Evenings with DADo offer an intimate commingling of film and conversation both large and small, centred around diverse historical and contemporary stories of architecture, design, landscape and urbanism. Feature-length films, documentaries, shorts and animations all find a home in Robin Boyd’s living room at ‘Walsh Street’, the social, energetic hub of the Robin Boyd Foundation. Guest speakers contribute unique perspectives on the various film subjects, kicking off the living room conversation in a home which decidedly sought to reject convention.
Find out about the next DADo Screening on our What’s on page.
2026 Season to date:
Tuesday 14 April. Schindler Space Architect (2024). Valentina Ganeva. Introduction video by Valentina Ganeva.
Tuesday 16 June. Sanatorium (2024). Victor Kossakovsky. Introduction by artist Eva Heiky Olga Abbinga.
2025 Season:
Tuesday 4 February. Murs Murs (1981). Agnus Varda. In conversation with Manuel M Guirao, international mural artist.
Tuesday 8 April. Lewerentz Divine Darkness (2024). Sven Blume. Introduction by Sven Blume, director of Lewerentz Divine Darkness.
Tuesday 3 June. Taming the Garden (2021). Salomé Jashi. Introduction by Prof Hélène Frichot, University of Melbourne.
Thursday 17 July. Flathead (2024). Jaydon Martin. Convened discussion with Jaydon Martin, director.
Tuesday 16 September. No Other Land (2024). Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor. Introduction by Marijke Davey, University of Melbourne.
Tuesday 4 November. Good Life (2022). Marta Dauliūtė, Viktorija Šiaulytė. Introduction by Andrew Copolov, PhD graduate.
DADo’s 2025 program is presented by Thandi Lane, Andrew MacKinnon, Sushma Prabhu, Tom Hibbert and Jasper Caverly.
2024 Season:
Thursday 8 February. Moriyama-San (2016) Bêka & Lemoine. In conversation with Dylan Martorell of Slow Art Collective. DADo: Moriyama-San was presented as part of the When Robin Boyd Went to Japan program.
Thursday 6 June. Things Will Be Different (2022). In conversation with Lucie McMahon (Director) & Celeste de Clario Davis (Producer).
Tuesday 6 August. Pleasure Domes (1987) & Du côté de la côte (1958) Maggie Fookes and Cine Tamaris. In conversation with Maggie Fook, Director of Pleasure Domes.
Tuesday 17 September. Some Kind of Heaven (2020) Madman. In conversation with Kirsten Bevin, academic engaging in ageing and housing in Australia.
Tuesday 29 October. Roberto Burle Marx: Landscape Film (2018) Joao Vargas Penna. In conversation with Ben Duckworth, Head of Design at Hassell sharing insight on Melbourne Arts Precinct’s major ecological contribution Laak Boorndap Urban Garden.
DADo’s 2024 program is presented by Thandi Lane, Andrew MacKinnon and Sushma Prabhu.
2023 Season:
Tuesday 16 March. Cumbernauld HIT (1977) Murray Grigor. In conversation with Murray Grigor, Associate Prof David Nichols, Urban Planning, University of Melbourne and Prof Philip Goad, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Chair of Architecture, University of Melbourne.
Tuesday 6 June. City Dreamers (2018) Directed by Joseph Hillel. In conversation with Tania Davidge, Executive Director at Open House Melbourne and co-founder of the architectural research practice, OoPLA.
Tuesday 18 July. Koolhaas Houselife (2013) a Bêka & Lemoine Film. Panel discussion with Dr Karen Burns and RBF Foundation volunteer Corinna Orsteg convened by Yaseera Moosa.
Wednesday 4 October. Fell (2022) collaboratively made by Thandi Lane, Yaseera Moosa, Julia Quirk and Mitchell Pollard. Garden of the Legend of the Golden Snail (2019) Oliver Husain. How to Build a Forest (2022) Jen Trann. In conversation with Director and Animator Jenn Tran, Writer Kelly Bartholomeusz and Cinematographer Veronica Charmont. Garden of the Legend of the Golden Snail (2019) Oliver Husain.
Tuesday 31 October. The Black Tower (1985-87) and Blight (1994-96) directed by John Smith.
DADo’s 2023 program was presented by Thandi Lane, Rebecca Roke and Andrew MacKinnon