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DISCOVERY FAMILY FILM CLUBTickets are £4.50 for under 21s / £5.50 for adults, or a family ticket for four costs £15. Children under the ageof 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Workshops are free with your cinema ticket, but placesare limited so please book in advance on 01382 909 900.Buster Keaton’sThe GeneralSat 15 Feb, 13:00With its unique blend of thrills andcomedy, this Buster Keaton classicmakes a terrific introduction for youngeraudiences to films from the silent era.This sparkling digital restoration will alsodelight those who remember the filmfondly and want to see it afresh. Basedon an actual incident during the AmericanCivil War, the General of the title refers notto Keaton's character, but to his railwayengine, which figures prominently in oneof the most harrowing and hilarious chasescenes ever filmed. Johnnie Gray (Keaton)is an engineer whose girlfriend mistakenlythinks him a coward when he fails to jointhe Confederate Army. When soldiersfrom the other side steal his locomotive,Johnnie sets off in hot pursuit and sobegins one of the longest and mostdelightful of all chase sequences, thrillingaudiences still, even after 88 years.Dirs: Buster Keaton,Clyde BruckmanUSA 1926 / 1h29m / Digital / UWorkshop: 12:00Black and white? Or colour? Howwould you design a film poster foryour favourite film?Box Of DelightsSat 1 March, 13:00Here at Discovery we love to show thebest in short films, and so we’re delightedto bring you nine award-winning shortsfrom the British Animation Awards,specially selected for those aged 8 andabove. This collection offers an amazingvariety of animation techniques fromfilmmakers around Europe, exploringstories and themes full of creativity andhumour. With accident-prone elephants,disagreements over TV remote controlsand adventurous dust mites, plus rabbits,cats and a very choosy cheetah, thoseof you who enjoy Discovery’s own ShortsFor Middle Ones won’t be disappointed!And if you’ve never experienced themagic of short films on the big screenbefore, then this is a most excellent wayto start.Dir: VariousDenmark / France / Germany / UKWorkshop: 12:00Come and try some basicanimation techniques to breathelife into your own drawings.The LEGO MovieSat 22 March, 13:00 2D &Sun 23 March, 11:00 3DFrom the team behind Cloudy With AChance of Meatballs and HotelTransylvania comes this wonderful blendof Lego toys and movie-themed videogame spinoffs. Emmet, an ordinary,rules-following, perfectly average LEGOminifigure, is mistakenly identified as themost extraordinary person and the keyto saving the world. He is drafted into afellowship of strangers on an epic questto stop an evil tyrant, a journey for whichEmmet is hopelessly and hilariouslyunderprepared. Building on the voicetalents of Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson andMorgan Freeman, this story of a nobodywho saved everybody offers somethingfor all ages.Dirs: Phil Lord, Christopher MillerUSA 2014 / 1hr40m / Digital / UWorkshop: Sat 22 March, 12:00Build your own unlikely superherofrom our craft table. What will theirunique powers include?14 www.dca.org.uk