Dundee Contemporary Arts

A text based images with a textured background and the words bone stone voice alone and A major new exhibition by Lauren Gault overlaid

bone stone voice alone, a major new exhibition by artist Lauren Gault, opens in DCA galleries on Sat 25 Oct.

Join us for our Exhibition Preview from 19:00 on Fri 24 Oct for a chance to see the works and enjoy refreshments before the show opens to the public. Free and drop-in, all welcome

A man sits in a boxing ring with his coach, while a woman stands on the side watching. Text - The Smashing Machine, Now Showing.

A man in a flannel shirt stands next to his car holding a gun. Text - One Battle After Another, Now Showing.

An anime film still shows a man with red hair and a red pattern on his face screaming. Text - Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, Now Showing.

A group of people in fine 1930s clothing watch a horse race. Text - Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Now Showing.

We've got lots to enjoy this week at DCA. Coming up...

🌟The Smashing Machine
🌟One Battle After Another
🌟Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
🌟Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
🌟Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough

Plus - Get ready for Discovery Film Festival with our Shorts from 2024!

Mentions for our Dundead tour of The Phantom of the Opera and Discovery Film Festival in @theskinnymag.bsky.social's feature on Scottish Film Events in October. So much good stuff coming up!

A man in a tight black hoodie stares ahead. Text - One Battle After Another, Now Showing.

A man leans against a blackboard looking pensive. Text - Steve, Now Showing.

People in fine clothes, suits, dresses and top hats watch a raise and cheer. Text - Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Now Showing.

A man sits outside on a chair, looking at a bombed city. Text - From Ground Zero, Now Showing.

Get ready for One Battle After Another and more this week at DCA Cinema. Coming up...

● One Battle After Another
● Steve
● From Ground Zero
● Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Plus - Hamilton (10th Anniversary) and NT Live: Inter Alia. Book your tickets now at dca.org.uk 🎟️.

Centrespace with framed prints on the wall and a white bench in the middle of the room

Our Made in DCA Print Studio Exhibition opened this weekend and runs until Sun 5 October.

Head down to Centrespace to view over 100 framed prints created in our Print Studio by our talented Registered Users.

The exhibition is free to visit and open daily from 11:00 to 17:30.

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Discovery Film Festival 2025 - Dundee Contemporary Arts Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November

Discovery Film Festival is BACK for 2025! Join us for the very best family films from around the world plus fun creative workshops, over two weekends from Sat 25 October to Sun 2 November.

Tickets are Donate What You Can, from £0 to £8, booking here: www.dca.org.uk/discovery-film-festival-2025

A man shows off his tattoo which says "world porridge champion" on it. Text - The Golden Spurtle + Recorded Q&A, now showing.

A group of people in fine clothes and hats enjoy a day at the races. Text - Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Now Showing.

An older man in snakeskin trousers plays guitar on a smoke-filled stage. Text - Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Now Showing.

A woman in a black and white polka-dot dress looks to the side. Text - Honey Don't! Now Showing.

Coming up this week at DCA Cinema...

🌟 The Golden Spurtle + Recorded Q&A
🌟 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
🌟 Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
🌟 Honey Don't!
🌟 Reality is Not Enough + Q&A with Irvine Welsh and Paul Sng

Plus - vintage screenings, Discovery Family Film Club and more.

DCA building

We're delighted to announce the appointment of five new trustees to our board, who bring a wealth of experience across a range of sectors.

Our new trustees are: Nancy Durrant, Kirsty Gibson, Adam Lockhart, Tom Miller, and Kate V Robertson. To read their full bios: tinyurl.com/2pztfcbu

A group of people in formal, colourful dresses and top hats watch a race. Text - Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Now Showing

A punk rocker with a mowahk and a man wearing a blue shirt walk along a street with a mysterious bag. Text - Caught Stealing, Now Showing.

A young and an older lady take a selfie with a phone while holding a small baby with a dummy in its mouth. Text - Young Mothers, Now Showing.

A man and woman embrace on a beach. Text - The Roses, Now Showing.

🍂🍁 September continues with a great week of films at DCA Cinema. Join us for...

•Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
•Caught Stealing
•Young Mothers
•The Roses
•Dundead: The Toxic Avenger

Plus - There Will Be Blood (35mm) and Dogtooth. Book now at dca.org.uk.

Black and white mural featuring Dundee landmarks and characters

Section of the mural featuring the Caird Hall with some stickers added

Selection of small circle stickers in different colours

Help us bring our Dundee scenes to life by adding some colour 🔴🔵🟡🟣🟢

Created by local illustrator Kate Benzie, these murals were inspired by the people and places of Dundee.

Head to the wall outside Gallery 1 and have fun with our selection of stickers.

Remember a Charity Week - Dundee Contemporary Arts Mon 8 - Sun 14 September 2025

💝 This 8- 14 September is Remember a Charity Week

It’s an opportunity for everyone to consider leaving a gift to charity in their will, after looking after loved ones. You can make a lasting difference to the future of DCA by leaving a gift to us in your will. Learn more at tinyurl.com/4fa9hawc.

DCA building pictured from the outside.

There's emergency maintenance being carried out on city centre phone lines today which will affect some services at DCA.

DCA public wifi is unavailable - you can still access wifi from Jute Cafe Bar. Systems at our Shop and Box Office may run slowly: please book online in advance if possible.

A man and woman embrace on a beach. Text - The Roses, Now Showing

A man in a baseball cap and shades sits in a subway car. Text - Highest 2 Lowest, Now Showing.

The image on a phone of a smiling women in a headscarf wearing glasses. Text - Put Your Soul on your Hand and Walk, Now Showing.

A woman in a scarf and hat lies on the grass smiling. Text - Sorry, Baby Now Showing.

🎉 Support Dundee's only indie cinema and see great new releases this week at DCA. Coming up...

•The Roses
•Highest 2 Lowest
•Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
•Sorry, Baby
•Oslo Stories Trilogy: Sex

Plus! Battleship Potemkin, Magnolia and Discovery Family Film Club. Book now at dca.org.uk.

People in Dundee!

Put Your Hand on Your Soul & Walk

The film is a first-hand perspective of life in Gaza, told through a series of video calls between filmmaker Sepideh Farsi and young Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona.

⏰ From Fri 5th of Sep - Thurs 11th of Sep
📍 @dcadundee.bsky.social

Dundead Halloween Image of characters from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Descent, Return to Oz, Evilspeak, and The Phantom of the Opera in red

Tickets are on sale now for Dundead Halloween 👻

Book for our October screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Descent, Return to Oz, Evilspeak, a Surprise Preview and our special Halloween event: The Phantom of the Opera.

Find out more and book: tinyurl.com/244t4ee6

Just seen Eddington @dcadundee.bsky.social

This one leaves you thinking certainly.

I really have no idea what to make of it!

Three people looking at pots of colourful inks on shelves in DCA Print Studio

We're excited to bring you six months of Get Creative classes in DCA Print Studio!

You can now book courses and workshops from October 2025 to March 2026, with plenty of different processes to choose from.

Find out more and see what's coming up: tinyurl.com/23t5mayj

A woman sits on the ground eating a sandwich and looking to the side. Text - Sorry, Baby, Now Showing.

A man wearing a cowboy hat sits in a car, lit with red light. A woman's face is on his laptop screen which is sitting on the dashboard. Text - Eddington, Now Showing.

A man wearing a suit and glasses stands outside of a theatre with bright lights. Text - The Life of Chuck, Now Showing.

A mother photographs herself while carrying a baby in a sling. Text - Motherboard, Now Showing.

Step into September with a great week of cinema at DCA. Starting today...

🌟Sorry, Baby
🌟Eddington
🌟The Life of Chuck
🌟Motherboard
🌟Oslo Stories Trilogy: Love
🌟The Ballad of Wallis Island

Plus - vintage films, NT Live and DCA's Big Film Quiz! Book now at dca.org.uk.

Congratulations on your move! We're an arts centre and independent cinema near St Andrews - please get in touch if you'd like a tour or press tickets, we'd love to welcome you.

Our Director, Beth Bate, also shared our forthcoming programme and community engagement plans.

Beth Bate and Nadia El-Nakla in DCA Galleries surrounded by equipment for installing new windows, blinds and lights

We were so pleased to welcome Councillor Nadia El-Nakla to DCA yesterday and show her how work is progressing on the replacement of our Gallery lighting, windows and blinds, generously supported by @dundeecitycouncil.bsky.social.

The DCA is putting on so many silent film screenings this year and I LOVE IT. 😍 Keep it up @dcadundee.bsky.social ! #silentfilm #dundee

Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery.

We'll be hosting this special event on Halloween itself as well as touring to Filmhouse, GFT, The Hippodrome and Eden Court. Tickets for our Halloween event will go on sale at 10:00 on Fri 5 September, with priority booking for Members, Friends and Patrons from 10:00 on Mon 1 September.

Dundead presents The Phantom of the Opera with new live score by Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman. On tour around Scotland October - November 2025 With image of The Phantom in red

We're thrilled to share that Dundead will be taking 1925's The Phantom of the Opera on tour.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of this early horror masterpiece, we've commissioned a brand-new live score by acclaimed Scottish musicians Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman.

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A woman in a blue nurses uniform sits in a locker room looking forlorn

Two claymation children sit on a branch with a monkey in their arm

A blonde woman in a dark corridor looks pensively at the screen

A black and white image of a woman's face with the bob smoking a cigarette

Exciting new films at DCA coming this week! Join us for -

🏥 Late Shift
🦧 Savages(English Dub & Subtitled)
🌟Weapons
📚Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
👒Sense and Sensibility

Plus Dundead: Night of the Hunter (70th Anniversary) and our Complicit: Michael Haneke Retrospective starts...

A woman looks at a child with a bald head through a window. Text - Bring Her Back, Now Showing.

Two men wearing white and blue space suits stand next to each other smiling. Text - The Fantastic Four First Steps, Now Showing.

A man with long grey hair stands on a beach painting outside. Text - Four Letters of Love, Now Showing.

A beautiful handcarved wooden fireplace Text - Tim Stead: Magician with Wood, Now Showing.

August begins with an exciting week of films at DCA Cinema. Coming up...

🌟Bring Her Back
🌟The Fantastic Four: First Steps
🌟Four Letters of Love
🌟Tim Stead: Magician with Wood
🌟Pavements + Recorded Q&A

Plus - anime and vintage classics. Book now at dca.org.uk 🎉

Centrespace filled with stalls and people

People looking around CRAFTED: Show Your Work in Centrespace

Artist Beth S Robertson engraving a design onto wood

Maker Kirsty Dalton doing pyrography

CRAFTED: Show Your Work is in full swing.

Head down to Centrespace until 17:00 today to browse and buy work by our talented makers and get a behind-the-scenes look at their varied processes.

Two men wearing white and blue space suits stand next to each other smiling. Text - The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Now Showing.

A middle-aged man and woman wearing coats and scarves stand on a beach together. Text - Four Letters of Love, Now Showing.

A man and a woman sit next to each other at a dinner table. Text - The Other Way Around, Now Showing.

Two men, fully dressed, stand in shallow sea water holding guitar cases. Text - The Ballad of Wallis Island, Now Showing.

Support Dundee's only independent cinema and enjoy great new releases this week at DCA. Coming up...

🌟The Fantastic Four: First Steps
🌟Four Letters of Love
🌟The Other Way Around
🌟The Ballad of Wallis Island
🌟Wind, Tide & Oar

Book now at dca.org.uk!

We're delighted to share an update on our @biggive.bsky.social Arts for Impact project!

Thanks to your support, we've made a great start on our goal to provide 1,000 children across Dundee with fun and free creative activities throughout the holidays.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/4u6pzaac