Discovery Film Festival Short Films
Book a curated selection of the best short films for young people to screen at your venue.
Tried and tested shorts packages for families, now available to book.
Discovery Film Festival has launched its popular short film packages, showcasing the very best short films from around the world for audiences aged 3+ and 8+. A perfect introduction to the magic of cinema, these packages are available to cinemas, arts venues, film clubs and societies, and offer an excellent way to engage family audiences.
Workshop templates and resource packs are available to accompany these film packages, with arts and crafts activities which can be carried out at your venue by an art worker of your choice. Our short film packages are also available with HOH/Descriptive subtitles.
Shorts for Wee Ones 2024
Always a popular feature of any Discovery Film Festival, this collection of six short films for our youngest viewers is sure to delight and amuse. We’ve gathered a variety of stories and styles from around the world – this year featuring films from Germany, France, Lithuania, Australia and Spain.
A pufferfish tries to seem as big and strong as possible; Piglet and Cow have a blast ice-skating on a lake until they need to face the strange and unfamiliar world underneath them; a baker becomes allergic to flour and wonders how he will manage to keep baking for everyone in the village. Alfred wanders without a home until he meets Sonia who offers him a coffee; and five little monsters have fun following the signs.
All these short films are dialogue free. These magical tales will delight children age 3+ and are a colourful introduction to the cinema experience as well as moving image literacy.
DCP or DVD
Age 3+
45 minutes
Directors: various
Various countries 2021-2024
Dialogue free
HOH/Descriptive subtitles available
Shorts for Families 2024
Colourful, imaginative, intriguing, amusing, moving… our collection of short films for those aged eight and above is all of that and much more.
The films in this year’s programme are from France, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico and the UK and present an eclectic mix of styles ranging from watercolour, cut outs, stop-motion, hand-drawn and 2D computer animation. Equally diverse are the array of stories here which promise to entertain and enchant children and adults alike. In one film water dances through this world and flows at its perfect rhythm, until a hand interrupts that journey...
There are stories of little girls whose imaginations take them to fantastic places; one absorbed by a book that becomes a forest of printed knowledge while the other’s drawings magically come to life, helping her to process difficult emotions. There are also stories of children whose connection to animals (a rat and a crab) help them understand something significant about themselves. And in a summer campsite, a little boy laughs at couples kissing; however, he secretly wants to give it a try…
Nearly all the films are dialogue free, with one in French language and another one with a brief line of poetry in Spanish.
DCP or DVD
Age 8+
61 minutes
Directors: Various
Various countries 2022-2024
Dialogue free, and French with English subtitles
HOH/Descriptive subtitles available
Book now
Short film packages are £75.00 + VAT per screening, £100.00 + VAT for two screenings or £100 MG vs 35% for multiple screenings.
HOH/Descriptive subtitles available for each package.
Discovery Film Festival will cover carriage costs for the films out to your screening site; return costs to be paid for by the venue.
Packages are available for screenings between 20 January 2025 and 19 October 2025.
You must include the Discovery Film Festival logo, strapline and website address beside all listings and advertising in print and online (logos will be provided once bookings are confirmed). Full details on booking.
To make a booking, to request workshop guidelines or education resources, please e-mail amaya.marco@dca.org.uk
Resources
Workshop templates and teachers’ resource packs are available to accompany these film packages, with arts and crafts activities which can be carried out at your venue by an art worker of your choice, or in the classroom by teachers.
