LS/FF 10 IS ON! We’ve missed you. We’ve missed ‘us’ – the getting together, sharing the good times, the films, the stoke, the stories, the community, so we’re super stoked to announce that the 10th Edition of London Surf / Film Festival x VANS is on this Autumn at The […]

ENTRIES TO THE SHORTIES 10 ARE OPEN! The 10th Edition LS/FF is on! Short films are a central pillar of modern surf culture, a creative outlet for sharing stories and inspiring stoke. Here at the London Surf / Film Festival we wanted to celebrate the short and give homegrown filmmaking […]

We’re long time pals of super talented musician and songwriter Colin Macleod. We first met at the London Surf / Film Festival in 2013.  He’d just flown in from a gig in Norway, guitar in hand to support friend and Scottish filmmaker Jim Hope with his premiere at the festival. […]

There’s something about the North Sea fringes that breeds a special kind of creativity within its surfing tribes. Perhaps it’s the fickle persona of the waves, their all or nothing nature, the long spells of down-time followed by the full bore intensity of a fleeting Arctic groundswell. Perhaps it’s the […]

Surfers have long been the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to championing environmental issues, whether campaigning against sewage outflows and plastic pollution or taking to task oil giants. Now two of Australia’s biggest names in surfing, Belinda Baggs and Johnny Abegg have banded together in the flight […]

“This is my journey and it’s as raw as any other person’s,” explains singer/songwiter Jack Bessant, reflecting on his latest solo project Brother Thunder EP. This most recent body of work – which also includes the album Lucky Mountain (August 2020) – have been something of a catharsis, confronting an […]

Memories of travel leave an indelible mark and through the prism of time carry even greater meaning. “My eyes streamed, my coat still has burn marks and the stench of smoke stayed in my nostrils for weeks.” Award winning LS/FF alumni Chris McClean is recalling shooting Las Luminarias festival in […]

10th Edition of London Surf / Film Festival hits the capital 7-9 October 2021! We established the London Surf / Film Festival in 2001 as a celebration of the cream of international surf culture, and a coming together for the surf collective. Our focus has always been on hosting essential […]

It’s fair to say we’re pretty big fans of super talented composer and musician CJ Mirra. Through his collaboration with award winning filmmaker Chris McClean, scoring more than 20 surf movies, CJ Mirra AKA has confirmed his status as ‘the sound of cold water surfing’.  We premiered their latest project, […]

Back in March 2020, we created LOCKDOWN SURF X FILM FESTIVAL as a response to our times – the Covid-19 pandemic and social isolation. A community project, this free, remote celebration of surf culture brought together a line up of the very best surf films from across the globe accompanied […]

LS/FF 10 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Submissions for the 10th Annual London Surf / Film Festival are now open. Surfing and surf culture are wide open to creative interpretation and we welcome submissions from across the globe and across the genres that explore all aspects and angles from documentary to action, […]

9th Annual London Surf / Film Festival x VANS touched down in the heart of the capital bringing the to the UK the very cream of international surf culture and the creatives behind it. Five nights of packed out World, European and UK premieres were curated to reflect the broad […]

Surfing is a community: a family. At times of social divisions and fracturing borders, it’s important to come together and celebrate the things we have in common, to stop and look around and see what an awesome culture we’re privileged to be part of – both here in the UK […]

Thursday 17th October London Surf / Film Festival 2019 x VANS is heading to our longtime friends Allpress in Dalston for our closing night finale – an evening of surf / film / good times and more with the epic ALUNA Coconut Rum. We’re super stoked to be hosting the […]

We’re long time friends and collaborators of the epic Surf Sistas, the OG team of inspiring women who have made it their mission to get women surfing! We met them at the very first edition of the London Surf / Film Festival back in 2011 and have been firm friends […]

We are stoked to have an awesome Cord 6’10 Sawn Off Surfboard in Rioja Red to give away at this year’s festival, hand crafted by Cord shaper and Cornish charger Markie Lascelles. Cord Surfboards has been in and around some of the most exciting and innovative moments in the evolution […]

The 9th annual London Surf / Film Festival hits the capital 9 – 12 October bringing to the UK an epic programme of premieres, award winning features, underground projects, a live A/V show, stunning cinematography, and mind-blowing surfing. Accompanied by Q+A’s and ‘Audiences with…’ some of the world’s most exciting […]

Short films are a central pillar of modern surf culture, a creative outlet for sharing stories and inspiring stoke. Here at the London Surf / Film Festival x VANS we wanted to celebrate the short and give homegrown filmmaking talent a platform to bring their visions to the surf world. […]

Tickets are on sale now for the 9th Annual London Surf / Film Festival x VANS hosted 9 – 12th October 2019 at the iconic Regent Street Cinema, London. Evening passes have now sold out but you can still buy tickets to the screenings (£11) and immerse yourself in the […]

We’ve just dropped the line up for the 9th Annual LS/FF x VANS hosted 9 – 12th October 2019 at the iconic Regent Street Cinema, London and it’s pretty special if we do say so ourselves! We’ve assembled a handpicked line up of the very best films from across the […]