4. BOFF – Bovec Outdoor Film Festival

A few years ago our Sport’s association Drča started with a small film festival, which began like side event of freeride skiing and snowboard competition in Bovec. Bovec is very attractive place in the middle of Slovenian mountains and especially famous by unique river called Soča.
We are proud for good visiting of last year’s screening, not mention a really bad weather during the festival. Media’s interest also helped us with better recognizably around Slovenia.
From beginning we are collaborating with Kino Dvor – famous art and noncommercial screening place in Ljubljana, we are looking forward to continue with that cooperation. The BOFF will also visit some other sport’s events around Slovenia, specially during the summer time.
For this year’s edition we will give more attention on festival’s side events, as well we did two new categories in movies part of festival BOFF. According to holiday’s time and the fact that Bovec town has been visited every year, also as a popular place to celebrate New year, BOFF will be an excellent alternative for entertainment and fun for the visitors of Bovec. The main screening place will be The Cultural House of Bovec, which is located in center of town. The festival will also have some side events, like lectures, sport’s competition and art performance, all in interest of people coming for a visit to feel the winter pulse in town. For more information about happening look also in events.

We anticipate the pleasure of authors, to read the Call for entry 2010, and send us the Entry form 2010 in regular time.

Vision

Main goal and purpose of BOFF is presenting the sport, as well as making promotion for healthy life, social gathering and giving inspiration for creativity. Most of all those who visit Bovec are also athletes and ambassadors of those sports, so the program BOFF offers should give a new aspect of sport, as well.
BOFF is international movie festival located in attractive Bovec, which is settled in north/west corner of Slovenia. Different outdoor movies, as well as short sport and documentary movies are performed, also we will display movies from nature environment and ecology.
Our main goal is to offer quality repertoire of movies and side events for visitors. Our audience is mostly population with experiences from wide aspect of sports, also topics of movies screened on BOFF. More about themes and values of movies are expressed in categories and archive.
Besides that the promotion of destination of excellence Bovec – The valleys of inspiration is also one of the purposes of this event. The organizer’s goal is to turn BOFF into recognizable brand and festival with tradition.
To be bigger and more attractive for mainstream public is necessary to add some side events, like exhibitions, fairs, lectures, sport competitions, etc.

Welcome!

May, 2010
for BOFF: Jan Maček, ŠD DRČA

Speach from last year Opening ceremony

I am honored to welcome our international guests here at third Bovec Outdoor Film Festival.
With all this sports action scenes that we will see here, why are we always mentioning nature?
Nature is our playground and we should not be taking it for granted. The space is already closing down for many sports because nature is endangered. On the other hand almost all sports lovers are responsible to nature. That is why we should also be the ambassadors of environmental protection. Especially the young and daring who are often pictured as irresponsible by the older generations.
One of the goals of this festival is social. In these times when watching a sports movie often consists of browsing the web, fast downloading and even faster viewing on computer screen, you get to sit down in this theater in front of this big screen, join the authors and stars, mingle, party and in the end choose your favorite film.
This is BOFF. Why it shouldn’t happen anyplace else but in Bovec, we will probably hear from mayor Daniel Krivec.
This is BOFF!