As part of the artistic programme at DCA, we enjoy asking the artists exhibiting in the gallery what films they would like to have screened in our cinema to coincide with their exhibition. The selections are sometimes surprising but also consistently illuminating of their practice. During the summer this is reflected with a particularly diverse array of films . . . reflecting three distinct exhibitions and fifteen artists on show.

Fittingly selected by GANGHUT, with their collaborative practice built upon a similar sense of memories of childhood companionship; a nostalgia more for when they were kids when this film was originally released rather than when it was set. Stand by Me is a classic coming of age drama set in the late 1950s in the USA but with universal appeal. Based on a short story by Stephen King (The Body) the movie title is taken from Ben E. King’s famous song. The young cast includes River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, John Cusack and Kiefer Sutherland.