BOFA’s Short Film Competitions are an important way of promoting Australia’s (and especially Tasmania’s) up and coming young film makers. A selection of the best of this year’s entries will be screened before each feature at this year’s Festival. And BOFA 2016 will also feature a Short Film Masterclass and a special Script to Screen Film Maker’s Workshop for the next generation (ages 12 to 18)

SHORTS BOFA

SHORTS BOFA is supported by Aussie Launceston. Aussie Launceston is a community focussed mortgage broker that can help first home buyers, investors and new home purchasers or provide customers with a quick home loan health check to ensure you've still got the best deal on your existing home loan. Aussie Launceston loves Australian stories and has made it possible for one of Australia’s leading film makers and actors Clayton Jacobsen (Kenny) to be a special guest at BOFA 2016 and a judge of the BOFA Aussie Short Film Competition.

The competitions for Best Aussie Short Film and Best Tassie Short Film are open to all Australian residents with a film of 15 minutes or less made in the last five years. Each winning film maker will receive the unique hand crafted blown glass BOFA Devil Award plus $1,000.

BOFA this year features two other short film competitions, Tasmanian Parks – a Place to Connect, celebrating the centenary of Tasmania’s National Parks, and, in a new initiative to promote junior football in Tasmania, Hawthorn Football Club has partnered with BOFA in a short film competition.

All the winning short films will be announced at BOFA 2016.

Like many directors before him, Clayton Jacobson cut his teeth directing music videos for some of Australia's premier musical acts including INXS, John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, and Jimmy Barnes as well as making many award winning local and international television commercials, short films and documentaries.

In 2006 he wrote and directed the box office and critically acclaimed hit, Kenny and will be our special guest at BOFA 2016 hosting a special screening to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this iconic Australian film.

Kenny Smyth (Shane Jacobson) has possibly one of the most thankless and off-putting occupations imaginable: He's a plumber who specializes in delivering and maintaining portable toilets to well-populated events. We follow Kenny as he juggles his family life with his excrement-soaked travails and eventually works his way to the highlight of his career -- a visit to the International Pumper and Cleaner Expo in Nashville. One of Australia’s greatest boxoffice hits and just as funny 10 years on.

SATURDAY, 2.00pm -  ANNEXE THEATRE

Discover the Tasmanian filmmakers of the future at a special “Best of Tasmanian” screening. Selected short films from the Aussie Shorts and Tasmanian Parks – a Place to Connect competitions will make up an entertaining two hour programme.

SATURDAY, 1.00PM  ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

What are the key success factors in making a short film? Learn from the experts....
Each of the panellists (film makers Clayton Jacobson, Damien Powers, Erin Good and Astrid Cooper) will show one of their own short films and talk about every aspect of making it- learn through real examples of short film making.

OPEN TO FILM MAKERS OR PROSPECTIVE FILM MAKERS, REGARDLESS OF EXPERIENCE

SATURDAY 9.30am – 12.0am
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

REGISTRATION FEE: $35
INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS HERE

An opportunity for prospective film makers 12 to 18 year of age to write, produce and star in an original short film, under expert professional supervision.

SATURDAY  9.00am – 5.00pm.
INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS HERE

Visiting BOFA and need a car? Our preferred car rental company is AutoRent Hertz, a Tasmanian-owned and operated car, truck and campervan rental business which knows and loves Tasmania. Just enter the promotional code BOFA (this isn’t case sensitive by the way) which will offer a 12% discount off their car rates when booked via website www.autorent.com.au. AutoRent has been a supporter of BOFA since its inception.

The most popular films are filling fast, so buy your tickets and BOOK NOW

You can access the full program and buy tickets NOW on the BOFA web site. And remember, there are big discounts for buying tickets in blocks of 4, 8 and 16. Tickets are completely transferable, so get together with family and friends or a local club to make big savings.

HOW TO GET YOUR BOFA 2016 PROGRAMME:

• Go and use the flip book programme
• Go and download the PDF programme
• Pick up your copy from Neil Pitt’s Menswear, Aussie Launceston or Hotel Grand Chancellor in Launceston or many other CBD locations throughout the state
• Download the FREE What’s On In app now at www.whatsonin.com.au and take the BOFA programme with you wherever you go.

BOFA RED CARPET

Just a few tickets left for our Opening Night 2016 Red Carpet Screening– see the free-wheeling Italian comedy-drama Like Crazy and party on in one of Launceston’s hottest locations, MUDBAR RESTAURANT at the Old Seaport. This is always a sell out, so BOOK NOW – just $85 for the movie and after party with fine Tasmanian wines and beers plus delicious canapes prepared with MUDBAR’s typical European flair.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – MOVIE AT 7.00PM AT THE VILLAGE CINEMA, AFTER PARTY AT MUDBAR

$85 INCLUDES MOVIE AND ALL FOOD AND DRINKS – BOOK HERE