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Craft Sunday Weekender: Woven Bolster Cushion with Le Petit Moose

Spend two days immersed in the playful craft of peg-loom weaving with fibre artist Stephanie Fradette of Le Petit Moose.

A painted image of two animated girls lying on forearms drawing pictures

Shorts for Wee Ones 2025

Age 3+. A collection of seven short films for our youngest viewers is sure to delight and amuse.
A small felt mushroom cutting a slice of cake

Shorts for Tinies 2025 - Schools Screening

Age 0+. We can offer a selection of a few of the titles from our Shorts for Wee Ones collection for very young children
Animated still shows three children playing together in a room.

Discovery Family Film Club: Lola and the Sound Piano + shorts celebrating diversity

Enjoy one of the most beloved films of Discovery Film Festival 2025 together with other beautiful short films celebrating diversity and cooperation. This…
Claymation of two females

Discovery Family Film Club: Living Large

12-year-old Ben has just hit puberty and suddenly his weight's a problem - for him and for everyone else. The other kids bully him, his divorced parents don't know…
A little girl looks at a large dragon from Chinese mythology

Discovery Family Film Club: Dragonkeeper

It's a dark time in the ancient Chinese empire. Dragons, once friends and wise allies of men, have been hunted down for years and thrown into ironclad…
An illustration of a girl with a black bob staring at phone while being followed by a pack of friendly dogs

Shorts for Middle Ones 2025 - Schools Screening

Age 7+. Bring your class to enjoy this collection of colourful and imaginative short films.
A man looks at a woman who is tipping her head back and looking at the sun

Lauren Gault Artist’s Choice Shorts Programme

Join us for a selection of short films selected by artist Lauren Gault. Gault's exhibition, bone stone voice alone, is on display in DCA Galleries until…
Animated still shows three children playing together in a room.

Relaxed: Lola and the Sound Piano + shorts celebrating diversity

Enjoy one of the most beloved films of Discovery Film Festival 2025 together with other beautiful short films celebrating diversity and cooperation. This…

Shorts for Wee Ones 2025

These magical tales will delight children age 3+
People watch a talk in DCA's Centrespace

Drop in and Play Careers Spotlight

Interested in a career in games? Want to learn more about how your favourite games are developed? Join us on Sat 24 January from 11:30-12:30 for Drop…
A child plays a video game at Drop in and Play while a game developer watches them and smiles.

Drop in and Play

Join us on Sat 24 January between 12:30 and 15:30 for DCA's free, drop-in gaming event.
Person using lino cutting tools to make a design on a piece of lino

Reduction Lino Printing

Sat 14 & Sun 15 March 2026
An amateur pen drawing of a woman

Women in Berlin

See Women in Berlin and The Cat Has Nine Lives for the special price of £15 when booked at the same time. The third film in our FOKUS: Films from Germany…
A black and white film still of a serious-looking bride in a 1930s wedding dress

L'Atalante

Featuring a short video introduction from Martin Scorsese.A timeless masterpiece of love and yearning, L’Atalante was the only full-length film made by…
A cardboard cut out of a blonde girl lifting the head off an alien costumer

Maya, Give me a Title! - Schools Screening

Age 7+. Made mostly with paper cut animations, this delightful film from Michel Gondry will make everyone laugh
Three people jog up a mountain range as the sun rises

Scottish Outdoor and Adventure Film Tour

The Scottish Outdoor and Adventure Film Tour is back.Join us for an uplifting evening that showcases the very best of the Scottish outdoors, adventure,…
The poster for the play NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World shows a man leaning against a windowsill while women peer in at him

NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play…
Person drawing on a slab of limestone

Introduction to Stone Lithography

Sat 7 & Sun 8 February 2026
Helen Mirren plays the Queen, sitting on a chair next to the prime minister having a conversation

NT Live: The Audience 

Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning hit production,…
Japanese woodbloack prints drying on a rack

Japanese Woodblock Printing

Sat 21 & Sun 22 February 2026
Screen printing table in DCA Print Studio with red ink

Screen Printing (Intermediate)

Tue 13 January, Tue 20 January, Tue 27 January & Tue 3 February 2026
Person spreading yellow ink onto a screen

Screen Printing (Intermediate)

Thu 5, Thu 12, Thu 19 & Thu 26 March 2026
A man stands next to a group of other men who are all staring at him. Everyone is wearing 1970s clothes

The Secret Agent

Wagner Moura delivers a magnetic performance in this political thriller from Brazil, which was the most awarded film at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. A…
Two women look out of a window of a house

Senior Citizen Kane: Sentimental Value

This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.Following the success of The Worst Person in…
A man and a woman dressed in sparkly 70s outfits sing on stage together and play keyboard

Senior Citizen Kane: Song Sung Blue

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too…
A blurry image shows a young man running down a city street

Senior Citizen Kane: Marty Supreme

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.This new film from writer/director Josh Safdie stars…
A crowd of medieval people wearing medieval clothing stand in a theatre. A woman wearing a red dress in the centre of the image puts her elbows on the stage and clasps her hands.

Senior Citizen Kane: Hamnet

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel and from Academy Award-winning writer-director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet tells the powerful story of love…
A DCA tutor showing three children images on two spinning zoetropes

Discovery Film Festival

Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November 2025
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Discovery Film Festival 2025

Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November
Animation still – a girl riding a giant otter through a beautiful forest.

Discovery Film Festival Short Films

Book handpicked short films to show in your venue
School pupils attend Discovery Film Festival

Celebrating 20 years of Discovery Film Festival

We take a look back at the last two decades.
DCA staff member holding up an ipad infront of a classroom of primary pupils

Raising Climate Awareness with Discovery Film Festival

Taking short film workshops to Dundee primary schools
Children make art together during Spring Holiday Pop-up at DCA

Remember a Charity Week

Mon 8 - Sun 14 September 2025
A large mural from There Will Be New Rules Next Week exhibition at DCA shows a collection of recognisable iconography, including a cross, a peace symbol, Che Guevara, a smiley face, and the I Heart NY sign.

There Will Be New Rules Next Week

Sister Corita Kent, Peter Davies, Ruth Ewan, Emily Floyd, Scott Myles and Ciara Phillips
Filming a model polar bear with and iPad

Highlighting climate change with Options in Life

We share more about our partnership project with Options in Life to mark Climate Week 2025.
Four cool characters from Living Large animation.

Living Large on tour

Book the hit Discovery Film Festival animation for your venue
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Schools Programme

Free screenings to enhance your classroom learning.

Cinema 1. The chairs are blue and there is a cinema screen at the front.

Discovery Young Programmers 2025

Age 15–19 and interested in film? Apply to join our exciting summer programme!
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Discovery Film Festival 2024 Schools Programme Out Now!

Get excited for the 21st edition of Discovery Film Festival from Sat 19 October to Sun 3 November! We're thrilled to announce that this year's Schools…
Animated still of a boy with a magical beast

Discovery Film Festival 2025

See what's coming up for all ages at this year's festival
A group of children and their teacher walking into DCA building.

A fantastic year for schools at Discovery Film Festival

Over 3,600 pupils visited our 2025 festival to experience films and creative workshops
From George Barber's exhibition at DCA. A screen displays a psychedelic, pink, orange and blue pattern with a kite-like red shape on it.

Discovery Exhibition: The Long Commute / Arcade

George Barber and Jaygo Bloom
Animation still – two boys looking around a garden – one of the boys is glowing from within, his skin lit up warmly

Discovery Film Festival 2024

Sat 19 October – Sun 3 November

Terms and Conditions

Tickets for screenings, courses and workshopsTickets cannot be refunded after purchase except in the case of a cancelled screening or event. In the event…
Display of screenprints on the wall of Gallery 1 for Spring Holiday Pop-up

A creative start to spring with Spring Holiday Pop-up

Families takeover Gallery 1 to kick start the school holidays
The exterior of DCA

We need your support

We need your support in Dundee City Council’s budget consultation

Families sitting at tables in Gallery 1 doing creative activities

Creative Fun at Spring Holiday Pop-up 2024

Take a look at the prints, artwork and fun created at DCA during the school holidays
Close up of peosons face with a man in the background holding two cocktails

Discover more at Dundead 2025

We've made some additions to the line-up
Dundead screenprints featuring an eye in blue

Designing Dundead 2025

Q&A with Dundead 2025 illustrator Katriona Gillon
From Thomas & Craighead's exhibition. A screen shows a pixelated but colourful pattern in pink, orange, yellow and green.

Thomson & Craighead

Maps DNA and Spam
People eat at dining tables, surrounded by large, surreal eyes.

Surrealism on Film

Enjoy our season of Surrealist films by Luis Buñuel, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock and many more
Person creating a backdrop for an animation using collaged paper

Animation and printmaking at ST/ART

See the animations and prints created during our ST/ART Spring School 2025.
A banner which shows different images from Richard Wright's exhibition at DCA.

Richard Wright

Richard Wright
A chalk drawing - a black background, with a large white sailboat drawn on it with chalk.

Tacita Dean

'The Sea, with a Ship; afterwards an Island'

A gallery space with sculpture hanging from the ceiling and three blue boxes

This autumn in Dundee

We’re excited to be part of a huge autumn for culture in Dundee
Two children painting in Create Space

Resources

Download our free classroom resources!
Heather Phillipson's exhibition - a large pink circular structure sits in DCA Galleries. It is sitting on a floor covered in green paint, and there are green paint splotches on the walls. Behind the structure, is a large printed photograph of a blue sky with a green field. There is a cut-out photograph of a green tree with red flowers in front of the pink structure, and two large cut-out photographs of worms.

Heather Phillipson

sub-fusc love-feast
The DCA building from the outside.

Accessible events this July at DCA

Captioned screenings, audio description and more.
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Relaxed Screenings at DCA

More information about our approach to Relaxed screenings.

Privacy Policy

Last updated Thu 21 September 2023We at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) are committed to maintaining your privacy and looking after the personal information…
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Cinema

Bringing you new releases, vintage favourites and indie gems from around the world
A wide shot of DCA Gallery with Katy Dove's exhibition. The gallery is dimly lit, with two, large bright projections showing abstract, round patterns in multiple colours.

Katy Dove

A memorial exhibition
Image shows visitors watching a film in the gallery projected over large screens to the left and centre of the photograph. The film shows a landscape with a green glowing swamp and trees.

Kelly Richardson

The Weather Makers
A large mural in beige, white, black and red as part of Hideyuki Katsumata's exhibition. The mural is of a man, who is massive and is wearing a strange costume made up of eyes and faces.

Hideyuki Katsumata

USO de HONTOU
Small prints by Matthew Wilson on the table in DCA Print Studio

Sampling and Copying

Q&A with Matthew Wilson
Dundee mural covered in colourful dots

Activity Sheets Inspired by our Dundee Murals

Colour characters and places designed by illustrator Kate Benzie
A print studio with a large screen-printing screen and drier visible colourful ink pots in the background

DCA Print Studio x Jerwood Residencies returns

DCA Print Studio x Jerwood Residency

Groups of people in DCA Centrespace looking at framed prints

A season of creativity at DCA

Join us for some exciting events across our building.
Children take part in outdoor art activities during the summer.

Big Give: Making an impact

Free and fun activities for families during the school holidays
Person holding a I SUVIVED DUNDEAD 2025 badge

2025 in review: Dundead

It's been a record-breaking year for horror, cult and weird cinema at DCA
Dominic McKeown screen printing in DCA Print Studio

Thick Skin: Q&A with Dominic McKeown

In November, we hosted Dominic McKeown as part of the first iteration of the DCA Print Studio x Jerwood Residencies
Flourish Calendar pages including May with butterfly and jar design, June with landscape deisgn and July with fire works and ice lollies

Flourish group embrace 2024 by creating their own calendar

As part of our long-term partnership with Dundee International Women’s Centre (DIWC), their Flourish parenting group created their very own Riso printed…
Beetlejuice, an undead man with pale skin and green hair, smiles while wearing a frilly suit. He is standing in a church with a priest behind him.

September films at DCA

Get ready for a great month of films at DCA Cinema.
Spread from Hiya In There Wee Bairn featuring illustrations of Dundee

Hiya In There Wee Bairn

Celebrating Burns Night with a new Dundonian Scots edition of Hello In There Wee One
The front of the DCA Building.

Creative Scotland

Funding news

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New films from Sat 27 December - Thu 8 January

See what's on including Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, Avatar: Fire and Ash and more.

Delivery and Returns

Online Shop Delivery and ReturnsAll our Online Shop deliveries are sent by either tracked courier or Royal Mail. When the shipment is ready we will contact…
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About our captioned screenings

More information about our approach to captioned screenings.