BOFA NAMES SHORT FILMS CHOSEN TO SCREEN AT TASMANIAN FESTIVAL

The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (BOFA) has announced the successful entries in their 2014 Australian Short Film Competition.

28 films have been selected from a total of 122 entries, to screen at this year’s Festival, which will be held in Launceston from November 6 to November 9.

Festival Director Owen Tilbury said that the quality of short films demonstrated a lively and creative Australian film culture.
“Film making in Australia is alive and well, and I have no doubt that many of the future feature films at BOFA will come from these film makers,” he said.

The Australian short films will be screened as part of an outstanding program of features and documentaries from around the world, including Cannes winners Winter Sleep and Force Majeure and Sydney Film Festival winner Two Days, One Night.

The competition was open to all Australian resident film makers for films made in the last five years and no more than 15 minutes in length.
In what is believed to be an Australian first, film lovers were invited to participate in the judging by watching and scoring the short films on line.

The outright winner will be announced on the Saturday night of the Festival at the BOFA Devil Awards Ceremony at the Tasmanian Design Centre (November 8 at 5.30pm).

The winner will receive $1000, a VIP Pass to the BOFA Festival and a hand crafted blown glass BOFA Devil Award designed and made by master Tasmanian craftsman James Dodson.

Due to the high standard of this year’s entries, BOFA has added a Highly Commended Award for the second placed short film.

All entrants will be invited to the Awards ceremony and entrants whose films were chosen for screening will receive a pass to see any eight films at the Festival.

The films chosen to screen at the 2014 BOFA Festival are:

FROM TASMANIA:
Crusader ’64 Ella Millard
Knit One Clare Gray
Wing and a Prayer Daniel James
Bring in the Cat Heath Brown
Confessions of a Date-a-holic Rob Harrison

FROM VICTORIA:
First Date Rob Innes
Loving Myself Kai Smith
Crochet Noir Jessica Harris
To Be a Poet Michael Johnston
Raindance Clancy Bond
Some Rainbows Never Grey Peter Jacobsen
The Promise Jean-Philippe Lopez
Boston Tommy Blake Borcich
Resistance Blake Borcich
The Gallant Captain Katrina Mathers & Graeme Base
Aaron: Leading Man Tessa Mansfield-Hung

FROM NEW SOUTH WALES
Breath Mike Horvath
The Comedian Brendan Donoghue
Frank Cassie Charlton
My Mother Her Daughter Taylor Litton-Strain
My Country Ralph Stevenson
Manny Gets Censored Graeme Robertson
Cockatoo Matthew Jenkin
Vote Yes Nick Waterman
On the Edge Abhishek
Invisible James Breen

FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Super Sounds Stephen de Villiers

FROM A.C.T.
Sparks Sophie Brown

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The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival is supported by the Tasmanian Government through Events Tasmania and Screen Tasmania. Federal Government assistance is provided by Screen Australia
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