New British Rural · Third edition · A film night
One shared name. Two big characters. What happens when your neighbour goes completely wild?
Date
Friday 21 August 2026
Venue
The George Inn
Vernham Dean, Hampshire SP11 0JY
Tickets
£10 per person
In aid of TVAF & the Farming Community Network
Admission
This screening is open to agricultural professionals only. Admission is restricted by special permission of the film's distributor. If you are unsure whether you qualify, please contact us before booking.
The film
Over the hedge from each other. Derek Banbury has built his father's dairy herd from fifty cows to two hundred — feeding the nation, as he sees it. Derek Gow, an ex-sheep farmer the press call a maverick rewilder, is taking his own farm apart: ponds dug, beavers in the streams, wild boar turning the grass.
They do not agree. Filmed over three years — warm, rude and very funny about how a view hardens, and how it sometimes moves.
Dir. James Dawson · UK, 2026 · 60 mins
The evening
What they're saying
Engagingly eccentric crowd-pleaser
Screen Daily
It's absolutely brilliant! Loved every second.
Isabella Tree, Knepp
It's not farming. It's just a mess.
Derek Banbury, dairy farmer
We need nature to be restored.
Derek Gow, rewilder
Book a ticket
Search Derek v Derek on Eventbrite. All profits are split between the Test Valley Arts Foundation and the Farming Community Network — the film's own nominated charity.
Declared interest. Kate Mieczkowska, who curates New British Rural, is a trustee of the Test Valley Arts Foundation — one of the two charities receiving the profits from this event.
Please note this screening is open to agricultural professionals only.
Enquire about ticketsOrder supper
Supper is served from 6.00pm. Pre-order directly with The George so the kitchen can feed everyone before the film starts.
About New British Rural
New British Rural puts art and film in working rural places, among the people the story is about — not in a city gallery, but in the pub, the barn and the yard.
The initiative is curated by Kate Mieczkowska, a Winchester School of Art and Chelsea College of Art trained fine artist and Associate Artist at Chapel Arts Studios. Painting on the Hoof sessions run alongside the programme, linking the equestrian and creative sides of Outwith Horses.
Previous editions. The second edition ran on Sunday 7 June 2026 at Copse Farm, Kingsworthy, Winchester, for Open Farm Sunday, in partnership with the Test Valley Arts Foundation.