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A man and woman in summer clothing sit by a lakeside smiling at each other.

Senior Citizen Kane: From Hilde, With Love + Little Shrew by Kate Bush

Accompanied by the short film Little Shrew (Snowflake) written and directed by Kate Bush.From Hilde, With LoveBerlin, 1942. A shy Hilde falls in love…
A man and woman in 1940s clothing ride on a motorbike, smiling.

From Hilde, With Love + Little Shrew by Kate Bush

Accompanied by the short film Little Shrew (Snowflake) written and directed by Kate Bush.From Hilde, With LoveBerlin, 1942. A shy Hilde falls in love…
An animation still shows a blonde girl and a ginger child sitting on a tree branch together with a bird.

Discovery Family Film Club: Wolfwalkers

In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe, journeys to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last wolf pack.…
An animated still shows a little blonde girl enjoying a tea party with a rabbit and the mad hatter.

Discovery Family Film Club: Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Explore the extraordinary and everyday world of gardens in a specially curated series of films, screening in collaboration with V&A Dundee's major…
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…
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…
Teen girl with blonde hair and a beanie hat sits on a log in the forest

Media Studies Day

This year we will once again offer a day of behind-the-scenes access in the film industry and are planning a day of film-related activity for students…
David Attenborough stands in front of the white cliffs of dover wearing a blue jacket.

Ocean with David Attenborough

Ocean with David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder,…
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

Francis Ford Coppola behind the scenes at Apocalypse Now

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (4K Restoration)

To celebrate the release of this 4K restoration, we’re also showing Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut – the film that Hearts of Darkness documents the making…
A woman hugs two little girls in a field.

Senior Citizen Kane: Lollipop

Lollipop is a life affirming and timely story that follows Molly (Posy Sterling), a young woman who, having just been released from prison, battles to…
A man and his elderly father sit outside with glasses of wine.

Senior Citizen Kane: The Last Journey

Joyous, life-affirming and at times heartbreaking, The Last Journey is a genre-defying exploration of ageing and the bond between a father and son. An…
A young man and woman in knitwear stand on a beach smiling.

Senior Citizen Kane: Four Letters of Love

Nicholas and Isabel are made for each other, but fate does not always choose the easiest path to true love. As destiny pulls them together, so do family,…
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

Bring your class to Discovery Film Festival
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!
Two children painting in Create Space

Resources

Free resources to download and print
The exterior of DCA from the Nethergate

Facilities Assistant

Deadline: Mon 21 July, 17:00

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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…
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. In the event that…
Brad Pitt smiles while sitting at a desk.

New films from Fri 4 July

See what's on including F1 The Movie, The Shrouds, Lollipop and more.
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
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
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'

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

Sampling and Copying

Q&A with Matthew Wilson
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.
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

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

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.
An audience of people clap

DCA Trustee

Deadline: Sun 20 July, 12 noon