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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 4d

🍂October continues with great cinema at DCA. Coming up this week...

🌟I Swear
🌟A House of Dynamite
🌟The Smashing Machine
🌟One Battle After Another
🌟Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Plus - Discovery Shorts and The Swimmer in collaboration with V&A Dundee! Book now at dca.org.uk.

Two young men in shell suits walk through a forest talking. Text - I Swear, now Showing.

A solider for the USA talks through a headset in a control base. Text - A House of Dynamite, Now Showing.

A boxer sits in the ring, next to his coaches. A woman stands and watches. Text - The Smashing Machine, Now Showing.

A man stands in a dark street wearing a black hoodie. Text - One Battle After Another, Now Showing.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 11d

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!

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.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 15d

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!

The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 15d

October sees film festivals like @sqiff.bsky.social and @espanfilmf.bsky.social come to Scotland, plus horror movies abound on the lead-up to Halloween – and @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social gets melodramatic with an epic melodrama season

www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...

Scottish Film Events: October 2025 – The Skinny

Film festival season continues apace, horror movies abound on the lead-up to Halloween, and Glasgow Film Theatre gets melodramatic with an epic melodrama season.

www.theskinny.co.uk

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 18d

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 🎟️.

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.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 21d

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.

tinyurl.com/mtyw74x4

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

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 22d

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

Discovery Film Festival 2025 - Dundee Contemporary Arts

Sat 25 October – Sun 2 November

www.dca.org.uk

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 25d

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.

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.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Sep 12

🍂🍁 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.

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.

Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Sep 11

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.

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

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Sep 8

💝 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.

Remember a Charity Week - Dundee Contemporary Arts

Mon 8 - Sun 14 September 2025

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Sep 7

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.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎉 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.

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.

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Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association رابطة توأمة دندي نابلس @dundee-nablus.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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

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Kevin @grumphorror.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just seen Eddington @dcadundee.bsky.social

This one leaves you thinking certainly.

I really have no idea what to make of it!

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

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

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Aug 29

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.

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.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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

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Alice Carradice @aliceca83.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

tinyurl.com/2dzywh4b

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

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

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