DADo | 23 Sep: LOCAL HEROES III .. SOLD OUT ..

Last screening of the 2015 DADo season & it's going to be BIG: world premiere film + Footpath Guides launch + Philip Goad + Jacques Sheard + more. 

LOCAL HEROES III –

This programme of short films highlights the life & work of the local heroes of our built environment. The focus is on films about locals by locals and the perspective they give us on who / what / why we are the way we are.

++ WORLD PREMIERE ++

Film 1 | New Directions: Robin Boyd, Kenzo Tange & the Metabolist Movement

New Directions is a film about post-war Japanese modern architecture and its influence on Australian architects throughout the 1960s and 70s. In particular, it focuses on the work of Japanese architect Kenzo Tange and his introduction to the world via the writings and subsequent work of Robin Boyd.

2015, Dir. Jacques Sheard, 40 mins, English.

Other films to be announced shortly!

Guest Speakers: 

• Prof. Philip Goad | Chair of Architecture | Melbourne School of Design | University of Melbourne
• Jacques Sheard | independent Filmmaker

Bookings:

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DADo | 26AUG: DENCITY SHORT FILM SERIES .. SOLD OUT ..

Ruined freeways, abandoned skyscrapers + more. Join us for the DenCity Short Film Series. 

Film 1 | Unfinished Italy
Italy, home of ruins: A foray into the buildings in the limbo between perfection and nothingness, given up on halfway through their construction and fallen into ruin before they were ever used.

Film 2 | Torre David
Torre David tells the story of the 45-story office tower in Caracas that was almost complete when it was abandoned and subsequently occupied by a community of more than 750 families.

Film 3 | Mumbai: Maximum City Under Pressure
A visually captivating insight into a city that is struggling with rapid growth and what can be learnt from the economically and socially vibrant villages of the informal neighborhoods formerly dismissed as 'slums'.

Guest Speaker | Professor Kim Dovey
Guest Speaker | Dr Flavia Marcello

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DADo | 29JUL: MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES

Upcoming Screening

Film | Manufactured Landscapes
Beautiful and horrifying, Manufactured Landscapes is a feature documentary on the work of internationally renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. The film follows him as he travels through China photographing the evidence and effects of that country's massive industrial revolution and continues his examination of the human impact on the planet without trying to reach simplistic judgements or reductive resolutions. 2006, Dir. Jennifer Baichwal, 90 mins.

Guest Speaker | Enzo Bruscella
Enzo is a waste warrior and CEO of Southern Cross Recycling, one of Australia's largest clothing and household goods recyclers.

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OPEN HOUSE MELBOURNE | BARBICANIA .. SOLD OUT..

DADo Film Society are proud to support the Australian premiere screening of "Barbicania" as part of the massive Open House Melbourne weekend coming up at the end of July. The film will be followed by a panel discussion exploring the film, Melbourne's brutalism, urban density and everything inbetween. 

Screening Date: 26th July 2015

7.30pm Film Screening
8.45pm Panel discussion (speakers to be announced)
9:00pm Finish

Tickets available HERE.

“Conceived as a series of diaristic vignettes, Barbicania invites you to discover the personalities and architectural landscapes that make London’s Barbican so special, from the top floors of the towers to the underground levels of the art centre.”

— ACMI | Australian Centre for the Moving Image

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Barbicania by Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine

WE'RE BACK! DADo 2015 PROGRAMME OUT NOW

The 2015 programme is out and subscriptions are now open for a new season of magnificent Design and Architecture DOcos. Visit the DADo website for the full list of films and brilliant speakers coming to Walsh St this year.

SEASON STARTS 22 APRIL
Opening Night Film: "The Venice Syndrome"
Opening Night Speaker: Doug Hall, former director of the Queensland Art Gallery and Commissioner for Australian exhibitions at the Venice Biennale in 2009 & 2011