BOFTA commenced the new batches in all their courses on 1st August 2018 with an inauguration event, attended by all the HoDs, Director Mahendran, Editor B. Lenin, Cinematographer B. Kannan, Acting Course HoD Prasanna Ramaswamy and Master Directors Ram, Sasi, S.S. Stanly, Cinematographers Mahesh Muthuswami, A. Ramesh Kumar, CJ Rajkumar, Historian Aranthai Manian and others.