Tom Haramis’ compelling, inspirational doco Fight to Live – a dazzling portrait of Australian UFC and Bare Knuckle Fighting champion and domestic abuse survivor “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings – will play The Gold Coast Film Festival and Inner West Film Fest before releasing around Australia on May 15, coinciding with Domestic Violence Awareness Month. From Hoop Dreams and The Last Dance through to Senna and Free Solo, the sports documentary can be a truly transcendent experience, taking the audience into emotional and physical realms rarely traversed. Now you can add to the list director Tom Haramis’ utterly gripping screen portrait Fight to Live, a tough, candid, no-holds-barred drill-down into the complex life of “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings. Wild child, mother, abuse survivor, UFC contender, Bare Knuckle Fighting champion… Bec Rawlings is many things, but above all, she’s a fighter. Fight to Live is a gripping look at a young woman’s journey from victim to conqueror… from a troubled young kid in Launceston, to a terrified mother protecting herself and her children from an abuser, Bec has been through hell and come out a woman comfortable in her own skin, living on her own terms, and dominating in one of the world’s toughest sports. Bec Rawlings’ story is a deeply moving and highly affecting one, and filmmaker Tom Haramis captures it with the energy and passion it so richly deserves. One you meet “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings, you’ll never forget her.




Audiences will get the chance to immerse themselves in the highly fraught, no-holds-barred world of “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings when Fight to Live enjoys its Australian premiere at The Gold Coast Film Festival with a very special red carpet event at HOTA Home Of The Arts on Thursday April 18 at 6:00pm. There will also be a special encore screening on Tuesday April 23 at 8:30pm. After what will surely be two knockout screenings at The Gold Coast Film Festival, Fight to Live will then take to the ring at The Inner West Film Fest for a highly anticipated Sydney screening on Sunday April 21 at 8:30pm at Palace Norton Street Cinemas, the Closing Night screening at the festival.This run of festival screenings is the vital warm-up for the main event, which will see Fight to Live release in cinemas right across Australia on May 15. With Bec Rawlings a loud-and-proud survivor of family abuse, the release of Fight to Live right in the middle of Domestic Violence Awareness Month will assist in shining a spotlight on this cruel blight on Australian society.