From Left to Right: Australian Writer’s Guild’s Vicki Madden, BOFA Entrepreneurial Spirit Award Winner Alicia Rackett , Screen Tasmania’s Karena Slaninka and Festival Director Owen Tilbury.
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (BOFA) has presented its annual awards to film industry winners and recipients at the Festival’s Awards on Friday night (9 November) in Launceston.
The award winners were:
BOFA Short Film competition: Ninna Millikin (Piercing Silence)
BOFA Script competition: Adam Ransley (Eastside)
BOFA Entrepreneurial Spirit competition: Alicia Rackett (Blue Rocket)
The 2013 Festival supported the creative Tasmanian screen industry with three competitions and awards that reflect the importance of script writing, short film production and entrepreneurship in the making of a successful career in the Tasmanian screen industry.
BOFA aims to play an important role in the development of Tasmania as a creative state with an appealing lifestyle and a vibrant screen industry, through competitions that promote excellence and are a benchmark for the state.
“The calibre of this year’s finalists was very high, presenting an eclectic range of creative expressions across differing genres. The winning films engaged with the core thematics of BOFA 2013 – chiefly the idea of promoting positive change through illuminating stories. These works showcase striking creative voices of emerging Australian filmmakers,” said Zak Hepburn, one of the BOFA judges, as well as journalist and board member for the Australian Film Critics Association.
The winners for the three screen competitions were selected in partnership with Screen Tasmania and Australian Writer’s Guild.
All of the short-listed finalist’s films were screened as part of the 2013 BOFA Festival.
About the winning projects:
Short Award: “Piercing Silence” – Dir: Ninna Milliken – An engrossing documentary that profiles the stories of three women who share and reflect their experiences of abortion.
Script Writing: “Eastside” – Adam Ransley – A teenage girl suspects she may be pregnant and begins to re-think her lifestyle and family responsibilities.
BOFA Entrepreneurial Spirit: “Blue Rocket” – Alicia Rackett – Through Blue Rocket Productions, Alice has produced many animated and interactive projects for television, online and mobile. To date, she has produced 15 television series, 10 as international co-productions. Alicia has also been an active participant within the Tasmanian screen industry. She was Vice-Chair of Wide Angle Tasmania, and a member of the Digital Futures Advisory Council
The festival which took place from November 7-10 at the Inveresk Precinct in Launceston, is an integral part of the Tasmanian cultural landscape and a significant player in Australia’s national film festival circuit.
BOFA FILM FESTIVAL: THURSDAY 7TH – SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER, 2013
BOFA celebrates story-telling on all screens from cinema and TV to gaming, internet and beyond. BOFA 2013 features 40 of the world’s finest feature films and documentaries, with Q & As by directors and producers where possible, screen industry workshops and forums, themed Tasmania Action and Make a Difference Day events, the Big Picture Debate “our screen addiction is destroying us”, fabulous food, wine and parties, and much more. BOFA 2013 will prove again that this festival is a real “breath of fresh air” for anyone interested in films and issues.
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SPONSORS
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival is supported by the Tasmanian Government through Events Tasmania and Screen Tasmania.
