printing Activism

Join us for a gelli print making session with natural materials and leaves. Ages 7+
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A child works on a piece of art in Create Space.

Puppetry Workshop: Exploring Solidarity through Puppet Making

Make a 2D puppet inspired by The Walk. Ages 10+
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Pens, pencils and scissors in DCA Create Space

Recycled Halloween Costume Making

Get ready for Hallowe’en with our artists and costume ideas. Ages 8+
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A close-up image of a turtle swimming through the ocean, while discarded rubbish floats all around him.

Virtual Reality: Drop in the Ocean & The Museum of Imagined Futures

Experience the depths of the ocean via VR! Ages 13+
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A group of teens pose for a selfie with a guitar and drumsticks

Filmmaking from a Deaf Perspective

Filmmaker Klarissa Webster will show us how she approaches filmmaking through a visual-oriented perspective. Ages 10+