The soul of the festival - Why we do what we do The critical issue for us is that self expression is one of the key areas that is undervalued or overlooked within urban, regional and remote areas. Even cities and media schools have many graduates making films - which are in the most part films about someone else's amazing life or a fantasy. Well what if that fantasy was their life, their community, their world? It is this that OTF aims to stimulate, develop and encourage - the creation of works that deal with issues, personal or community, youth or adult, disaffection or love, land/country or people or identity e.t.c. and speak of it with a sense of humour. In this way people are able to deal with the biggest issues in their lives/communities in an effective, entertaining and self expressed manner, which is then celebrated, communicated and heard by their community! Festival Content The Festival is approximately 2 & 1/2 hours with intermission. OTF presents 14-16 films ranging anywhere between 2 - 20 minutes. The evening is hosted by our MC who introduces the audience to the films in an exciting, refreshing and entertaining manner. These are films which range in style and humour - slapstick, black, tragic, satiric, cheeky, absurd and bizarre; as animation, clay mation, docos and live action dramas etc. And includes our self generated material, eg; 32 page Programme with 40% comedy content, opening speech by Festival Patron (eg. 2003 Prof. Allan Fels, 2001 Edward De Bono and 2000 Prince Leonard ), much enjoyed irreverent OTF slide ads and more. Materials Provided 28 page Programme with 40% comedy content, opening speech by Festival Patron. OTF Tickets. These are usually returned at the end of the night and allow us to facilitate voting, as well as collate demographic information and add people to our database.