The Grim Experience
Best Kept Secret
Facebook film fans can win free passes to the 2012 Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (BOFA) to be held November 8-11 in Launceston and Hobart by voting for their favourite short film in the “Essence of Tasmania” People’s Choice.
In the “Essence of Tasmania” competition, run by BOFA and Tourism Tasmania, film makers were asked to tell a story that captured the essence of Tasmania in less than three minutes.
The seven best short films can be seen on the BOFA Facebook page, and film lovers are invited to vote for the one they think best captures the essence of Tasmania.
Everyone who lodges a vote before August 31 will be able to purchase half price tickets to BOFA 2012, and five lucky voters will win a free pass to the full festival. Winners will be announced in early September.
Festival Director Owen Tilbury said that he had been delighted with the standard of the entries, which showed innovative, fresh and creative approaches to film making.
Tourism Tasmania awarded prizes of $5,000 to three of the films and will use them for online promotion of the state.
Tourism Tasmania CEO Tony Mayell said that the short films had been creative, entertaining and effective.
“We are delighted by the way the entries presented such different views of Tasmania. Each captured an essence of Tasmania that went beyond the predictable,” he said.
The seven finalists were:
• Nick Stranger: A Portrait of Tasmanian Surfing – Simon Treweek
• Mr Thomkins’ Pies – by David Broadfield
• My Tasmania – by Saige Dingemanse
• The Grim Experience – Andrew Quaile
• The Tigers – by Tristan Klein
• Best Kept Secret – David Pyefinch
• Heaven of Spirituality, Home of Peace – by Shung Yiu Wong
To view the seven winning shorts and vote for your favourite go to the BOFA Film Festival Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BOFAFilmFest and click on the Short Film Competition box.
BOFA FILM FESTIVAL: THURSDAY 8TH – SUNDAY 11TH NOVEMBER, 2012
In 2012, BOFA plans to showcase over the Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 November, international and Australian feature films/documentaries, short films, cinema related exhibitions (in partnership with Queen Victoria Museum), master-classes and parties, but, as well, is adding a new Make a Difference Day (Sunday 11th November) incorporating a free community open day, a major Big Ideas debate (in partnership with The St James Ethics Centre), screenings of a Make a Difference Day short film competition, features/documentaries, several master-classes run by industry experts, and writers’ festival speakers all on Make a Difference themes. The Make a Difference Day will be the culmination of the festival and will highlight the purpose of inspiring “positive change”.
