Winner Best Cinematography & British Film 2013: THE SALT TRAIL, Dir: Mark Waters, UK From award-winning filmmaker Mark Waters this visual gem is a sensory and cinematic masterpiece that takes us on a voyage and delves into the true meaning of surf travel. Journeying through Indonesia from the crowded points […]

Winner – Best Documentary 2013: LEARNING TO BREATHE, Dir. Rocky Romano, USA (European Premiere) Award-winning documentary exploring the troubled and changing life of professional surfer and legend Anthony Ruffo. Ruffo is a surfer, but he is also an addict, a dealer and a community leader.  An exploration into the oft-overlooked, […]

Winner – Viewers Choice 2013: BELLA VITA, Dir. Jason Baffa, USA A much anticipated premiere from renowned film-maker Jason Baffa, chronicling the journey of surfer/artist/environmentalist Chris Del Moro and friends as they explore the burgeoning surf culture blossoming among one the Mediterranean’s oldest civilisations. A visual epic and tavelogue captured in sumptuous […]

Winner – Best Film 2013: THIS TIME TOMORROW Dir: Taylor Steele, USA The pursuit of surfing the same wave twice is every surfer’s dream. Two surfers, Dave Rastovich and Craig Anderson, go the length of the planet in 8 days ( a total of 20000 miles) as they follow that dream […]

Winner – Yeeew Factor 2013: THE FORTUNE WILD Dir. Ben Gulliver, CAN A small group of surfers set out to seek their own kind of riches on some of the most remote beaches of the Canadian coast. Starring Peter Devries plus Reid and Arran Jackson, this is an expedition to the […]

Winner – Shortie of the Year 2013: SEA FEVER, director Tim Davies A film by Tim Davies. A film shot in the UK and Ireland Music by Massive Attack – A Prayer for England Poem by John Masefield