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Debate to be at the heart of Tasmania’s film festival

The role of the screen industry in society is to be debated at Tasmania’s MyState BOFA (Breath of fresh Air) Film Festival in November.

The topic “the screen is mightier than the sword” will be discussed by Van Dieman’s Land director Jonathan auf der Heide; Screen Producers of Australia director Brian Rosen, who also chairs Screen Tasmania; Marcia Langton who is Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at The University of Melbourne and Major General Jim Molan – the Coalition’s former Chief of Operations who was named  “2009 Australian Thinker of the Year”. Also on the panel will be Dr Natasha Cica, director of the Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society at the University of Tasmania, who also writes on culture and politics.  

The debate takes place in Launceston on November 26. It will also be broadcast by the ABC.

The five day BOFA Film Festival launched last year. It is dedicated to discussing film making and contemporary issues.

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