It’s our favourite time of year here at LS/FF HQ – the unveiling of the London Surf / Film Festival Shorties longlist! This hotly contested category at the heart of the international festival celebrates the very best of British and Irish homegrown filmmaking talents. This year’s short film entries include stop motion, […]

In the final days of fettling before we announce our line up for London Surf / Film Festival 2017, here’s a little something to whet the whistle for what’s in store… For this our 7th year from the 19 – 21 October we’re conjuring up 3 nights of the most […]

Ever wonder just who decides which films get the award at the London Surf / Film Festival each year? Well, we have assembled a highly cultured, expert jury that watches all the movies and decides on which films get the gongs. Tyler Breuer has been on the festival panel from […]

Jack O’Neill, trail blazer, inventor of the wetsuit, is one of those cultural figures who manages to transgress boundaries, beyond the notion of brand to the heady realm of surfing pioneer. When Jack O’Neill passed away in June, surfing lost one of its most iconic figures. Screen writers and London Surf / Film […]

We talk bloody knees, Shane Dorian’s testicles, debunking myths and the importance of preserving surfing’s stories with Matt Warshaw surf culture’s apex gate keeper and founder of Encyclopedia of Surfing. Who are you and what makes you the authority on surfing? My name is Matt Warshaw. I’m a second-rate ex-pro surfer, former SURFER […]

Surfers are a creative bunch, whether scrawling fresh lines across a glassy face or telling tall tales of waves ridden, adventures had or deeds done. Ours is a culture of shared stories via spoken word, ink or images. The advent of film caused a revolution, from ‘The Endless Summer’ through to […]

Submissions to the 7th Edition of the prestigious REEF x LS/FF Shorties short film competition are now CLOSED! “We established the Shorties as a showcase for the wealth of homegrown talent on our shores, providing a platform for emerging and established filmmakers on the world stage,” says Festival Director Demi […]

Submissions are now CLOSED for the 2017 London Surf / Film Festival presented by Reef. Hosted 19 – 26 October 2017 the 7th Edition of the London Surf / Film Festival x Reef is a celebration of the cream of international surf culture, bringing to the UK the very best surf films […]

We’ve long been friends and admirers of the super talented crew at Two Eyes Films – they manage to fuse the surfing zeitgeist with a healthy dose of irony and humour to create some of the funniest and most prescient surf films on the planet. We’ve been laughing along with them […]

An audio / visual delight not to be missed In 2008 filmmaker Mick Sowry teamed up with world renowned violinist Richard Tognetti of the Australian Chamber Orchestra to produce the multi award-winning Musica Surfica, a documentary that invited the world to look at the art of surfing in new ways. As well as […]

We were stoked to meet up with mat surfer and award winning Swedish filmmaker Tim Ciasto on his recent trip to Cornwall. In between sharing a few waves and dodging the worst of Storm Doris we turned the camera round on Tim to discuss that art of filmmaking and find what […]

The act of waveriding is an ephemeral moment that can never be repeated. Each wave is unique, they can’t be re-ridden. It’s what sets surfing apart and this is exactly the spirit that we wanted to reflect for this year’s London Surf / Film Festival x Reef. For the closing night we wanted to create a […]

The Dirty Old Wedge The Wedge has always held a special place in surfing folklore. It is a wave as beautiful as it is dangerous. It is that scary cocktail at a wild party – the Absinthe of the surfing world. Part awe-inspiring splendour, part jaw dropping horror show. The […]

LONDON PREMIERE LS/FF 2016: The More Things Change  Dir. Nathan Myers, 2016 (30 mins)  Gerry Lopez first surfed Uluwatu in 1974. The fabled Balinese wave was pristine, magical, and empty. Gerry returned to Uluwatu 40 years later to find it bustling, developed, and a different scene. The old dirt track out to the […]

A little taster to whet the whistle for what’s in store. London Surf / Film Festival x REEF hits UK 22 September – 1 October bringing to the UK a celebration of the cream of international surf culture and the best of British, showcasing the hottest surf films from around the globe […]

What an incredible year for filmmaking! The standard of short films submitted to the LS/FF Shorties 2016  have raised the bar yet again showing what a wealth of creative talent we have here on our shorelines. Open exclusively to filmmakers from or based in the UK and Ireland The LS/FF […]

Thursday 15th September we’re stoked to be hosting a very special screening and the European Premiere of the hotly anticipated, ‘Let’s Be Frank’ Dir. Peter Hamblin at the Soho Curzon in London. Let’s Be Frank is a visceral journey through the unseen and unknown world of big wave surf adventurer Frank […]

The Persistence of Hope – World Premiere Friday 23 September 2016  // Image: Tim Nunn As the promise of Autumn is ushered in, it’s time to head to the capital for six nights of stoke fueled cinematic delights as the 6th Edition of London Surf / Film Festival x REEF […]

SHORTIES VOTING 2016 IS NOW CLOSED     We’re stoked to reveal the longlist for the 6th Edition of the LS/FF x REEF Shorties short film contest, the hotly contested ‘homegrown filmmaking’ category at the heart of the international festival. Click through HERE to check out the 19 awesome short films […]

We’re stoked to welcome Jez Goffin AKA Armchair Hero on board as our featured artist at London Surf / Film Festival 2016. We’ve been long time fans of Jez’s, receiving regular and unexpected instalments of pure, graphic stoke through the post from this pro-active practitioner. Hailing from the East coast, or as he […]