A message from Owen & Helen Tilbury, who have been in New York at the famous Tribeca Film Festival….
“The famous New York Tribeca Festival screens 100 films compared to around 40 at BOFA so there are lessons to be learned. We saw the world premiere of Don’t Look Down, the account of Sir Richard Branson’s ballooning exploits crossing the Atlantic and Pacific. We contacted Branson’s office and have been put in touch with the Producers to see if we can screen this edge of the seat film at BOFA 2016. We also saw a number of other films that might suit BOFA’s program.
Tribeca has a strong action session focus just as does BOFA. This year they focussed on Virtual Reality, an area that Tasmania is engaged in via the Human Interface Laboratory at UTAS. We will see if there is a potential partnership there.
They also conduct the Disruptive Innovation Awards honouring innovators from around the world like Sir Richard Leakey, the great anthropologist and environmentalist. Interesting comparison with BOFA’s own Innovative Tasmania Awards which this year will provide 11 different innovation awards. We came away with a lot of good ideas re the conduct of the awards ceremony which this year will be held in Hobart.”
Photo: Richard Leakey receives his award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.