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A couple in a bed perched on top of a roof at night

Take One Action Film Festival: Power Station

Join Take One Action for a screening of this inspiring documentary, followed by a galvanising post-screening conversation with local energy co-operatives…
A black-and-white still shows a woman in a 1940s dress sitting on a bed, holding the arm of a man smoking a cigarette

Victims of Sin

Screening as part of BFI's UK-wide season Too Much: Melodrama on Film. See any 3 titles in the season for £24 when you book them together – simply log…
A bearded man looks at camera while writing on the blackboard and a small boy throws a paper aeroplane

Jump! - Schools Screening

Age 8+. A buddy film with sci-fi touches that will touch young hearts

A crowd of singers on stage in a scene from Andrea Chenier

Live from the Met: Andrea Chénier

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…
Person doing mezzotint printing in DCA Print Studio

Mezzotint

Sat 31 January 2026
stop motion of a school classroom

Living Large - Schools Screening

Age 10+. A film that conveys the beautiful message of accepting yourself.
a girl looks out at the horizon in rural Kenya

Media Studies Day 2025

Join us for a day of film related activities for students currently studying film and/or media at upper secondary level.
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
A green forest space in the centre a group of children sit around a table

Future Council - Schools Screening

Age 8+. An urgent and positive film that will get your class inspired to change the world.

A girl looks intently at the camera fists raised in a punching motion

La Suprema - Schools Screening

Age 12+. A film about the importance of community, cultural identity and following your dreams.
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.
Three people stand in a desert with a landcover car with them. This is two men, and one woman in a wedding dress

It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi, veteran filmmaker and critic of the Iranian government, directs this thriller which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 2025.Vahid,…
A hand-drawn animated still shows a little boy lying on the roof of a Parisian apartment, looking at the sky.

A Magnificent Life

Screening as part of French Film Festival. In Sylvain Chomet’s animation A Magnificent Life, French playwright, filmmaker, and inventor Marcel Pagnol…

Shorts for Wee Ones 2025

These magical tales will delight children age 3+
A man stands on top of a very steep rock with a view of an impressive mountain range.

3,000 Feet: The Highlander, the Early Mountaineers and Scotland’s Highest Mountains

Join us for this special screening in partnership with Dundee Mountain Film Festival 2025, a programme of the best films and speakers from the world of…
A man and woman kiss in a scene from a 1940s film.

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Screening as part of BFI's UK-wide season Too Much: Melodrama on Film. See any 3 titles in the season for £24 when you book them together – simply log…
Two women embrace as another looks on.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Screening as part of BFI's UK-wide season Too Much: Melodrama on Film. See any 3 titles in the season for £24 when you book them together – simply log…
two women look at each other intensely.

Stella Dallas 

Screening as part of BFI's UK-wide season Too Much: Melodrama on Film. See any 3 titles in the season for £24 when you book them together – simply log…

All That Heaven Allows (4K)

Screening as part of BFI's UK-wide season Too Much: Melodrama on Film. See any 3 titles in the season for £24 when you book them together – simply log…
Nicole Kidman in a red dress.

Moulin Rouge!

Screening as part of BFI's UK-wide season Too Much: Melodrama on Film. See any 3 titles in the season for £24 when you book them together – simply log…
An angel speaks to a saint in an oil painting by Caravaggio

Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio

Five years in production, this is the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time – Caravaggio. Featuring masterpiece…
A group of school ages girls in sports uniforms raise hands in the air joyfully

Winners - Schools Screening

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.
Photo enlargers in the darkroom at DCA Print Studio

Black and White Photography: Darkroom for Beginners

Sat 6 & Sun 7 December 2025
Person holding up photographic negatives

Black and White Photography: Darkroom for Beginners

Sat 21 & Sun 22 March 2026
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 photograph of Frida Kahlo wearing a blue dress, gold jewlerry and a red ribbon in her hair.

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo

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…
A man wearing white hospital pyjamas shoots water from a fountain while laughing

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

Adapted from Ken Kesey’s novel, the film centres on Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a convict who simulates mental illness in the hope that a transfer…
A black-and-white folm stil;l shows three men walking down a Parisian street, with 1960s cars in the background

Nouvelle Vague

The story of Jean-Luc Godard making Breathless, told by American director Richard Linklater in the form and spirit of the times. Styled as a mischievous…
An elderly man stands outside behind mountains

The Shepherd and the Bear

Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, this documentary explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional…
Animated dinosaurs lie in a cuddle

Artist Choice Screening: The Land Before Time

Artist Lauren Gault has selected The Land Before Time as one of her Artist’s Choice Screenings and we’re delighted to be showing it as a special edition…
Animated dinosaurs lie in a cuddle

Artist Choice Screening: The Land Before Time (Relaxed Screening)

Artist Lauren Gault has selected The Land Before Time as one of her Artist’s Choice Screenings and we’re delighted to be showing it as a special edition…
A pair of silver slippers on a ruby red carpet

Francis Dosoo: The Lives of Dorothy Gale

Francis Dosoo will fill DCA’s gallery 1 with a new installation work which uses the 1978 film The Wiz, a reimagining of The Wizard of Oz, as a point of…
Two men sit outside in a forest, wearing khaki jackets

Senior Citizen Kane: Anemone

Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the big screen in Anemone, the directorial debut by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis.Set in Northern England, the film explores the…
A young blonde woman sits with her back to the camera, her face and bare shoulder catching the light

Ciné Sunday: Die My Love

From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness. Anchored by a ferocious,…
A woman with blonde hair and a pink dress and a woman with green skin and a black dress stand next to each other.

Ciné Sunday: Wicked: For Good

And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend…Last year’s global sensation, which became the most successful…
Creepy photo of girl in a dusty street, her hair blowing, an A carved on her arm.

Alpha

Acclaimed director Julia Ducournau (Raw, Titane) returns with her most personal film yet, a genre-bending mix of coming of age and body horror with standout…
A man in a dark room looks up at the sky, while another man watches him

Anemone

Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the big screen in Anemone, the directorial debut by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis.Set in Northern England, the film explores the…
An older man and a young woman stand next to each other by a hedge.

Sentimental Value

Two sisters are forced to confront their troubled pasts and family relationships when their estranged father re-enters their lives in this new drama from…
A young man and an older woman stand in a supermarket together. The man is wearing a track suit and has his hand on his head in frustration

I Swear

This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.I Swear is the inspiring, extraordinary life…
To men, one looks at the camera intensely the other plays on a reed like it's a instrument

Artist’s Choice Screening: Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Selected by artist Lauren Gault as her Artist’s Choice Screening.  Werner Herzog’s 2010 documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a spiritual odyssey deep…
A man holds a vial up to an audience in a Victorian theatre

Frankenstein

Experience Guillermo del Toro's new adaptation on the big screen.
A man in a leather jacket walks down a rainy street at night

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Starring Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) as Bruce Springsteen, Deliver Me from Nowhere chronicles the making of Springsteen's 1982 Nebraska album. Recorded…
Black and white film still of a happy family around a Christmas tree from It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

Screening It's a Wonderful Life is a DCA tradition, so we’re delighted to announce this year's festive screenings. Made to give hope to post-war…
Michael Caine with The Muppets

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppets take on a classic Dickens story, with plenty of laughs, music and singing vegetables! This terrific family-friendly adaptation stars…
A blonde woman points her head up with her eyes closed while confetti lands on her

Die My Love

From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness. Anchored by a ferocious,…
A woman with a large tiara and a princess dress on sits nexts to stacks of posters

Bring a Baby: Wicked: For Good

And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend…Last year’s global sensation, which became the most successful…
A blonde woman in a white dress and green skinned woman wearing a witch's hat an holding a broom stick stare at each other.

Wicked and Wicked: For Good (Double Bill)

Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying,…
A blonde woman points her head up with her eyes closed while confetti lands on her

Senior Citizen Kane: Die My Love

From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness. Anchored by a ferocious,…
A woman with a wand, a tiara and a purple dress stands next to a woman wearing a witches hat who has green skin.

Wicked: For Good

And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend…Last year’s global sensation, which became the most successful…
Two girls dance in a woodland area

Jahia’s Summer - Schools Screening

Age 12+ A sensitive story about friendship.
A girl in traditional Kenyan dress stares intently at the camera

Nawi: Dear Future Me - Schools Screening

Age 13+. The powerful story of a determined girl growing up in rural Kenya.
An animated scene of a tree house in the background. In the foreground a man pushing a wheelbarrow and three children

Tales from the Magic Garden - Schools Screening

Age 7+. This heartwarming animation shows how storytelling can heal, inspire, and bring us closer to the people we cherish.
Two horses pull a fuel tanker on a track in a rainforest

Adrián Balseca: In the Forest Ruins

In Gallery 2, Ecuadorian artist Adrián Balseca will present a major new sculptural installation:In the Forest Ruins.The exhibition will develop…
A middle-aged man with a beard and moustache, wearing a choir master's suit

Ciné Sunday: The Choral

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee,…
A man in 1930s clothing leans out of a train window

Ciné Sunday: Palestine 36

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem,…
A worried man drives a vintage car while another man in the back seat leans over watching him

Ciné Sunday: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. Starring Daniel Craig,…
A sheet of paper with drawings of the zodiac killer on them burn.

Zodiac Killer Project + Q&A

Join us for a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker, Charlie Shackleton. Having tried and failed to make a true crime documentary, filmmaker Charlie…
A Constable painting shows a river scene with a house on a riverbank and a group of people.

Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable

The incredible story of Britain’s greatest landscape artists and their fierce rivalry, made in close collaboration with Tate Britain to celebrate the…
A middle-aged man with a beard and moustache, wearing a choir master's suit

Bring a Baby: The Choral

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee,…
A man and a woman in medieval clothing talk to each other in a forest clearing

Hamnet

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley play in William and Agnes Shakespeare in this much-anticipated adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel of the…
A man and a little girl sit next to each other on a busy train

Rental Family

Set against modern-day Tokyo, Rental Family follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working…
Two men wearing 1910s clothing laugh together.

The History of Sound

Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor star in this heartfelt romantic drama directed by Oliver Hermanus.Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending…
A black-and-white film still shows a man wearing a suit and a hat and a woman with a short haircut walking down a Paris street in the 1960s.

Nouvelle Vague

Richard Linklater (Boyhood) writes a love letter to French cinema in Nouvelle Vague, a delightful black-and-white tribute to the development of Jean-Luc…
A man with long, shaggy hair cycle a bicycle down a road while wearing headphones

Bugonia

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are reunited for a fourth time (following The Favourite, Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness) in this gripping, darkly funny…
A young man wearing a blue hat and airpods stands in a rainy street in Paris.

Souleymane’s Story

Every second of Souleymane’s new life in France is precious. Having fled Guinea, his asylum interview looms. He powers through the streets of after dark…
A man stands next to an abstract tpainting

Bring a Baby: The Mastermind

Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Showing Up) directs an unforgettable Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, her latest Cannes triumph.In a…
A man in a beige suit walks down a street, while a group of children in 1910s clothing chase him shouting

Senior Citizen Kane: The Choral

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee,…
A man in a velvet suit conducts a choir while an audience from the 1910s watches him

The Choral

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee,…
A man wearing a flatcap leans against a car on a quiet street,.

The Mastermind

Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Showing Up) directs an unforgettable Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, her latest Cannes triumph.In a…
A still from Die Hard shows a man running while holding a gun.

Die Hard

On Christmas Eve, tough New York detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles with the aim of reconciling with his estranged wife, Holly at the Christmas…
A group of small monsters sit in a cinema laughing

Gremlins

With its Christmas lights and dusting of snow, Kingston Falls is an idyllic small town. It’s home to Billy Peltzer, a teenager who has just received an…
A green creature in a santa outfit crouches next to a dog wearing antlers and a red nose

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (25th Anniversary)

Based on the beloved children's tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville.…
Two men and two women in festive red costumes, singing in a snowy scene

White Christmas

We’re also screening a sing-a-long version with lyrics on screen on Sun 21 December.Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join…
4 people do the conga and sing. They are all wearing red clothes with white fluffy trims. It is snowing in the background.

White Christmas (Sing-A-Long)

Join us for this special sing-a-long version of the Christmas classic with lyrics on screen. We're also showing a regular screening without lyrics on…
Animated still shows a small boy looking at a huge steam train in the snow

The Polar Express

All aboard! The Polar Express arrives back on the big screen with a stunning 4K restoration. Join in with our pyjama party celebration and come along…
A group of Palestinian men ride horses in 1936.

Palestine 36

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem,…
A man in khaki army uniform and an army cap

Senior Citizen Kane: Palestine 36

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem,…
A worried man drives a vintage car while another man in the back seat leans over watching him

Bring a Baby: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. Starring Daniel Craig,…
A worried man drives a vintage car while another man in the back seat leans over watching him

Senior Citizen Kane: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. Starring Daniel Craig,…
A worried man drives a vintage car while another man in the back seat leans over watching him

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. Starring Daniel Craig,…
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.
Dundead programmer introduces a Dundead screening to an audience in DCA Cinema 1

Dundead

Dundee's dedicated horror film festival
A DCA tutor showing three children images on two spinning zoetropes

Discovery Film Festival

Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November 2025
Animated still of a boy with a magical beast

Discovery Film Festival 2025

Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November
School pupils attend Discovery Film Festival

Celebrating 20 years of Discovery Film Festival

We take a look back at the last two decades.
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
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
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
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…

Cannes Film Festival 2025

David Nixon, DCA's Head of Cinema, shares this year's must-see films
Projectionist adjusts a vintage projector in DCA projection booth

The magic of 35mm film

We talked to our cinema team about what makes seeing a film on film so special
A black-and-white woman's head with pink tears emerges from a martini glass, against a pink and red background.

Too Much: Melodrama on Film

Sun 9 November
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
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
Four cool characters from Living Large animation.

Living Large on tour

Book the hit Discovery Film Festival animation for your venue
School pupils holding their hands up in DCA Cinema

Schools Programme

Free screenings to enhance your classroom learning.

Audience on stage at Dundead 2025

Haunted by Dundead

A look back our our 2025 Dundead horror film festival.
Small cut out figures of a sound person, camera person and actor

Activity Sheets Inspired by Michelle Williams Gamaker

Explore film characters and create your own film set
An architectural model of a building made out of wood.

Grey Gardens

Festival of Architecture
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!
Dundead screenprints featuring an eye in blue

Designing Dundead 2025

Q&A with Dundead 2025 illustrator Katriona Gillon
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
A large projector silhouetted against a blue sky.

Celebration of Celluloid

Join us for a mini-season celebrating the magic of celluloid film
Two men in 19th century American clothes stand in an abandoned cottage.

The best films from 1999

DCA Cinema team share their top film picks from 25 years ago
Hand coming out of the ground holding a can of Dundead IPA by Holy Goat

Introducing Dundead IPA with Holy Goat

We've partnered with local brewery Holy Goat for a limited-edition beer.
Installation documentation of gallery two, showing a two channel film projected across two big screens positioned at an angle to each other. The gallery is dark.

Douglas Gordon

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Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 Dundee Contemporary Arts Shortlisted. See all five venues with a National Art Pass #MuseumOfTheYear

We’ve been shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 🎉

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…
Installation view of gallery 1. On the left can be seen a diptych. To the centre is a gridded window which lets light fall to the centre of the floor where there is a wooden seating bench. To the right a painting hangs on the white wall showing a young child in a swimming pool, the water is vivid blue.

Manuel Solano

The Top of Each Ripple
Photograph of gallery two, showing a large installation, in the centre of the space. On a big red carpet, a freestanding inflatable insect-like form towers over a geodesic dome containing video and ceramic elements.

Rae-Yen Song

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A photograph of a two channel video installation, with two screens leaned on the floor against a dark orange wall. On the screens can be seen a close up of some rough red rocks. To the left of the image, a black 1980s style radio sits on a white shelf at waist level.

Tako Taal

At the shore, everything touches
A cinema-goer enjoys DCA Cinema.

Vouchers and gift memberships

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…

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…
colourful seats in DCA cinema

Cinema

Bringing you new releases, vintage favourites and indie gems from around the world
colourful seats in DCA cinema

Films we're looking forward to in 2025

We asked the DCA Cinema team about the most intriguing films to watch out for this year…
A woman with white cream on her face and shaved head sits on a camping bed in a basement.

New films from Fri 31 October

See what's on including Bugonia, Souleymane's Story, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere and more.
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!
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
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
DCA Galleries during Peacocks Among The Ruins exhibition. Black shadows of birds are painted on the walls. Painted strips of wallpaper lean against the walls. There are lampshades with intricate patterns on the inside.

Peacocks Among The Ruins

Co-curated by Timorous Beasties

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…
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.
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'

colourful seats in DCA cinema

About our captioned screenings

More information about our approach to captioned screenings.
The DCA building from the outside.

Accessible events this July at DCA

Captioned screenings, audio description and more.
Woman emerging from an underground pool covered in red

Brilliantly Claustrophobic: Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson discusses The Descent

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Descent at Dundead Halloween
Margaret Salmon's exhibition Hole shows a large, smashed hole in the gallery wall. The foyer of DCA can be seen through the hole.

Margaret Salmon

Hole
From the Ellipsis exhibition. A row of 14 televisions each display blurry black-and-white images.

Ellipsis

Chantal Akerman, Lili Dujourie and Francesca Woodman

Children attend Discovery Film Festival

Schools at DCA

Welcoming pupils and teachers to see, think, make and do
Michael Coull giving an introduction to an audience in DCA Cinema in front of a Dundead screenslide

Dundead Halloween

Join us for six thrilling and terrifying screenings this October
DCA Galleries during exhibitions from 25 years ago.

Glimpses into the past: digitising DCA's archives

We catch up with placement student Matilda Mitchell, who has undertaken a new project to digitise DCA's exhibition archives.
Text reading 'see, think, make, do' on a blue background surrounded by colourful shapes

Learn about our Learning team

See what the team get up to
Zineb Sedira working on a silk screen in DCA Print Studio

Experimenting with Print: Zineb Sedira in DCA Print Studio

Exhibiting artist Zineb Sedira returns to DCA

An animated still shows a black cat sitting on the end of a boat, going through a narrow city canal.

Oscars 2025 – can you predict the winners?

Enter our competition and win a year's DCA Membership
colourful seats in DCA cinema

Relaxed Screenings at DCA

More information about our approach to Relaxed screenings.
A girl and a man, dressed in Japanese period clothes, stand in a forest.

Tornado at DCA Cinema

Director John Maclean tells us about his historical thriller
Paper with coloured in objects that can be found in the kitchen

Activity Sheets Inspired by Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood

Create portraits, fill your kitchen table and share a powerful message.
John Singer Sargent painting shows two small girls painting paper lanterns, surrounded by pink roses and lilies.

Art films at DCA Cinema

See the world's greatest art from the comfort of your cinema seat
DCA Building from the front

Getting around the building

Explore our acclaimed, welcoming civic space
An installation view of the exhibition, showing the film on a screen in front of the red seating area. The gallery walls are mottled green.

Saoirse Amira Anis

symphony for a fraying body

Three large freestanding photographs of rock formations displayed in the gallery.

Zineb Sedira

Can't You See the Sea Changing?
A television suspended on scaffolding shows a van pulling a mobile home. From Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead.

Mike Kelley

Mobile Homestead
An installation image of gallery two showing a green structure like a building with a corrugated roof and a pink trim, as though it is sinking into the floor.

Alberta Whittle

How Flexible Can We Make the Mouth

A close-up shot of 3 t-shirts which hang on a rack in DCA Galleries as part of 'Spring / Summer 2015' exhibition. They are neon and have pictures of Maripol on them.

Maripol, Clare Stephenson and Zoe Williams

Spring / Summer 2015
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
Works by Matthew Buckingham - a golden, sparkling chandelier reflected in a mirror, a black plinth, and the same chandelier again, this time in a room with a woman in early 20th-century clothing on.

Matthew Buckingham

Play the Story
From Killing Time at DCA Galleries. Four people have a picnic on fake gras in the galleries in front of a large fabric sheet with a photograph of a house on it. There is a real wooden shed next to the people.

Killing Time

Graham Fagen & Graham Eatough
Images from Marine Hugonnier's exhibition at DCA. The central image is a large white pot of drooping yellow roses and lilies. In the other images, the flowers can be seen from a distance on a white stand, and there is a black canvas in the background.

Marine Hugonnier

Marine Hugonnier
Selected images from The Eye of the Beholder. A photograph of a person smiling, then a blurry picture of a palm tree, and then a photograph of a red flower with a harsh shadow.

The Eye of the Beholder

Polly Apfelbaum, Atilla Csörgö, Rivane Neuenschwander, Yoshihiro Suda, Vibeke Tandberg

DCA Galleries during the Trauma exhibition. People walk around the galleries, looking at sculptures and canvases on the walls.

Trauma

Martin Boyce, Willie Doherty, Kendell Geers, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Johan Grimonprez, Guillermo Kuitca, Maria Lindberg, Tracey Moffatt, Lucia Nogueira,…
From Roderick Buchanan's exhibition, a film still of a person rollerblading in Dundee behind the multi-story flats.

Roderick Buchanan

Players
Michelle Williams Gamaker: Our Mountains Are Painted On Glass at the South London Gallery, 2023. Installation photography by Jo Underhill.

Michelle Williams Gamaker

Our Mountains are Painted on Glass
a white gallery space with colourful tuftings on the wall and bright mural in the centre

Claudia Martínez Garay

Every seed is awakened
a pink gallery space with paintings prints and photos on the rear wall. In the foreground a small girls uniform and a silk banner

Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood 

Curated by Hettie Judah with Hayward Gallery Touring