It’s been a busy month for the BOFA team, refining this year’s list of movies from hundreds to just 35, and preparing the program for printing. Well, it’s done- the 35 films are locked in for BOFA 2015 and the program is at the printers, ready for our September launch events around the state.

We realise that everyone likes different aspects of BOFA, so this year the program is broken up into seven sections FEATURES, DOCUMENTARIES, FOODIE FILMS, FAMILY FILMS, IDEAS FILMS, ECO FILMS AND OFFBEAT FILMS. Whatever your BOFA, you’ll be able to find it easily in our new look program.

In this newsletter, we’ll give you a sneak preview of star attractions from four of these sections.

Our Friday night feature at the Tramsheds showcases two of the world’s finest actors in wonderful performances- Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay  are unforgettable in 45 Years, the story of a wintry crisis in the relationship of a retired couple. The Guardian called it “a moving and absorbing drama featuring two performers offering a lifetime’s wisdom and technique in their performances.”

7.30 Friday at the Tramsheds and not to be missed.

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City of Gold is a delicious documentary about one of the world’s most influential and eccentric food critics, Jonathan Gold, who has been described as  “the food-writing equivalent of Raymond Chandler” . Los Angeles based Gold is the world’s only food critic to win a Pulitzer Prize and in this richly penetrating documentary, he shows us another Los Angeles, where ethnic cooking is a portal to the mysteries of a diverse and cosmopolitan city and immigrants use their secret family recipes as an opportunity to build their American Dream.

12.30pm Saturday at the Tramsheds

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Yes, film festivals can be for the whole family. Children and adults alike will be entranced by Amazonia, a remarkable and spectacular doco that works an exciting adventure narrative around real animals.  After a plane crash, Saï, a capuchin monkey born and raised in captivity, finds himself alone and lost in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle. Saï has to find his way and finds himself face to face with all types of forest animals: jaguars, crocodiles, boas, tapirs, and giant otters -an exotic adventure the whole family are sure to love.

10.30am Sunday at the Tramsheds.

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The Legend of Barney Thomson-  the wonderful Emma Thompson steals every scene in this delightful jet-black comedy about a downtrodden barber (Robert Carlyle) whose mundane life is turned upside down when he accidentally turns killer. He turns to his hilariously fierce mother (Emma Thompson), a “gargoyle with a fondness for leopard print, a complexion like a well-squeezed tea bag and a voice like an orbital sander”, for help. Ray Winstone plays the malevolent Cockney copper. A deliriously dark comedy to be cherished .

7.45pm Saturday at the Tramsheds

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As a BOFA newsletter subscriber, you’re invited to come along and raise a glass to the success of BOFA 2015 at our official launch events. Be the first to see the exciting 2015 program lineup.

LAUNCESTON: 
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 5.30PM
BARREL ROOM, ST JOHN’S CRAFT BEER

BURNIE: 
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 AT 5.30PM
OLD BURNIE CINEMA

PLACES ARE LIMITED- PLEASE CONFIRM YOU ATTENDANCE TO bofa.action@bofa.com.au

 

AND DON’T FORGET

BOFA @ THE BARN- ROSNY PARK
BOFA @ the Barn will be held from Friday September 25 to Sunday September 27 at The Barn in Rosny Park.  Seven fantastic films over three days - comedy, documentaries, drama and an Oscar nominated animated feature-  see the full program here, there’s something for every film lover-

BOFA IS BACK AT THE BARREL ROOM
Our Sunday evening screenings at the St John Craft Beer Barrel Room in Launceston have been a big hit and started again last Sunday for a 6 week season.  Six great movies- Download the Spring Program HERE. See the full program here.

JUST 48 DAYS TO BOFA 2015- 5 DAYS OF MOVIES, FOOD AND WINE, PARTIES, ACTION SESSIONS AND MASTERCLASSES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AT LAUNCESTON’S INVERESK PRECINCT.