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There are lots of great films coming up this week at DCA Cinema. Join us for...

•Palestine 36
•Wicked: For Good
•Alpha
•Dragonfly
•Frankenstein

Plus - NT Live, French Film Festival and more 🎉. Book your tickets now via our website!

A man looking out of a green train window. Text - Palestine 36, Now Showing.

A man in a green military suit smiles at a princess. Text - Wicked: For Good, Now Showing.

A woman hugs an unwell looking girl, Text - Alpha, Now Showing.

An elderly woman looks fed up while sitting on an armchair. Text - Dragonfly, now showing

November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Conic

@conic.film

Watch THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social on Monday as part of the @frfilmfestuk.bsky.social

🎟️ www.glasgowfilm.org/checkout/sho...

November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM

Conic

@conic.film

Congratulations to ON FALLING director @lauracarreira.bsky.social ⭐

The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 We’ve taken the temperature of another 12 months of Scottish excellence to find art and culture that's piping hot.

November 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM

Conic

@conic.film

"Max Keegan’s documentary sings a beguiling pastoral song, but has keen powers of observation."

4.5 stars for THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR in @eyeforfilm.bsky.social
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-s...

The Shepherd And The Bear - Film Review - Eye For Film

Documentary exploring a conflict after the re-introduction of brown bears into the traditional shepherding community of the Pyrenees.

www.eyeforfilm.co.uk

November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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Hannah Wales

@hannahwalesy.bsky.social

I spoke to writer-director Laura Carreira earlier this year to support her film, On Falling, and we recently caught up again in honour of her making this year's BAFTA Breakthrough group (and her BIFA noms)!

missflicks.com/2025/11/25/l...

Laura Carreira on BAFTA Breakthrough, BIFA noms and success of On Falling

Laura Carreira talks about her BAFTA Breakthrough achievement, her BIFA nominations and the success of On Falling.

missflicks.com

November 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM

Conic

@conic.film

DRAGONFLY

★★★★★ – FilmUforia
★★★★★ – The Student
★★★★ – Daily Mail
★★★★ – The Guardian
★★★★ – Time Out
★★★★ – The Scotsman

And more….

conic.film/dragonfly

November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Conic

@conic.film

The next week of DRAGONFLY screenings, from tomorrow 🎟️
“A study of human connection at its most honest and affecting”

– ★★★★ Time Out
conic.film/dragonfly

November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Conic

@conic.film

@lauracarreira.bsky.social speaks to @directorsnotes.bsky.social about ON FALLING's @bifa-film.bsky.social nominations 🏆
directorsnotes.com/2025/11/15/l...

On Falling by Laura Carreira // BIFA Debut Feature // Directors Notes

Laura Carreira explains why removing antagonists sharpened her film's critique of the gig economy and its deleterious effect on an isolated Portuguese migrant.

directorsnotes.com

November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM

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Adrian Markle

@amarkle.bsky.social

Just saw Dragonfly, and at the end of the film the twenty or so people in the screening just sat there through the silent, black and white credits. No one got up or spoke or even looked at each other. Never seen that before. A singular viewing experience.

You should go.

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · Oct 15

Exclusive first look at the trailer for Dragonfly, directed by Paul Andrew Williams and starring Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough 🎥

In cinemas in the UK and Ireland from 7 November via @conic.film

November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Conic

@conic.film

You can now watch PAUL & PAULETTE TAKE A BATH at home 🍿

An unconventional romantic comedy about a young American photographer and a French woman with a taste for the macabre.

conic.film/bath

November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM

Conic

@conic.film

More exciting awards news for ON FALLING.

ON FALLING has been nominated for the European Discovery Award – Prix FIPRESCI (Debut Feature) at the European Film Awards ✨

November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Conic

@conic.film

SOULEYMANE'S STORY is @rottentomatoes.com 5th best ranked film of the year 🍅
editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-n...

Best New Movies of 2025, Ranked by Tomatometer

Discover every Certified Fresh movie of the year, including 'Predator: Badlands,' 'Bugonia,' 'Mistress Dispeller', and more.

editorial.rottentomatoes.com

November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM

Conic

@conic.film

Two wins for @lauracarreira.bsky.social and the ON FALLING team last night at BAFTA Scotland.

Congratulations! So well deserved 🎊

November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM

Conic

@conic.film

The next week of DRAGONFLY screenings from today.

“Quite brilliantly written and directed... exquisitely acted” – ★★★★ Daily Mail

"A powerful film" – ★★★★ The Scotsman

“A powerfully striking experience” – ★★★★ Time Out

A “lean intimate drama” – The Observer

November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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Glasgow Film Theatre

@glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Haunting, genre-defying" - The Guardian

Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough —and Sabre, the American Bull terrier— star in DRAGONFLY, a shocking portrait of modern Britain.

Screening now at GFT 🎟️ www.glasgowfilm.org/movie/dragonfly

November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM

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Boys On Film

@boysonfilmreviews.bsky.social

We loved DRAGONFLY - a tense, dark, and beautifully performed drama from Paul Andrew Williams, starring Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough.

Quiet, gripping, and deeply human. One of the most powerful movies of 2025.

REVIEW 👉🏻 bit.ly/4nF0CZy #dragonfly

November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM

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Claire West

@magentabias.bsky.social

#DRAGONFLY is released in select cinemas this weekend. What starts out as a touching, social realist drama, slowly builds a horrible sense of unease and gets very dark. An under the radar Brit gem with superb performances from Brenda Blethyn & Andrea Riseborough. #filmsky

November 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM

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Mark Searby

@marksearby.com

DRAGONFLY is now in UK cinemas. It features terrific central performances from Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn.

My full review here: bit.ly/47t62lP

November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM

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Euan Murray

@fuzzball1981.bsky.social

#TonightsMovie at GFT is, for the second time now it's on general release, Paul Andrew Williams' Dragonfly, starring Andrea Riseborough, Brenda Blethyn, and Jason Watkins

I stand by that you should know as little as possible going into this, but here's the trailer

youtu.be/0_ZzcvzDVJs?...

November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM

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Film Review

@filmreview.bsky.social

Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn are at the top of their form in Paul Andrew Williams’ chilling, well-judged story of an unusual friendship. Read the review: www.filmreviewdaily.com/new-reviews/...
#Dragonfly #AndreaRiseborough #BrendaBlethyn #FilmReview

Dragonfly — FILM REVIEW

Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn are at the top of their form in Paul Andrew Williams’ chilling, well-judged story of an unusual friendship.

www.filmreviewdaily.com

November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM

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John Earls

@johnearls.bsky.social

Recommend Paul Andrew Williams’ film ‘Dragonfly’, a social-realist portrayal of loneliness, friendship and fear of the unknown that will have you questioning all sorts of assumptions. Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn are outstanding. So is the dog.