Join Take One Action for a screening of this inspiring documentary, followed by a galvanising post-screening conversation with local energy co-operatives…
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…
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 lively and interactive session for Primary teachers and Early Years Practitioners on using Film and Screen with their wee learners. With a focus on…
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…
This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.Part of Dundead Halloween 2025. Head's…
Age 8+. A buddy film with sci-fi touches that will touch young hearts
Sat 31 January 2026
Priority booking for passes opens for DCA Members from Sat 31 May. Please note that you'll need to log in to access priority booking.Tickets…
Age 10+. A film that conveys the beautiful message of accepting yourself.
Join us for a day of film related activities for students currently studying film and/or media at upper secondary level.
Age 7+. Made mostly with paper cut animations, this delightful film from Michel Gondry will make everyone laugh
Age 8+. An urgent and positive film that will get your class inspired to change the world.
Age 12+. A film about the importance of community, cultural identity and following your dreams.
With Yorgos Lanthimos’ next feature Bugonia coming out next month, revisit his pitch-black comedy debut feature back on the big screen. Graceful,…
Age 3+. A collection of seven short films for our youngest viewers is sure to delight and amuse.
These magical tales will delight children age 3+
1984’s The Toxic Avenger is one of the most infamous exploitation films to ever come out of America. This new reboot from writer-director Macon Blair…
Part of Dundead Halloween 2025.Director Rupert Julian’s 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney ranks among the greatest horror…
Part of Dundead Halloween 2025.Surely one of the most frightening and downright bizarre children’s films ever made (certainly by Disney), 1985’s Return…
Part of Dundead Halloween 2025. This screening will include a live drag performance and introduction by Saint Salvatoré and Eden Spaghetti of CLIMAX…
Five years in production, this is the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time – Caravaggio. Featuring masterpiece…
To celebrate the release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another on Fri 26 September, we’re screening three of his biggest and boldest films…
Charming, wistful, heartbreaking, hopeful and urgent. Palestine’s official entry to the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, brings dozens of emerging…
Sat 20 & Sun 21 September
Age 10+. A young refugee is selected for the girls' football team at school, but finds it hard to fit in with the other players.
Sat 6 & Sun 7 December 2025
Sat 21 & Sun 22 March 2026
Part of Dundead Halloween 2025.This screening will be introduced by Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of St Andrews. Writer/director…
Age 0+. We can offer a selection of a few of the titles from our Shorts for Wee Ones collection for very young children
This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple…
First screened in 2020 to restricted audiences because of the pandemic, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo is back by popular demand with an exciting new…
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective of life in Gaza, told through a series of video calls between filmmaker…
The Dardenne brothers (Rosetta; Two Days, One Night) once again bring audiences a moving portrayal of real lives with their latest social-realist drama…
This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.Part of Dundead Halloween 2025. Step into…
This is a special centenary edition of Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary Battleship Potemkin featuring the celebrated Tennant / Lowe score performed by Pet…
Experience the breathtaking theatrical presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's iconic musical film The Sound of Music. Meticulously restored and remastered…
An original, sexy, and wildly entertaining dark comedy from acclaimed director Ethan Coen, Honey Don’t!I is a fun and fresh take on detective-film-noir…
One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he undergoes a remarkable trip to find new meaning in his…
SPINAL TAP is back! After a 15-year hiatus, David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls are drawn back together for one last concert. Documentary…
After their 2024 Irish-drama Small Things Like These, director Tim Mielants and Cillian Murphy team up again for Steve a reimagining of Max Porter's Sunday…
This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington),…
And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend…Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became…
Age 7+. This heartwarming animation shows how storytelling can heal, inspire, and bring us closer to the people we cherish.
Age 12+ A sensitive story about friendship.
Age 13+. The powerful story of a determined girl growing up in rural Kenya.
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hamilton, the recording of the original Broadway cast is hitting the big screen for one day only, including a cast…
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale follows the Crawley family as they navigate personal and financial challenges in the 1930s, culminating in a heartfelt…
Once a year contenders from around the globe descend on a picturesque village in the Scottish Highlands to compete for the title of World Porridge Champion.…
The incredible story of Britain’s greatest landscape artists and their fierce rivalry, made in close collaboration with Tate Britain to celebrate the…
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.Blending heartache, humour and healing, Sorry, Baby is the stunning…
From Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Whale) comes this crime thriller starring Austin Butler, Matt Smith, Zoë Kravitz, and Bad Bunny, with…
Part of Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy of stand-alone films exploring romance, intimacy, and desire in contemporary Norway.Two men, both in heterosexual…
Each screening will feature a 10 minute recorded conversation between director Constantine Costi and Spurtle Legend Charlie PhillipsOnce a year contenders…
Age 7+. Bring your class to enjoy this collection of colourful and imaginative short films.
Dundee's dedicated horror film festival
Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November 2025
We take a look back at the last two decades.
We've made some additions to the line-up
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…
David Nixon, DCA's Head of Cinema, shares this year's must-see films
We talked to our cinema team about what makes seeing a film on film so special
Book handpicked short films to show in your venue
Sat 19 October – Sun 3 November
A look back our our 2025 Dundead horror film festival.
Free screenings to enhance your classroom learning.
Explore film characters and create your own film set
Festival of Architecture
Q&A with Dundead 2025 illustrator Katriona Gillon
Age 15–19 and interested in film? Apply to join our exciting summer programme!
Join us for a mini-season celebrating the magic of celluloid film
DCA Cinema team share their top film picks from 25 years ago
Enjoy our season of Surrealist films by Luis Buñuel, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock and many more
We've partnered with local brewery Holy Goat for a limited-edition beer.
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We’re thrilled to let you know that DCA has been shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024, the world’s largest museum prize. The news has just…
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At the shore, everything touches
A DCA voucher is the perfect gift for the film fan, artist or creative in your life. Alternatively, a DCA Gift Membership provides discounts, offers and…
Bringing you new releases, vintage favourites and indie gems from around the world
Last updated Thu 21 September 2023We at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) are committed to maintaining your privacy and looking after the personal information…
We asked the DCA Cinema team about the most intriguing films to watch out for this year…
2025 resource packs coming soon!
USO de HONTOU
A memorial exhibition
The Weather Makers
sub-fusc love-feast
George Barber and Jaygo Bloom
Band-new horror and vintage terror coming to our screen this August.
Co-curated by Timorous Beasties
See what's on including The Roses, Highest 2 Lowest, Sorry, Baby and more.
Tickets for screenings, courses and workshopsTickets cannot be refunded after purchase except in the case of a cancelled screening or event. In the event…
'The Sea, with a Ship; afterwards an Island'
More information about our approach to captioned screenings.
Chantal Akerman, Lili Dujourie and Francesca Woodman
Find out what's on for families during September and download our Family Activity Calendar
Hole
Welcoming pupils and teachers to see, think, make and do
Join us for six thrilling and terrifying screenings this October
Captioned screenings, audio description and more.
Get excited for Mickey 17 at DCA!
See what the team get up to
Exhibiting artist Zineb Sedira returns to DCA
Director John Maclean tells us about his historical thriller
See the world's greatest art from the comfort of your cinema seat
symphony for a fraying body
Can't You See the Sea Changing?
Mobile Homestead
Spring / Summer 2015
We catch up with placement student Matilda Mitchell, who has undertaken a new project to digitise DCA's exhibition archives.
Enter our competition and win a year's DCA Membership
More information about our approach to Relaxed screenings.
Explore our acclaimed, welcoming civic space
How Flexible Can We Make the Mouth
Maps DNA and Spam
Play the Story
Graham Fagen & Graham Eatough
Marine Hugonnier
Polly Apfelbaum, Atilla Csörgö, Rivane Neuenschwander, Yoshihiro Suda, Vibeke Tandberg
Martin Boyce, Willie Doherty, Kendell Geers, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Johan Grimonprez, Guillermo Kuitca, Maria Lindberg, Tracey Moffatt, Lucia Nogueira,…
Players
Our Mountains are Painted on Glass
Every seed is awakened
Curated by Hettie Judah with Hayward Gallery Touring
Create portraits, fill your kitchen table and share a powerful message.
With live score by Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman