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AV Festival on tour screens Test Dept’s DS30 at venues in former coalfield regions across the North.

Tue 9 June, Sheffield Doc/Fest

Wed 10 June, HOME, Manchester

Fri 12 June, Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds

Wed 17 June, the Bluecoat, Liverpool

Thu 18 June, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle

Fri 19 June, GFT and CCA, Glasgow

Thu 9 July, Durham Miners’ Gala, Miners’ Hall

You can download the press release and a selection of images for DS30 below.

For press enquiries please contact: Rebecca Shatwell, Festival Director on rebecca@avfestival.co.uk or 0191 261 4949.

Test Dept, DS30, 2014.
Image Colin Davison. Courtesy AV Festival

Test Dept, DS30, 2014. Courtesy AV Festival and Test Dept

Test Dept, DS30, 2014.
Image Colin Davison. Courtesy AV Festival

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Test Dept DS30 Images (dropbox link)

Press Releases

22 May 2015 DS30 National Press Release (pdf) 479KB

AV Festival is pleased to announce screenings in the North of England and Scotland of Test Dept’s DS30, the acclaimed film commission that premiered at AV Festival 2014 within the monumental structure of Dunston Staiths, built on the River Tyne in 1893 to ship coal from the Durham coalfields to the world.