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The BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival has been going on since 2008. As the name implies, the festival presents films that deal with outdoor sports (such as mountaineering, kayaking, mountain biking, surfing and snowboarding) and also with various takes on the wider issues of nature and ecology. It takes place in the Alpine town of Bovec at the end of December. The call for eligible films is usually open in October.

The festival collaborates with the similarly oriented Koroška Outdoor Film Festival and usually also screens its films at different events and venues around Slovenia (like the Soča Outdoor Festival and the Kinodvor Cinema in Ljubljana).

Bovec Outdoor Film Festival 2016: Report by BOFF on Vimeo

Background

The festival started out as a part of the Freeride Battle '08 competition at the Kanin ski resort, where an evening was dedicated to a presentation of a handful of films by Slovene authors. The next edition of the festival (which happened only a few months after the first one) still retained its ties with the Freeride Battle, but moved to the Cultural House Bovec (Kulturni dom Bovec) and set up a somewhat more ambitious, international programme. Lasting 3 days and presenting 26 films, the festival established its main categories and regular accompanying programme features.

Film programme

The concept of "outdoor film" gives the festival lots of leeway in terms of film formats, which range from documentaries and short films to commercials, feature fiction films and combinations of any of these. The topics vary greatly as well, yet, the adventure sports film genre tends to be its distinctive focus.

Awards and categories

The 3 main categories since 2009 are nature and ecology; sport and action (feature films); and sport and action (short films). There is often also a non-competitive category for films of a promotional nature, coupled with occasional retrospectives and archival runs. The Festival gives out two Audience awards: for best film of the festival and for the best Slovenian film.

Accompanying programme

The festival's accompanying programme usually comprises photography exhibitions (some of the exhibited photographers have been Peter Fettich, Branko Bradaškja, Darko Cuder and Rožle Bregar), lectures by different adventurers like the pilot Matevž Lenarčič, talks with film creators, a book fair and music concerts.

The festival also sets up various special events such as a skiing and snowboarding rail contest, a lecture on avalanche safety, a round table on regulations concerning mountain biking and even a stop-motion workshop.

Taking place on the ski slopes of Kanin, the school of freeride skiing was featured as side programme to the BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival in 2011

Snow sculpture festival

Creating snow sculptures has been a part of BOFF almost since the beginning, and in 2010, this activity has grown into an independent International Festival of Snow Sculptures. It takes place at the same time as the festival, lasts for 3 days and boasts an international turnout.

External links

BOFF website

Gallery

Taking place on the ski slopes of Kanin, the school of freeride skiing was featured as side programme to the BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival in 2011

A discussion with Andreas Jaritz, author of the film The Old, the Young and the Sea, taking place at BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival 2013

BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival always features a varied accompanying programme with music concerts. Here is Bakalina playing at Stergulc house in 2013.

The Čupakabra juggling group performing and lighting up the mood at BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival, 2013

The BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival 2013 poster

The traditional book fair at BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival, 2014.

Photography exhibitions are a regular feature of BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival. The chosen photographer for the 2015 edition was Jošt Gantar.

A lecture by Rok Rozman, author of the film Why?, which won a jury award in the Short sport movie section of BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival, 2015

The BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival 2015 poster

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-The [[BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival]] has been going on since [[established::2008]], when it emerged out of a skiing and snowboarding competition. As the name implies, the festival presents films that deal with outdoor sports (such as mountaineering, kayaking, mountain biking, surfing and snowboarding) and also with various aspects of nature and ecology. It takes place each end of December in the Alpine town of Bovec.
+The [[BOFF Bovec Outdoor Film Festival]] has been going on since [[established::2008]]. As the name implies, the festival presents films that deal with outdoor sports (such as mountaineering, kayaking, mountain biking, surfing and snowboarding) and also with various takes on the wider issues of nature and ecology. It takes place in the Alpine town of Bovec at the end of December. The call for eligible films is usually open in October.
-The festival, organised by sports association Drča in collaboration with the [[Municipality of Bovec]], collaborates with the similarly oriented [[Koroška Outdoor Film Festival]] and shows its films ar differetn events and venues around Slovenia (like the Soča Outdoor Festival and the [[Kinodvor Cinema]]).
+The festival collaborates with the similarly oriented [[Koroška Outdoor Film Festival]] and usually also screens its films at different events and venues around Slovenia (like the Soča Outdoor Festival and the [[Kinodvor Cinema]] in Ljubljana).
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 ==Background==
-The festival actually started out in 2008 as a part of the ''Freeride Battle ’08'' competition at the Kanin ski resort, when a handful of films by Slovene authors was shown. The next edition of the festival (which took place only a few months after the first one) still retained its ties with the Freeride Battle, but has moved to Cultural house Bovec and has set up somewhat more ambitious programme.
+The festival started out as a part of the ''Freeride Battle '08'' competition at the Kanin ski resort, where an evening was dedicated to a presentation of a handful of films by Slovene authors. The next edition of the festival (which happened only a few months after the first one) still retained its ties with the Freeride Battle, but moved to the Cultural House Bovec (Kulturni dom Bovec) and set up a somewhat more ambitious, international programme. Lasting 3 days and presenting 26 films, the festival established its main categories and regular accompanying programme features.
-That same year, the first independent BOFF was held in December. It lasted for three days, presented 26 films and established its main awards categories and its regular accompanying programme features. Since 2011, the festival is taking place at the Stergulc house, a mansion in the centre of Bovec that also holds a collection from the [[Tolmin Museum]].
 ==Film programme==
-The concept of outdoor film give the festival lots of leeway in terms of film formats, which range from documentaries and short films to commercials, feature fiction films and some combinations of any of these. The topics also vary greatly, yet the so called adventure sports films tend to be its distinctive focus.
+The concept of "outdoor film" gives the festival lots of leeway in terms of film formats, which range from documentaries and short films to commercials, feature fiction films and combinations of any of these. The topics vary greatly as well, yet, the adventure sports film genre tends to be its distinctive focus.
-===Awards and categories===
+==Awards and categories==
-The three main categories since 2009 are nature and ecology; sport and action (features films); and sport and action (short films). There is often also the non-competitive category for films of a promotional nature, coupled with occasional retrospectives and archival pieces. The awarded films are chosen both by an international jury as well as by the audience.
+The 3 main categories since 2009 are nature and ecology; sport and action (feature films); and sport and action (short films). There is often also a non-competitive category for films of a promotional nature, coupled with occasional retrospectives and archival runs. The Festival gives out two Audience awards: for best film of the festival and for the best Slovenian film.
-Some of the films awarded films until now were New Zealand South Island Circumnavigation (Justine Curgenven, 2008), Mount St. Elias (Gerald Salmina, 2009), Salt (Murray Fredericks, 2009), Carstenz – Siedma hora, To the Rainbow (Dave in Lynwen Brown, 2010), Life Cycles (Derek Frankowski in Ryan Gibb, 2010), Grilomentary (Domen Smerdel, 2011), FinnSurf (Aleksij Raij, 2011), The Water Tower (Pete McBride, 2013), The Sensei (Josh Lowell, 2013), Suri (Pavol Barabaš, 2015), etc.
 ==Accompanying programme==
-The side programme usually consists of a photography exhibition (some of the exhibited photographers were  [[Peter Fettich]], [[Branko Bradaškja]], [Darko Cuder] and [[Rožle Bregar]]), lectures by different adventurers like the pilot [[Matevž Lenarčič]], talks with film creators, a book fair and music concerts.
+The festival's accompanying programme usually comprises photography exhibitions (some of the exhibited photographers have been [[Peter Fettich]], [[Branko Bradaškja]], [[Darko Cuder]] and [[Rožle Bregar]]), lectures by different adventurers like the pilot [[Matevž Lenarčič]], talks with film creators, a book fair and music concerts.
-The festival also often sets up events like a skiing and snowboarding rail contest, a lecture on avalanche safety, a round table on regulations concerning mountain biking and even a stop-motion workshop.
+The festival also sets up various special events such as a skiing and snowboarding rail contest, a lecture on avalanche safety, a round table on regulations concerning mountain biking and even a stop-motion workshop.
-===Snow sculptures festival===
+{{Wide Image|BOFF 2011 Kanin.jpg}}
-Creating snow sculptures has been a part of BOFF almost since the start and in 2010, it became an independent Festival of Snow Sculptures. It is taking place at the same time as the festival, lasts for the whole three days and boasts an international turnout.
+==Snow sculpture festival==
+Creating snow sculptures has been a part of BOFF almost since the beginning, and in 2010, this activity has grown into an independent International Festival of Snow Sculptures. It takes place at the same time as the festival, lasts for 3 days and boasts an international turnout.
-==External links==
-* [http://www.boff.si/?lang=en BOFF website]
 ==See also==
+* [[KOFF Koroška Outdoor Film Festival]]
 * [[International Mountain Film Festival Domžale]]
 * [[Kinodvor Cinema]]
 * [[Tolmin Museum]]
+==External links==
+* [http://www.boff.si/?lang=en BOFF website]
+{{Gallery}}
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 [[Category:Festivals in December]]
 [[Category:Sport]]
+[[Category:Updated 2017]]

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