A Part of the Tasmanian eco Film Fest (TeFF)
The Tale of Ruby Rose 30th Anniversary Festival
The Tasmanian eco Film Fest will be running the Tale of Ruby Rose 30th Anniversary Festival, April 12-14th 2018. The pinnacle of the festival is a Tasmanian Highlands Day event on Saturday April 14 at the Waterside Pavilion supported by the City of Hobart.
WHAT WAS LIFE IN THE 1930’s HIGHLANDS OF TASMANIA LIKE?
At the Waterside Pavilion a collective of artisans & historical experts will come together to recreate life in the highlands and surrounding lowland towns. Presentations of Tasmanian animal skin leather making, shingle splitting, hut building, camp cooking and yarn spinning. There will be a blacksmith with a coal fire forge, actors in costume roaming through telling stories of their life and the times and kids art activities and games including finger knitting. Also taking part in the day Mielliere Honey will be offering their highland honey and showcasing a handmade wooden beehive and a highlands flora and fauna display courtesy of Plants of Tasmania Nursery. And providing sustenance Little Devil Donuts and Allegro Coffee vans.
Festival Director, Kyia Clayton says, “The Tale of Ruby Rose is a hauntingly beautiful film that was set in the 1930’s highlands of Tasmania. A simple and quite bleak life full of hard work and skills based survival. We wanted to create a walk through the life of this era and region for everyone to experience.”
Supported by the City of Hobart and held at the Waterside Pavilion from 11-3pm on Saturday 14th of April. Inside there will be a high country photography exhibition from the 1900’s – 1940’s (photos by Nic Haygarth, Peter Whyte & Roger Scholes) and memorabilia from the film The Tale of Ruby Rose, on display.
Festival sponsors & supporters are The City of Hobart, Bream Creek, Harvest Feast, BOFA, The State Cinema, Franks Cider, 13 CABS, Plants of Tasmania Nursery, Officeworks & Workhorse Productions. With the Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Inc. as the founding sponsor.
There will be something for everyone in the family at this festival and the opportunity to explore more history of this amazing island.
SYNOPSIS – The Tale of Ruby Rose (1988)
During the 1930s in the remote highlands of Australian Tasmania, Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic) lives with her husband, Henry (Chris Haywood), and stepson, Gem (Rod Zuanic). Ruby is alone for much of the time and, afraid of night’s darkness, she concocts elaborate mythical stories to survive, retreating into a private world. Eventually she sets out to reconnect with her estranged father, and in the process transcends the fear that had gripped her so tightly.
The Tale of Ruby Rose is Roger Schole’s first feature film and was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1987 and won 4 critics prizes including Best Actress and Best Director. It was released to the public in 1988. It also won the AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
TeFF Director Kyia Clayton
