PROGRAMME OUT NOW FOR BOFA 2018 No Images? Click here SELLOUT ALERT! The Tale of Ruby Rose had three sold out screenings at the Tas Eco Film Festival in Hobart last week to mark the Tasmanian classic’s 30th anniversary. Director Roger Scholes and lead actor Chris Haywood will be at BOFA to celebrate the 30th anniversary in the north of the state, and bookings are already heavy, so don’t delay – get your tickets for this very special event NOW. OUR STORIES BOFA has always had a strong emphasis on promoting local product and supporting Tasmanian and Australian film makers. That’s true again this year with nine of our thirty films Australian made, supported by our TAKE ACTION series of free workshops at the TasTAFE Drysdale campus covering all aspects of acting and film making. OUR STORIES is supported by Community Led Impact Partnerships (CLIP), a Launceston based organisation which believes that the community – made up of locals, businesses, groups and government, can make a difference by working together and not leaving issues to others. CLIP has developed a free Field Guide to help you make a difference in your community. Get it HERE THAT'S NOT ME “this charming, funny low-budget comedy is a breath of fresh air. Quirky, funny, poignant and totally charming, That's Not Me is a winner” Louise Keller – Urban Cinephile A perfect pick for OUR STORIES is the Australian feature That’s Not Me, from actors/writers Gregory Erdstein and Alice Foulcher and directed by Erdstein. Made for just $60,000, and gathering critical acclaim at both Film Festivals and in commercial release, the Guardian called it “a smart, low-budget dramedy putting its creators on path to stardom”. Polly's dreams of making it as an actor are shattered when her identical twin sister Amy (Foulcher plays both roles) catapults to international stardom. Mistaken for her famous sister at every turn, Polly scrambles to catch up – juggling woeful auditions, painfully awkward dates and her underwhelming job at the local cinema. Running out of options, Polly takes an ill-advised trip to the coalface of celebrity dreams: Los Angeles, California. There Polly begins to realise that maybe there’s no such thing as ‘making it’ after all. “An uplifting character-driven comedy that soars as surely as the trajectory of its irresistible star.” SATURDAY MAY 19 10.00am Followed by a Q & A with Gregory Erdstein and Alice Foulcher. SPECIAL BOFA GUESTS BOFA is excited to have this super-talented young couple (pictured above in That’s Not Me) at our Festival both to introduce their film and to conduct a film making workshop. Husband and wife Gregory Erdstein and Alice Foulcher met at the Victorian College of The Arts Film School and make their feature debut here, with him directing, both of them co-writing and co-producing and Foulcher impressively starring in the twin leads. They wrote the script during an eight month residency in Paris and Foulcher reflects on the theme: “I feel our generation has been raised to believe we can all be rock stars and famous actors. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – our parents only want us to be happy and have opportunities they didn’t. But the film for me is about learning to embrace the disappointment of discovering that life doesn’t necessarily work like that. You have to enjoy the doing, the process – the end result can’t be the only goal.” The Guardian wrote about her role “a commanding performance from Foulcher, who establishes herself as a major emerging actor.” You’re going to see a lot more of Alice Foulcher on our screens in years to come, so don’t miss this opportunity to meet her, see her film and hear these film making partners talk about the creative process of making a low budget success story, from script development to production and distribution. FREE ACTION SESSION - THE MAKING OF A LOW BUDGET SUCCESS STORY WITH GREGORY ERDSTEIN AND ALICE FOULCHER SATURDAY, MAY 19 12.30 – 2.00pm. MOUNTAIN “Prepare to be taken to dizzying heights as a new documentary explores the physical beauty of the world’s highest places in a movie that reaches new peaks of cinematography.” Guardian An Australian movie in the CALL OF THE WILD section of BOFA, Mountain highlights not only remarkable Australian film making on an international scale, but also Australian music, through the mesmerising soundtrack of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Flashing back to footage from the early days of western mountaineering, the film, directed by Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa) asks why humans are drawn to high places. “What is this strange force that draws us upwards – this siren song of the summit?” asks screen writer Robert Macfarlane. “As everyday life becomes safer for some, we seek out danger elsewhere,” he suggests. “You never feel so alive knowing that any minute you could die.” There is astonishing vision of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, speedflyers, heliskiers, snowboarders, wingsuiters and parachuting mountain bikers, but in the end McFarlane reminds us (through narrator Willem Dafoe) that our highest peaks are places to be revered and respected. “Mountains humble the human instinct … restore our wonder and challenge our arrogance. More than ever we need their wildness.” SATURDAY, MAY 19 10.15am 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! |