COMPETITION TIME

WIN 2 x Best of BOFA Packs - the ultimate way to 'DO' the festival. For your chance to win, simply LIKE our Facebook or Instagram pages, TAG a friend in either the Facebook or Instagram competition posts and then SHARE the post to your feed or stories. We'll pick the lucky winners on 18 August and inform them via Direct Message.

The pack includes tickets to the Opening Night Red Carpet Party and the opening night feature film, 'Past Lives', the Saturday night feature film, 'Afire', the Grain of the Silos Regional Specialty lunch, a tour of the historic Pilgrim Church with bubbles, canapes, and the TSO on film, PLUS a visit to Harvest Market with coffee and a historic CBD tour. Each pack is valued at $365

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FEATURING LADIES ON FILM

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD
Saturday 2nd Sept - 10am
In Anna Hints’ engrossing documentary, a group of women gather in a woodland smoke sauna. Here women of all ages and backgrounds can comfortably exist in their nakedness sharing stories from childhood self-esteem issues to sticking it out in unhappy marriages. Grab your best friend and share some girl talk.

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE >

GOODBYE JULIA
Sunday 3rd Sept - 12:30pm
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona tries to make amends by hiring the deceased’s widow, Julia. Unaware she has been employed by her former husband’s murderer, Julia forms a close, if unlikely, friendship with Mona. What could go wrong? Don’t miss this Winner of the Freedom Award at Cannes.

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ANIMATION FOR ALL AGES

BOFA 2023 has a whole day of local and international animated shorts that will appeal to the young, the not-so-young and those curious about animation being way more than just kids’ cartoons. Top Tasmanian animators have chosen their favourite animations in themed sessions that are Bold, Obscure, Fresh and Acclaimed. And we haven’t forgotten the kids, with sessions for the young (up to 15) and the very young (up to 9). Come alone or bring the family.

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IT TAKES A CITY

Launceston is a great regional city that is big enough to make things happen and small enough for the community to thrive – and support each other. Here are some of BOFA’s friends.

dAda mUse
Launceston is home to Australia’s largest collection of Salvador Dali works on paper, housed in the historic 1842 Johnstone and Wilmot building. What a place to screen Daliland! Surreal!

Peppers Silos
Who’d expect to find a sophisticated 4.5-star hotel repurposed from four large grain silos? In Launceston the UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, the unexpected just keeps happening. Cheers.

WD Booth
Winifred Daphne Booth lived in Launceston for nearly 60 years and left a legacy that has so far provided nearly $6 million for charitable causes in Tasmania. Thanks for being a friend to BOFA Film Festival, too.

GRIT
GRIT- Tasmanian Spirit on Screen is a series of short films about everyday Tasmanians. Each film is a conversation starter at BOFA 2023. Thanks, Wide Angle Tasmania and the Tasmanian Community Fund.

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THANK YOU

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. Now, 13 years later, we’ve all been through some “interesting” times. Covid hit festivals hard, cost of living inflation is squeezing everyone, venue, travel and production costs have seen sharp increases. Financial support is overstretched and BOFA has to share a diminishing pot of funds with many others.

If you could help us keep inspiring positive change with great films, even a small donation would help. Donate here. 

And to those who have already shown their support, thank you.