LS/FF 2015 and the Winners Are…

Posted by LSFF on October 26, 2015 | HOT NEWS, News

LSFF 2015 x REEF and the winners are...

Cornish filmmaker Jimmy Pinfield scoops the Emerging Filmmaker award for his film ‘Party at Yours’ Ben Skinner, Lukas Skinner and Marcus Lascelles of Cord Surfboards were on hand to celebrate. Image: Surf Sistas

The 5th annual London Surf / Film Festival presented by Reef went down in a blaze of stoke. Hosted across the capital, across two weekends we were thrilled to work with some of the most exciting filmmakers across the globe to bring to the UK the very best surf films for a celebration of the cream of international surf culture.

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LS/FF 2015 at the iconic Regent Street Cinema, W1 Image: Surf Sistas

We had surfers from the 4 corners of our island attend packed out screenings at iconic cinematic venues, an intimate gathering at East London’s 71a Gallery, the world’s best sausage sizzle and surf session hosted by Allpress Espresso, a gallery show of works from the UK’s leading artists presented by POW as well as talks from some of the planet’s most inspiring waveriders and filmmakers. Thanks to our screening panel, awesome crew and everyone who came and brought the stoke!

XXL Winning Surfer Paige Alms in the UK to present the European Premiere of her biopic The Wave I Ride

XXL Surfer Paige Alms presents the European Premiere of her biopic ‘The Wave I Ride’. Image: Surf Sistas

Big Wave charger Chris Bertish presents 'Ocean Driven'

Big Wave charger Chris Bertish presents ‘Ocean Driven’ Image: David Taylor

After 6 nights of screenings in the heart of the capital including 3 World Premieres, 3 European Premieres, 7 UK Premieres plus 2 XXL winning big wave riders in the house, our favourite adventure traveller Kepa Acero, surf photographer extraordinaire Tim Nunn, a special intro from Ben Weiland, a host of filmmaker Q+A’s, musicians, artisans, writers and the very best in art and culture lubricated by hundreds of pints of Sharp’s award winning ales, the results are in and the winners are:

LS/FF 2015 Best Film presented by REEF: Uncharted Waters Dir. Craig Griffin

LS/FF 2015 Best Documentary presented by POW: Uncharted Waters Dir. Craig Griffin

LS/FF 2015 Best Cinematography presented by Allpress: The Search For Freedom Dir. Jon Long

LS/FF 2015 Best British Film Presented by Carve: Freezing Dir. Rob Lockyear + Jeremy Joyce

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Award-winning filmmakers Rob Lockyear and Jeremy Joyce present the world Premiere of ‘FREEZING’ which scooped 2 awards at LS/FF 2015. Image: David Taylor

LS/FF 2015 Yeeeeew Factor Presented by Sharp’s: Attractive Distractions Dir. Dan Norkunas

LS/FF 2015 Spirit of the Festival Presented by Approaching Lines: Fish Dir. Joseph Ryan

LS/FF 2015 Viewers Choice Presented by Xcel Wetsuits: Freezing Dir. Rob Lockyear + Jeremy Joyce

Best International Short Presented by Magicseaweed: El Chino Dir. Max Esposito

LS/FF 2015 Shortie of the Year Presented by REEF: Winter Glow Dir. Kev L Smith

LS/FF 2015 Shorties Emerging Talent: Party at Yours Dir. Jimmy Pinfield

LS/FF 2015 Panel’s Honourable Mention: Ripple Effect Dir. Peter Hamblin. “A unique and quality way of documenting a story of a brilliant pioneer. An informative, fascinating insight into something we all take for-granted and into a man who was clearly very respected. Fast-paced and factual, A very emotive ending. Fresh for the genre.” Lauren Davies

Filmmaker Peter Hamblin with  Zora and Florian from Red Bull

Filmmaker Peter Hamblin flew in to present his latest The Ripple Effect Image: David Taylor / LS/FF

Here’s a taster of what went down at the first weekend, from filmmaker Lucy Lu, Music by Colin Macleod.