You can catch more cannibal horror at this year's Dundead festival with She's a Maneater!, a programme of six vintage films curated by feminist collective Invisible Women. We've also got six premieres of exciting new titles, all selected by Michael. Find out more: www.dca.org.uk/dundead-film...
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Check out Dundead programmer Michael Coull on the latest episode of Horror Hangout.
He chatted to @andyct.bsky.social about what's coming up at Dundead 2026 before they got stuck into a discussion about Ravenous: tinyurl.com/pacp8w82
Close up. Artist: Nnena Kalu Title: Hanging Sculpture 11. Norway / Dundee, Year: 2024 - 2026 Medium: Plastic tubing, fabrics, adhesive tapes, plastics, VHS tape, paper and rope
Detail, single box collage made of photographs of bindweed Artist: Jo Longhurst Title: Crip (We Contain Multitudes), year: 2022-2026 Medium: 143 photographic collages in boxes
Andrew Gannon Title: Goofing with Elvis Screenprint, blue figure on white.
Collection of colourful abstract paintings in white frames Ona white wall by Daisy Lafarge
Visited We Contain Multitudes @dcadundee.bsky.social today.
Here are some of my favs, one from each artist exhibited.
Projection on cinema screen of still from film California Schemin’ with text reading: California Schemin' Preview screening DCA welcomes Billy Boyd, Gavin Bain, Samuel Bottomley and Séamus McLean Ross for a post-film Q&A, hosted by David Nixon. DCA Dundee Contemporary Arts
I was ‘ere!
Thanks @dcadundee.bsky.social for organising preview with Q&A for California Schemin’
Recommend.
Plus an Artist's Choice Screening of Gattaca, a Dundead screening of Dead Lover (in Stink-O-Vision) and final screenings of EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert and Everybody to Kenmure Street.
Project Hail Mary with a still of Ryan Gosling in a space suit
The Tasters with a still of a woman eating with a spoon
The Love That Remains with a still of two children sitting at a table laughing with a woman smiling in the doorway
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley with still of Jeff Buckley's face
We're ready for a new week in DCA cinema and this one is packed! As well as our previews of California Schemin' we've got new releases, including:
✨ Project Hail Mary
✨ The Tasters
✨ The Love That Remains
✨ It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
✨ Little Amélie
✨ All You Need is Kill
✨ Preview: The North
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Here’s what you can expect:
🔴 Two UK premieres and four Scottish premieres
🔴 She’s a Maneater! - a collection of six repertory horror films curated by Invisible Women
🔴 Gruesome questions at the Dundead Film Quiz
🔴 Festival merch featuring this year's design by Agnes Xantippa Boman
It’s time to fill your plate with Dundead 2026 - tickets and passes are on sale now!
Join us from Thu 7 to Sun 10 May to celebrate horror, cult and weird cinema with our programme of terrifying premieres and bone-chilling vintage titles.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/57dy5nwc
Dundead has announce its latest gore-packed programme, devised in collaboration with feminist collective Invisible Women.
Leading its announcement is the She's A Maneater! season, a selection of films which explore women who are willing to go to terrifying extremes to satisfy their appetites.
Tickets and passes go on sale Fri 27 March at 10:00. If you’re a DCA Member or a 18-25 Member, you can book tickets and passes now - just make sure you’re logged in.
See the full line-up and find out more at tinyurl.com/57dy5nwc
Detail of Dundead 2026 illustration by Agnes Xantippa Boman.
Alongside this special part of the programme, we've also got two UK premieres and four Scottish premieres, all selected by Dundead Programmer Michael Coull.
We're thrilled to be collaborating with feminist collective Invisible Women for this year's retrospective strand: She’s a Maneater! Cannibalism, Consumption and Carnal Appetites.
Close up of illustration of cartoon woman with many arms about to eat an eyeball. Her hair is red and her skin is bright prink. White text reads: Dundead Festival 2026
White text on black background with pink frame. Text reads: SHE’S A MANEATER! CANNIBALISM, CONSUMPTION AND CARNAL APPETITES Dumplings Blood Diner Santo vs Frankenstein’s Daughter Raw (10th Anniversary) Trouble Every Day The Velvet Vampire With Dundead logo and curated by invisible Women
White text against black background with red frame. Test reads: PETRIFYING PREMIERES Camp (UK Premiere) Theater is Dead (Scottish Premiere) Roqia (Scottish Premiere) Buffet Infinity (UK Premiere) Silencio (Scottish Premiere) Her Will Be Done (Scottish Premiere)
Sink your teeth into Dundead 2026!
Our annual festival celebrating horror, cult and weird cinema is back Thu 7 - Sun 10 May and we’re very excited to share our programme of terrifying premieres and bone-chilling vintage titles, and this year we're not doing it alone…
A drone shot shows a busy Glasgow street with a police van, policemen and protestors. Text - Everybody to Kenmure Street, Now Showing
Elvis Presley performs on stage in a sparkling white suit. Text - EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Now Showing
A young woman sits on a pile of hay, looking to the side. Text - Sound of Falling, Now Showing
A man wearing a muddy suit and a flatcap rides a horse through a busy street. Text - Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Now Showing
We've got inspiring documentaries, concert films and more this week at DCA. Coming up...
✨Everybody to Kenmure Street
✨EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
✨Sound of Falling
✨Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
✨The Bride!
Plus - Oscar-nominated films, Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme and more.
The Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein sit in a cinema together. Text - The Bride! Now Showing
A group of man in flatcaps and hats walk down a street. Text - Peaky Blinders, Now Showing
A tired woman lies on a bed holding a white teddy bear. Text - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Now Showing
James Acaster performs on stage in a green tracksuit. Text - James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome, Now Showing
✨There's something for everyone this week at DCA Cinema! Coming up...
🌟The Bride!
🌟Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
🌟If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
🌟James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome
🌟Train Dreams
Plus - awards contenders, Dundead and more 🎉.
From the vantage point of disability, four interdisciplinary artists challenge ableism in the arts in a new group show at Dundee Contemporary Arts
We Contain Multitudes is available to see at @dcadundee.bsky.social until 26 Apr
A man leans against a post at a rural petrol station in Brazil. Text - The Secret Agent, Now Showing
A man and a young boy stand in the middle of a busy and chaotic desert rave. Text - Sirât, Now Showing
Two fashionably-dressed young women stand outside in the dark. Text - The Moment, Now Showing
A woman in medieval clothes dances wildly in a room of other people who are also rhapsodising and dancing. Text - The Testament of Ann Lee, Now Showing
There's lots to see this week at DCA Cinema! Don't miss exciting new releases, awards films and much more. Coming up...
🌟The Secret Agent
🌟Sirât
🌟The Moment
🌟The Testament of Ann Lee
🌟Wuthering Heights
Book your tickets now via our website 🎉.
A man and his son stand in a desert rave. Text - Sirât, Booking Now
A woman sits on an operating table with wires coming out of her body. Text - The Bride! Booking Now
A tired looking woman talks on the phone. Text - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Booking Now
A man in a forties-style outfit looks out of a van window. Text - Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Booking Now
✨ We're excited to share that DCA Cinema's films for March are on sale now!
Join us for acclaimed drama Sirât, Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride, and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You starring Rose Byrne. We're also screening awards contenders, documentaries and more. Book now at dca.org.uk!
A woman in medieval clothes dances wildly in a room of other people who are also rhapsodising and dancing. Text - The Testament of Ann Lee, Now Showing
A man leans against a post at a rural petrol station in Brazil. Text - The Secret Agent, Now Showing
A young girl in a school uniform holds a rooster. Text - The President's Cake, Now Showing
A sad woman in a wedding dress holds a bouquet of flowers while her veil blows in the wind. Text - Wuthering Heights, Now Showing
We've got plenty of acclaimed films to see this week at DCA...
🌟The Testament of Ann Lee
🌟The Secret Agent
🌟The President's Cake
🌟Wuthering Heights
🌟Molly VS The Machines
🌟GFF Preview: Dead Man's Wire
Plus - Japan Foundation, NT Live, and Award Contenders back on screen.
Two people walk throguh DCA's foyer
Please note: the line for DCA’s previous phone number (01382 432 444) is now officially closed. If you’d like to reach us via telephone, please call our updated number at 01382 213 610.
A black and white photo shows a woman with a pixie cut kissing a man in a suit on the cheek. Text - Nouvelle Vague, Now Showing
A man and a woman embrace on a windy moor. Text - Wuthering Heights, Now Showing
A woman in a swimming costume prepares to go open water swimming in early morning. Text - The Chronology of Water, Now Showing
A man and his two sons walk through a busy street market in Lagos. Text - My Father's Shadow, Now Showing
There's plenty to enjoy this week at DCA Cinema, from new releases to documentaries and
more. Coming up:
🌟Nouvelle Vague
🌟Wuthering Heights
🌟The Chronology of Water
🌟My Father's Shadow
🌟H is for Hawk
Book your tickets now via our website.
A serious woman in a wedding dress stands holding flowers with her veil blowing in the wind. Text - Wuthering Heights, Now Showing
A man smiles while holding a microphone and performing on stage. Text - Is This Thing On? Now Showing
A woman stands outside, holding a hawk. Text - H is for Hawk, Now Showing
A group of colourfully dressed children and adults stand outside looking up. Text - Grow, Now Showing
Don't miss exciting new releases in DCA Cinema this week. Coming up...
💘Wuthering Heights
🎭 Is This Thing On?
🌱 Grow
🐦 H is for Hawk
🇬🇷The Marbles + Q&A
Get your tickets now via our website ✨.
Loved speaking to Daisy Lafarge about her new paintings and poems, on display @dcadundee.bsky.social from later this week alongside 2025 Turner prize winner Nnena Kalu
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
A Turner Prize winning artist comes to a @dcadundee.bsky.social this month – for recs on art events at @womenslibrary.bsky.social, @fruitmarket.bsky.social and more in February, check out @rachelashenden.bsky.social's round-up!
A woman stands outside holding a hawk. Text - H is for HAWK, Now Showing
An older man crouches on a football pitch, looking fed up. Text - Saipan, Now Showing
A man and a little girl stand on a bridge next to cherry blossoms, looking at one another. Text - Rental Family, Now Showing
A man stands outside holding a plant pot above his head as if he is about to throw it. Text - No Other Choice, Now Showing.
We've got great new releases and Oscar favourites to enjoy this week at DCA. Coming up...
🌟H is for Hawk
🌟Saipan
🌟Rental Family
🌟No Other Choice
🌟Hamnet
🌟Marty Supreme
Plus - FOKUS Films from Germany, Strongroom, and Discovery Family Film Club 🎉.
A man performs at a comedy club. Text - Is This Thing On? Booking Now
A black-and-white film still shows three men walking down a Parisian street, with 1960s cars in the background. Text - Nouvelle Vague, Booking Now
A woman stands outside in a field on a winter's evening with a hawk. Text - H is for Hawk, Booking Now.
A woman in a swimming costume stands at dawn looking at a body of water. Text - Booking Now, The Chronology of Water
We're excited to share our February film programme at DCA Cinema 🎉! From H is to Hawk to Nouvelle Vague, there's plenty to enjoy this month. Visit our website to see the full list of what's on, book your tickets, and support Dundee's only indie cinema 🎥.
A man and a little girl stand on a bridge looking at one another, while cherry blossom blooms in the background. Text - Rental Family, Now Showing
Man lifts huge plant pot over his head as if to throw it. Text - No Other Choice, Now Showing
Two men in 1940s clothing sit together on a bench in a train station. Text - The History of Sound, Now Showing
A man and a woman in medieval clothing talk to each other in a forest clearing. Text - Hamnet, Now Showing
🌸 We've got plenty to enjoy this week at DCA Cinema. Coming up...
•Rental Family
•No Other Choice
•The History of Sound
•Hamnet
•Song Sung Blue
•Marty Supreme
Plus - FOKUS Films from Germany and Warren Miller's Sno-Ciety.
Two young men in suits laugh together. Text - The History of Sound, Now Showing.
A group of solemn medieval people watch a play. Text - Hamnet, Now Showing
Two emergency service workers look upset while talking on the phone. Text - The Voice of Hind Rajab, Now Showing
In a bone temple, a man and a giant man with a beard stand looking at each other. Text - 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Now Showing
🌧 Escape the rain and see great films in our comfortable cinema this week at DCA. Coming up...
•The History of Sound
•Hamnet
•The Voice of Hind Rajab
•28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
•Song Sung Blue
Plus - Silent Sherlock and NT Live: Hamlet. Book your tickets now via our website 🎉.
The words We Contain Multitude overlaid on an image of green bindweed covering the picture
The words We Contain Multitudes overlaid a watercolour image, with bright colours and slightly out of focus
The words We Contain Multitudes overlaid on a sculpture of that resembles a plaster cast
the words We Contain Multitudes overlaid on a sculpture made out of a brightly coloured wrapped sculpture
In just two weeks time on Fri 6 Feb, We Contain Multitudes, a major new exhibition ft the work of Andrew Gannon, Nnena Kalu, Daisy Lafarge, & Jo Longhurst opens - join us!
To celebrate we have various preview events (incl a masked and quiet opening) & Meet the Artists: www.dca.org.uk/exhibitions/