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animated children, one playing a trumpet, with another looking on and another sitting drawing a picture

Short Film as a Key Resource Across CfE

Focusing on the power of short film for use in the classroom, this session will take us through rich teaching and learning possibilities offered by the…
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
A cartoon mole looks at himself in a mirror with glee

Discovery Family Film Club: Nature’s Resources

This event is presented in partnership with the Fashion in Film Festival and V&A Dundee, as part of the Garden Futures: Designing with Nature exhibition…
An animation still shows a young boy flying through a busy street in New York

Discovery Family Film Club: Phantom Boy

Léo, an 11-year-old boy with a serious illness has a secret. He can transform into a phantom boy, able to leave his body and fly and pass through walls…
Teachers raising their hands to ask questions at the teachers preview

Discovery Film Festival Teachers' Preview 2025

Get inspired and plan your visit to Discovery Film Festival 2025 with this popular annual event. Watch trailers of films in the programme for each age…
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.

Shorts for Wee Ones 2025

These magical tales will delight children age 3+
An animation still shows a young boy flying through a busy street in New York

Relaxed: Phantom Boy

Léo, an 11-year-old boy with a serious illness has a secret. He can transform into a phantom boy, able to leave his body and fly and pass through walls…
Children stepping on a light up floor

Playable Architecture

Join Biome Collective to make light and sound with movement.
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
Yellow ink and prints laid out on a screen printing table

Screen Printing (Intermediate)

Wed 3 September, Wed 10 September, Wed 17 September & Wed 24 September

Two people enjoy playing a game together at Drop in and Play

Drop in and Play x DARE Academy

Drop in and Play is back for August 2025!Try out a range of new games and meet the creatives behind them at this free, drop-in event in partnership with…
A woman and a girl sit on a bed together. The girl scrolls on her phone.

Oslo Stories Trilogy: Dreams

The Oslo Stories Trilogy (Dreams, Love, Sex) is an ambitious set of films from novelist-turned-filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud, contemplating romance, intimacy,…
Dakota Johnson in a blue cocktail dress, smiles at a man in a scene from Materialists

Senior Citizen Kane: Materialists

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex in this new romantic comedy from director…
A man wearing a suit and glasses stands outside of a theatre with bright lights.

Senior Citizen Kane: The Life of Chuck

Winner of the Audience Award at Toronto International Film Festival. The life-affirming, genre-bending adaptation of Stephen King’s novella explores…
A DCA tutor showing three children images on two spinning zoetropes

Discovery Film Festival

Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November 2025
A cute cartoon monster and a fish friend from Discovery Short Films collection

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.
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
School pupils holding their hands up in DCA Cinema

Schools Programme

Free screenings to enhance your classroom learning. Come along to our Teachers' Preview on Tue 26 August!
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!
school group raising their hands in DCA cinema seats

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…
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
A man and woman sit on a park bench together, next to flowers in a plastic bag, smiling.

New films from Fri 15 August

See what's on including Materialists, Together, The Bad Guys 2 and more
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
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 DCA building from the outside.

Accessible events this August at DCA

Captioned screenings, audio description and more.

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…
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
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
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.
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
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'

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

Sampling and Copying

Q&A with Matthew Wilson
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
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.
The front of the DCA Building.

Creative Scotland

Funding news

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…
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…
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
Children and their carers sit in DCA Cinema to watch a film

Family Activity at DCA

Find out what's on for families during August and download our Family Activity Calendar
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About our captioned screenings

More information about our approach to captioned screenings.
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Relaxed Screenings at DCA

More information about our approach to Relaxed screenings.
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
Two children painting in Create Space

Resources

2025 resource packs coming soon!
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Cinema

Bringing you new releases, vintage favourites and indie gems from around the world
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.

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…
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
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

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