Derby Film Festival 2024

midlandsmovies • November 7, 2024

After resting in 2023 Derby Film Festival returns in November 2024


Derby Film Festival is one of the leading regional film festivals in the UK. Bringing together film fans, filmmakers and industry figures, Derby Film Festival is four days long and will run from 7 to 10 November 2024.


Screening schedule:


Thursday 7 November

7:30pm: Conclave (12A) – Preview screening


Friday 8 November

5:00pm: Shorts Programme 1 (Adv. 15) - including a screening of Midlands Movies Awards winner A Different Place
7:00pm: Kes (PG) + David Bradley Q+A


Saturday 9 November

11:00am: Satu – Year Of The Rabbit (Adv. 12A)
1:00pm: A Place For Everyone: A Virtual Climate Reality (18)
1:00pm: A Place For Everyone: A Virtual Climate Reality – Adaptive VR Version (18)
1:30pm: Your Monster (15) – Preview Screening
4:00pm: Dead Man’s Shoes (18) – 20th Anniversary Screening with Q+A
4:05pm: The Contestant (Cert. TBC) – Preview Screening
6:00pm: Mermaid Legend (18)
7:00pm: Dead Man’s Shoes (18) – 20th Anniversary Screening with Q+A
9:45pm: One Night Rental (Adv. 18)


Sunday 10 November

11:00am: Masked Conspiracy (Adv. 15) - A 2024 Midlands Movies Awards nominee
12:15pm: Amongst The Wolves (Adv. 15)
2:45pm: Rumours (15) – Preview Screening
5:15pm: Shorts Programme 2 (Adv. 15)
7:15pm Scarlet Blue (Adv. 18)


Tickets for the majority of screenings are priced at £7.50 (standard) & £6:00 (concessions). Preview screenings are priced at QUAD’s regular cinema ticket prices. Q+A screenings are individually priced.


Find out more at https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/season-festival/dff

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