Events

Happy-Go-Lucky [15]

Friday 16 May to Thursday 22 May

Mike Leigh leaves behind Vera Drake territory and turns a much more optimistic eye on contemporary life.

The Ugly Duckling & Me [U]

Saturday 17 May

A sweet animation for younger kids and adults based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale.

Deficit [15]

Tuesday 20 May

Gael García Bernal explores some of the issues of race, class and privilege addressed in Y tu mamá también behind the camera for his first role as director.

Black Hair Ensemble

Wednesday 21 May

Black Hair contemporary music ensemble takes its name from the Japanese ghost story by the 19th century writer Lafcadio Hearn, upon which director Roger Marsh based his song of the same name.

Wim Wenders: A Trick of Light [PG]

Thursday 22 May

Made for his Munich Film School alma mater this is an account of the triumphs and travails of German movie pioneers Max and Emil Skladanowsky.

Danel Quartet

Thursday 22 May

The final classical concert of our popular 2007/08 Music in the Round and Celebrating Schubert series.

Heartbeat Detector [15]

Friday 23 May to Sunday 25 May

This is a complicated philosophical thriller and meditation on modern varieties of evil.

Travelling Light presents Shadow Play

Saturday 24 May

A new theatre show melding music, dance and mime for children aged 2 – 6 and their families.

Nim's Island [PG]

Saturday 24 May to Friday 30 May

12 year old Nim lives on a desert island with her scientist father, her animals and her books. When her father mysteriously disappears Nim needs help and sends a SOS

Creating Nature: Art in the landscape

Monday 26 May

One or Two Week Course (Various start dates). Nature in all its beauty and complexity has been an integral part of art from the first images and artefacts ever created by humans. Recent years have seen a resurgence of its importance for artists, not just as inspiration but as the actual medium within which they work.

Shine a Light [12]

Monday 26 May to Tuesday 27 May

Scorsese returns to his rock roots with this stunning concert movie shot over two nights in New York’s Beacon Theatre.

Open Evening with Susan Derges

Tuesday 27 May

NB – This open evening is on a Tuesday
Venue: Schumacher College
Susan Derges is a photographer who uses the natural world as her darkroom to create images of water flows and the night sky around her Dartmoor home. She has created a major commission for the Eden Project’s new Education Resource Centre in Cornwall and has exhibited her work around the world.

La Zona [15]

Tuesday 27 May

‘The Zone’ is a wealthy guarded and gated estate in Mexico City. Part of VIVA, the 14th Spanish and Latin American Film Festival

Essentials:Dreams [15]

Wednesday 28 May

“Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other twenty-two in dreams.” – Luis Buñuel

The Buena Vista Social Club [U]

Thursday 29 May

Wenders retraces Ry Cooder’s steps, keeping himself (for once) very much in the background and allowing the music and the musicians to carry the film.

Persepolis [12A]

Friday 30 May to Sunday 01 June

One of the best and most distinctive animated films for grown-ups to appear in recent years, this highly accessible girl’s eye view of Iran’s Islamic Revolution shared the Jury Prize at last years Cannes.

Dartington Open Day 08

Saturday 31 May

At noon on Saturday 31st May Dartington will throw open its doors for the annual Open Day.

Buenos Aires 77 [15]

Tuesday 03 June

Starring Rodrigo de la Serna, noted for his role in The Motorcycle Diaries, this thriller recounts the true story of four young men ‘disappeared’ in 1977

Open Evening with Lynne Hull

Wednesday 04 June

In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: Schumacher College
Lynne Hull has pioneered “trans-species” art, creating sculpture installations as wildlife habitat enhancement and eco-atonement for human impact. She has worked in the American West and eight other countries with a variety of wildlife agencies. Currently she is working on Migration Mileposts, linking communities in the Americas who share migratory birds.

Summer Rain [15]

Wednesday 04 June

Antonio Banderas’ second film as director is a coming of age drama set one ’70s summer in Banderas’ native Malaga.

Wings of Desire [PG]

Thursday 05 June

A film about the transforming power of love

Hithcock: The Lady Vanishes [U]

Thursday 05 June to Sunday 08 June

Hitchcock’s masterful film about intrigue and espionage is filled with suspense and excitement.

The Oxford Murders [15]

Friday 06 June to Tuesday 10 June

Inspector Morse meets The Da Vinci Code, Agatha Christie with a Spanish gothic feel.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets [PG]

Saturday 07 June

One for older kids this fast paced family adventure follows treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates as he looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Terror's Advocate [PG]

Tuesday 10 June to Wednesday 11 June

While Jacques Vergès may not actually ‘advocate’ terror, but as an outspoken attorney, he’s argued in defence of Klaus Barbie, Pol Pot, Carlos the Jackal and others.

Kings of the Road [15]

Thursday 12 June

One of the great films of the 1970s

The 39 Steps [U]

Thursday 12 June to Sunday 15 June

Based on the popular novel by John Buchan, this was one of Hitchcock’s own favourite films

The Air I Breathe [15]

Friday 13 June to Sunday 15 June

The characters of The Air I Breathe weave together in an existential study in luck, both the good and bad.

Enchanted [U]

Saturday 14 June

Combining animation and live action this has to be one of the best Disney films in years.

Soul of Science

Monday 16 June

One or Two Week Course (Various start dates). The practice of modern science has for centuries been divorced from values other than that of “objectivity” and this has done much to alienate us from our direct, intuitive experience of nature. This approach is now being challenged.

Shotgun Stories [15]

Monday 16 June to Tuesday 17 June

The reservoirs of pain run fathoms deep in Jeff Nichols’ fable of Southern family feuding.

Open Evening with Arthur Zajonc

Wednesday 18 June

Arthur Zajonc is Professor of Physics at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. In 1997 he served as scientific coordinator of The New Physics and Cosmology, a dialogue with H.H. the Dalai Lama. He is author of Catching the Light, co-author of Quantum Challenge, and co-editor of Goethe’s Way of Science.

Honeydripper [PG]

Wednesday 18 June to Thursday 19 June

Written and directed by legendary indie filmmaker John Sayles, Honeydripper is a Deep South musical fable about no less than the birth of Rock & Roll.

The American Friend [15]

Thursday 19 June

The film is based on Ripley’s Game, which Wenders talked Patricia Highsmith into giving him at galley stage, but it’s Highsmith plus film noir.

Playgoers Society of Dartington Hall presents Shakespeare's King John

Friday 20 June

The Lion,The Witch & The Wardrobe [PG]

Saturday 21 June

Catch up on the first adventure before Prince Caspian arrives.

Garbage Warrior [12A]

Monday 23 June to Tuesday 24 June

Garbage Warrior is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of maverick US architect Michael Reynolds

Manufactured Landscapes [U]

Tuesday 24 June to Wednesday 25 June

Baichwal’s award-winning documentary feature offers an amazing and alarming insight into the human and environmental costs of massive industrial expansion.

Open Evening with Rupert Sheldrake

Wednesday 25 June

Venue: Schumacher College
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of many books, including The Rebirth of Nature and, with Matthew Fox, Nature Grace: Dialogues on Science and Spirituality.

Jules et Jim [PG]

Thursday 26 June

This special re-release of Truffaut’s much loved New Wave classic celebrates the 80th birthday of Jeanne Moreau

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [tbc]

Thursday 26 June to Thursday 03 July

The only thing we know for sure is that we can’t wait to see Harrison Ford in Indy mode once again. Sure to be exhilarating.

Mongol [15]

Saturday 28 June to Tuesday 01 July

Nominated for this year’s best foreign language Oscar, Mongol is the epic tale of the youth and bloody rise to power of Genghis Khan

Laban: Then & Now

Sunday 06 July to Thursday 10 July

A four-day celebration of the life and work of Rudolf Laban to mark the 70th anniversary of his arrival at Dartington.

Transitions Dance Company

Tuesday 08 July

Don’t miss this chance to see this inspiring contemporary dance company perform choreography by Miguel Pereira (Portugal), Allison Brown (Canada) and Lost Dog (UK).

Sacred Activism

Monday 14 July

One or Two Week Course (Various start dates). Participants will develop and understanding of the principals of Sacred Activism. They will discuss visions of the world and how to deal with global crisis through Sacred Activism, sustainable wellbeing, environmental ethics and religion.

Open Evening with Andrew Harvey

Wednesday 16 July

In association with Transition Town Totnes
Venue: TBC
Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and the author of over 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi, the award winning Journey to Ladakh and the best-selling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (co-author).

Open Evening with Mary Evelyn Tucker

Wednesday 23 July

Venue: Schumacher College
Mary Evelyn Tucker is Professor of Religion at Bucknell University, USA and Co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. She is author most recently of Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter their Ecological Phase.

Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes

Tuesday 04 November

On sale from 30th June

Ethical Pioneers: an interactive masterclass for the new entrepreneur

Monday 24 November

Two Week Course. At this time of great change, how do we create organisations and businesses that engage with sustainability and ethics? This is a unique opportunity to explore these questions and develop your business plan or strategy.

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