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Dundead is a horror
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in
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, Scotland.


Background

The festival has taken place at
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(DCA) on an annual basis since April 2011, with the exception of 2020, when the festival was cancelled, and 2021, when a scaled-back version was held, in both cases due to the
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. Additional screenings also take place at the DCA under the Dundead name throughout the year. The festival was programmed by Chris O'Neill, head of cinema at the Triskel Arts Centre in
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, Ireland, from 2011 to 2019. Since the pandemic, it has been programmed by Michael Coull, the DCA's cinema programmer.


Programme


2016

The 2016 festival took place from 28 April–1 May 2016, with the programme including four previews and a
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retrospective.


2017

The 2017 festival took place from 27–30 April 2017, featuring a mix of previews, new titles and a retrospective of
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classics.


2018

The 2018 festival took place from 10–13 May 2018, with a special
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retrospective following his death the previous year.


2019

The 2019 festival took place from 2–5 May 2019. A number of films from 1999 were screened to mark the 20th anniversary of the DCA's opening that year.


2020

The 2020 festival was scheduled to take place from 7–10 May 2020 but was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2021

The 2021 festival was cancelled, but a scaled-down programme of events under the title Dundead Summer Camp took place from 9–11 July 2021.


2022

The 2022 festival, the first full festival since 2019 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, took place from 28 April–1 May 2022.


2023

The 2023 festival took place from 11–14 May 2023, with the programme including one European première, one UK première and three Scottish premières, as well as a five-film retrospective of
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.


See also

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Dead by Dawn (film festival) Dead by Dawn was an independent horror film festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Established in 1993 by Adele Hartley, it was a festival showcasing mostly independent films. Dead by Dawn was a former member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals F ...
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FrightFest (film festival) FrightFest, also known as Arrow Video FrightFest is an annual film festival held in London and Glasgow. The festival holds three major events each year: a festival running five days over the UK late August Bank Holiday weekend, a Halloween eve ...


References

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