Films

The year is 1613 and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and, devastated, he returns home to face a troubled past and a neglected family...

The heroes of Bricksburg are reunited in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are now facing a huge new threat: Duplo invaders from outer space, who wreck everything faster than it can be rebuilt.

Challenging prejudice and preconceptions, this is the true story of African-American pianist Don Shirley and his Italian-American driver and bodyguard Tony 'Lip' Vallelonga as they embark on a tour of the Deep South in 1960s.

Young delivery man Jong-su's romantic hopes are dashed by the arrival of an enigmatic stranger in this delicate but fierce portrait of jealousy and obsession.

A beautiful young con artist sets out to seduce Charles Pike, the naive heir to a huge fortune, on an ocean cruise.

Blending dark humour and taut suspense, this adaptation of a thriller Manga sees the dwindling port town of Uobuka welcome six mysterious strangers into the community in an effort to mitigate its population decline.

The heroes of Bricksburg are reunited in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are now facing a huge new threat: Duplo invaders from outer space, who wreck everything faster than it can be rebuilt.

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this is a fiercely poetic film about love persisting in the face of racial oppression and injustice.

The heroes of Bricksburg are reunited in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are now facing a huge new threat: Duplo invaders from outer space, who wreck everything faster than it can be rebuilt.

Supernatural creatures, a missing bride and a journey to the afterworld: Folklore and reality are spun together in this extravagant live-action adaptation of Ryohei Saigan’s fantasy Manga.

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this is a fiercely poetic film about love persisting in the face of racial oppression and injustice.

Following his divorce a middle-aged Japanese father finds himself out of his depth faced with the challenge of preparing daily lunch boxes for his teenage daughter.

Offering a glimpse into the microcosm of relationships within Japanese society, three vignettes tell very different stories of love, loss and rejection.

10-year-old Aoyama’s world is abruptly changed when his sleepy little town experiences a puzzling influx of a colony of penguins – despite it being the middle of summer and nowhere close to the sea!

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this is a fiercely poetic film about love persisting in the face of racial oppression and injustice.

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this is a fiercely poetic film about love persisting in the face of racial oppression and injustice.

The year is 1613 and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and, devastated, he returns home to face a troubled past and a neglected family...

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, this is a fiercely poetic film about love persisting in the face of racial oppression and injustice.

Dennis Hopper's uncompromising classic follows a stuntman, who quits the movie business and moves in with a local prostitute when one of his colleagues is killed filming in Peru.

The powerful and timely true story of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who led the fight against gender discrimination and blazed an unprecedented trail for equality.

Heinosuke Gosho's compelling classic is based on Rinzo Shiina’s absurdist novel, and depicts the lives of two couples against the backdrop of Tokyo’s growing industrialisation during the 1950s.

Passion! Jealousy! Revenge! A beautiful laundress finds herself torn between men who cannot control her passions in this superb Italian classic, screening with live accompaniment from Italian folk band The Badwills as part of the Dundee Women's Festival.

The powerful and timely true story of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who led the fight against gender discrimination and blazed an unprecedented trail for equality.

The powerful and timely true story of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who led the fight against gender discrimination and blazed an unprecedented trail for equality.

The powerful and timely true story of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who led the fight against gender discrimination and blazed an unprecedented trail for equality.

The powerful and timely true story of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who led the fight against gender discrimination and blazed an unprecedented trail for equality.

In this powerful drama, a Tel Aviv family struggles to make sense of the world when something goes terribly wrong at their son's desolate military post.

Relive the thrills of Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien, back on the big screen to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

The first Marvel film with a solo female lead character sees Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, who gets caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

This moving coming-of-age story, set in the gritty, lonely streets of Beirut, follows one little boy trying to survive amongst the hardship.

A resplendent fairytale ballet perfomed by the Bolshoi

The first Marvel film with a solo female lead character sees Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, who gets caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

This moving coming-of-age story, set in the gritty, lonely streets of Beirut, follows one little boy trying to survive amongst the hardship.

The first Marvel film with a solo female lead character sees Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, who gets caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

This moving coming-of-age story, set in the gritty, lonely streets of Beirut, follows one little boy trying to survive amongst the hardship.

The first Marvel film with a solo female lead character sees Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, who gets caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

Tina is a border guard who has the ability to smell human emotions. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.

Given our building’s previous incarnation as a skate park, we thought it was fitting to celebrate the connections which were forged here before 1999. So we're thrilled to host a sneak preview of Jonah Hill’s celebration of skate culture, friendship and the importance of finding your tribe.

Fun short films for children aged up to 5 (and their older assistants).

For our 20th birthday celebrations we thought we should have a meander through our archives and pull out a few of our favourite Discovery shorts. With content suited to those aged 8 and older, we have another glorious collection of weird and wonderful characters, stories and surprises in store.

Set in the early fifties, The Illusionist tells the story of an ageing magician, Tatischeff, touring through Scotland with his magic show. Dundonians should be especially proud as a lot of the technical work on the film was done in Dundee, by local animators working for Ink Productions.

2011 was the year when 3D cinema came into its own and we saw what it really could do. A mixture of interviews, archival footage and performance, Pina showcases the exhilarating and inimitable work of her company, the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Visually breathtaking, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon first arrived on our screens in 2000. Ang Lee included many mainstays of the 'wuxia' genre, including a stolen magical sword and characters with near superhuman abilities and added a few twists designed to attract an international audience.

A beguiling dark fairy-tale set against the backdrop of Civil War-torn Spain, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth is remembered as much for its violent and frightening edge as it is for its fantastical sweeping narrative.

Over the years Discovery Film Festival has served up an enormous amount of fun with our very popular shorts programmes, and so for our 20th birthday celebrations we thought we should have a meander through our archives and pull out a few of our favourites!

Quite simply one of Mike Leigh's finest works, anchored by a magnificent performance from Timothy Spall as J.M.W. Turner. A triumph of small detail, observation, language and the glories of artistic eccentricity.

Arriving in the UK in 2001, Amélie brought a sun-tinged escape into a lovingly imagined Paris. As enchanting and fanciful as it is, this is ultimately a film about the joys of life itself, and a love letter to the people who surround us every day.

Set in an impoverished Glaswegian housing scheme in the early 1970s, Ratcatcher tells the story of James, a 12-year-old boy whose family are waiting to be rehoused. First released in November 1999, was one of the first indigenous Scottish films shown at DCA, and twenty years on it is still one of the very best.

This remarkable film was a huge hit at DCA when it first arrived on our screens in 2011, and its reputation has only grown since. Deeply stylish while not shying away from visceral violence, Drive is an unforgettable cinematic experience which begs to be seen on the big screen.

Join us in celebrating the last 20 years of DCA through the ancient, time-honoured ritual of quizzing.

On the 75th anniversary of The Great Escape, Dan Snow hosts a commemorative evening featuring The D-Day Darlings and special guests, culminating with a gala screening of the remastered 1963 cult film.

The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the cabaret and realizes that she is the beautiful dancer Mademoiselle Margot, but also the love interest of the local gangster Yashka…