Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive (DFA) is an access resource for teachers, students, historians, and anyone who has an interest in moving images.

The DFA contains over 70 hours of moving images about Northern Ireland from 1897-2000. There are items covering drama, animation, documentaries, news, newsreels, amateur and actuality film.

For enquiries about the DFA please contact Emma Thorpe on 02890 268 575 or email education@northernirelandscreen.co.uk 

The DFA is now available in 17 sites across Northern Ireland:

Belfast

 W5 at the Odyssey - 028 9046 7700

The Ulster Museum - 028 9038 3000

Public Record Office Northern Ireland (PRONI) - 028 9025 5905

The Linen Hall Library -028 9032 1707

Ulster Folk and Transport Museum - 028 9042 8428

Belfast Central Library - 028 9032 1707

City Hall - 028 9032 0202

Queen's Film Theatre - 028 9097 1097 

South/South East

St. Patrick’s Trian, Armagh - 028 3752 1801

Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum - 028 9266 3377

Lisburn City Library (local studies section)

Down County Museum, Downpatrick - 028 4461 5218

North/North West

The Nerve Centre, Derry - 028 7126 0562

University of Ulster at Coleraine - 028 7032 4255

Fermanagh County Museum - 028 6632 5000

Local Studies Library, Ballymena - 028 2566 4125

Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

The moving images are stored on a computer which allows easy access to the material. The content can be navigated through selected highlights, a browse option or keyword search.

Since the DFA’s launch in November 2000 there have been the following developments:

Outreach Programme
Creative Learning in the Digital Age (CLDA) Education Pilot

Click here to take you to the Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive web-site. Here you can search the DFA’s catalogue. You can view the DFA content at any of the sites listed above.