BREATH OF FRESH AIR
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BOFA 2019 OPENING NIGHT FEATURES ANNOUNCED
In a first for BOFA we open in both Hobart and Launceston with fresh new Australian features. A home-grown Tassie product by Hobart writer/director, Ted Wilson and an off-the-wall Aussie comedy with writer/director, Heath Davis.
Opening the festival in Hobart on Friday 10th May is UNDER THE SHADOW OF CLOUD - “A minimal, modernist Australian masterpiece made with no money… The result is a miracle of a film, both strangely familiar and quite unlike any Australian movie I’ve seen”. Broadsheet.
And in Launceston on Thursday 16th May is BOOK WEEK - “It’s a lovely portrait piece and Book Week is nothing short of a cinematic page-turner”. FilmInk
BOFA unveils our full 2019 program in just two weeks at launches in Launceston and Hobart. We’ve curated a captivating line up of 32 features and documentaries from 17 different countries for you, with some of the world’s biggest names like Elizabeth Moss, Martin Freeman and Saoirse Ronan.
Be the first to get your hard copy of the BOFA 2019 at our Launceston launch on Tuesday 12 March, book your place at BOFA-2019-launch.eventbrite.com.au; the Hobart launch event is now at capacity, so watch for programs at cafes and venues around Hobart. In just two weeks time you can sit down, flick through the program - all 52 pages of it- and start planning how you and your friends are going to BOFA this May in Launceston and Hobart.
DON’T MISS AUSTRALIA’S LEADING LANDSCAPE ART EXHIBITION 8 MARCH
Don’t miss the official opening & Glover Prize winner announcement on Friday 8 March. One of the state’s great parties. Celebrating the legacy of John Glover, The John Glover Art Prize (Glover Prize) is one of Australia's most significant awards for landscape painting, open to artists from anywhere in the world.
Worth $50,000 to the winning contemporary landscape painting of Tasmania the hanging of the finalists brings 42 of the best landscape paintings from around Tasmania and the mainland states. The exhibition of finalists' paintings is held over the March long-weekend through to Sunday March 17 in the historic Falls Park pavilion in Evandale. What better way to celebrate the coming of Autumn! And what better place than Evandale village on the beautiful northern plains of Tasmania.
See more at johnglover.com.au
OUTSTANDING ADVENTURE FILMS AT CRADLE MOUNTAIN MARCH 29-31
Come up to Cradle Mountain, Tasmania for a weekend of adventure and film. Our friends at The Cradle Mountain Film Festival are in their fifth year and their 29-31 March programme looks stunning!
Each year they host the Tasmanian exclusive screening of Mountainfilm On Tour all the way from Telluride, Colorado at Cradle Mountain, showcasing the best of the world's adventure films. The full program includes Green Carpet screenings and adventurer Q&As in a Forest Yurt Cinema, family-friendly films, the self-guided Mountain Huts Film Trail, Tasmanian short adventure films, outdoor activities including canyoning, yoga and cold water therapy, plus much more.
Get into the Autumn spirit with adventures in film in unexpected and exciting locations all over the Cradle Mountain National Park and village. We’ll be there!
More details at cradlemountainfilmfest.com
BE A BOFA PATRON
Tasmania was the only state in Australia not to have an official state film festival until the Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival was started in 2010 by Launceston couple, Helen and Owen Tilbury. It has grown 7-fold since then.
But the festival needs support.
We are screening more films, expanding to Hobart, running pop-up screenings and further developing the Day on the Kingsway food and wine festival……. but government funds have shrunk by $75,000 whilst only 5% of box office sales are left after venue and film hire. To address this we’ve found generous corporate partners but we still need help from individual Patrons for a shortfall of $20,000.
Donations support the costs of:
1. promoting the festival state-wide and nationally
2. bringing directors and actors to the festival
3. running BOFA Fringe add-on events
A successful 2019 festival aims to grow the audience to 9,000+ and to 10,000+ in 2020, when the state and local government will review their level of support. These audience numbers will provide a powerful reason for the film festival to have its government grants increased.
So, will you be a BOFA Patron?
All donations are tax deductible - BOFA has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status with the ATO under the auspices of the Australian Cultural Fund (australianculturalfund.org.au).
Simply go to BOFA Film Festival Patron.
You can donate funds to Creative Partnerships Australia via credit card. If requested, Creative Partnerships Australia can also provide bank details for EFT (electronic funds transfer) donations. Please note Creative Partnerships Australia does not accept cash donations and can only accept monetary gifts. Your donation will be confirmed by email and a tax receipt provided.
