PROGRAMME OUT NOW FOR BOFA 2018
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BOFA FESTIVAL LOUNGE
Looking for a spot for a coffee between movies or to chat about what you’ve just seen over a convivial drink?
Look no further. The Plough Inn, directly opposite the Village Cinemas, has given BOFA its Front Bar, with its balcony overlooking Brisbane Street, for our exclusive use as the BOFA Festival Lounge, for the four days of the Festival.
So for a drink, coffee or a snack, join your fellow Festival goers at the BOFA Festival Lounge, directly opposite the cinema.
EAT/DRINK/LIVE
From the vineyards of France, to the war on food waste and a quirky sushi restaurant in Finland, BOFA brings you the best things in life through film.
EAT/DRINK/LIVE is supported by The Plough Inn. Built in 1831 the inn has been re-modelled to expose the original 1830s fireplace and walls with convict-made bricks, timber and wrought iron. The Plough Inn is situated directly across from the Village Cinemas Launceston and is the site for Launceston Film Society functions. The Front Bar overlooking Brisbane Street will be home to the BOFA Festival Lounge.
SUZY AND THE SIMPLE MAN
Suzy & The Simple Man is an environmental love story about sustainability and the cycle of life.
The film follows Suzy and her adventurer husband Jon Muir over eight years, living a simple life off the grid and growing their own food. But just when all seems perfect, life takes an unexpected turn and they confront their greatest challenge yet. Suzy & The Simple Man is a modest story with big questions at its heart: our relationship to each other, to nature and to other creatures, the care of the planet and ourselves, and confronting our own mortality.
THURSDAY, MAY 17 12.00pm.
VILLAGE CINEMA 1
followed by a Q & A with Suzy Muir
SPECIAL BOFA GUEST - SUZY MUIR
Suzy Muir was first drawn to a self sufficient lifestyle while she was at University. She met Jon in 2001 and they set out to create the life they’d both dreamt of. Over eight years this film, much of which she shot and directed, shows the hard reality of creating this Utopia on a small farm in the Grampians.
What does Suzy hope the film could achieve?
“Perhaps change the narrative. Help people to see they can make changes for themselves, that they can live more simply, invite people to see the beauty of the natural world so they might think: “Ah, I’d like to engage more with that.” That’s a big one for me I think. To wake up that love of the natural world in people—it’s there in everyone but it gets dampened living in an urban environment.”
Suzy Muir will speak after the screening and will also be a key panellist with Annika Stott, Sustainability Strategist at OzHarvest, speaking about their experiences in creating change, in Fighters for Food, a discussion about making quality food available to all through education, sustainable practices and the elimination of waste.
FIGHTERS FOR FOOD –WITH SUZY MUIR AND ANNIKA STOTT (OZHARVEST)
TASTAFE DRYSDALE CAMPUS
93 Cameron Street
SATURDAY, MAY 19 2.30 – 4.00pm.
ALSO IN EAT/DRINK/LIVE...
BACK TO BURGUNDY
A fascinating behind the scenes glimpse of winemaking in the rarified atmosphere of Burgundy.
Jean returns to the family’s Burgundy vineyard from Australia, leaving his own family and vineyard to visit the dying father whose influence he fled 10 years earlier. He and his brother and sister have to re-build their relationship and trust as a family again as Inheritance Tax has to be paid on the astronomically valuable estate. A visually stunning look at Burgundy villages, vineyards and winemaking over the course of two seasons and two vintages
FRIDAY, MAY 18 12.00pm.
VILLAGE CINEMA 3
FOOD FIGHTER
This film is about Ronni Kahn, founder of OzHarvest, who single handedly took on politicians and big business to expose an inconvenient truth: that four million tonnes of edible food is wasted in landfill in Australia every year. Filmed over two years and across four continents, ‘Food Fighter’ follows Ronni’s crusade as she partners with the United Nations, rubs shoulders with royalty and Jamie Oliver, rifles through dumpster bins and holds government to account, revealing what sort of individual it takes to effect such profound change globally.
SATURDAY, MAY 19 12.15pm.
VILLAGE CINEMA 3
UNDER THE RADAR......
LEAN ON PETE
An outstanding film that deserves a sell-out house at BOFA 2018 is the latest feature from British director Andrew Haigh (45 Years – one of the hits at BOFA 2015), Lean on Pete, a deeply moving story about love, loneliness, family, and friendship, told through the unique prism of one boy’s connection to a very special aging racehorse.
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack in Portland, Oregon, where he lands a job with Del Montgomery (Steve Buscemi) caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. When he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter, Charley and Pete head out into the great unknown, experiencing adventure and heartbreak in equal measure, but never losing their irrepressible hope and resiliency as they pursue their dream of finding a place they can call home.
Don’t just take our word for it – Roger Ebert writes;
“Again and again, I marveled at the humanist depth of the world Haigh creates, one that can only be rendered by a truly great writer and director, working near the top of his game. You really don’t see a lot of movies like “Lean on Pete” in a calendar year.”
An extraordinary debut performance by Charlie Plummer in a great film – don’t miss it.
SATURDAY MAY 19 4.45pm.
VILLAGE CINEMA 3
BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN FOR BOFA 2018 – SEE THE FULL PROGRAMME HERE AND BOOK YOUR SEATS AT THE VILLAGE CINEMA, BY PHONE AT 1300 555 400, OR ON THE VILLAGE CINEMA WEB SITE AND GO TO THE MOVIE LIST.
REMEMBER THERE IS A SPECIAL PRICE OF $15 FOR PURCHASES OF 10 OR MORE TICKETS – BUT THESE DISCOUNTED TICKETS MUST BE BOUGHT AT THE CINEMA OR BY PHONE, AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE. Tickets are transferable, so buy in bulk and spread them around to a partner, the family, a group of friends or your local team or club and save!
