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Rail Road

Posted by LSFF on October 22, 2018 Documentary, independent filmmaking, International Shorts, london surf film festival 2018 | Features 2018, Past Winners, winners 2018

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT 2018: RAIL ROAD Dir: Gustavo Imigrante Nic Von Rupp embarks on an ethereal surf lapse around Europe, traversing the continent on night trains, branch lines and intercity expresses, finding stirring landscapes and time to contemplate, between stalking sickeningly shallow slabs with Mick Fanning and mind warpingly huge waves […]

BEYOND THE NOISE

Posted by LSFF on September 21, 2018 Andrew Kaineder, European Premiere, LS/FF 2018, noah lane, Premiere Features 2018 | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Past Winners, Uncategorized, winners 2018

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2018: Beyond The Noise Dir: Andrew Kaineder From multi award winning Director Andrew Kaineder comes this highly anticipated feature-length ode to an Irish Winter, when snow dusted the high grounds and low edges and deep depressions spiralled in the raging North Atlantic, featuring Noah Lane and Harrison Roach. Distracted […]

IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT WAVES

Posted by LSFF on | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Past Winners, Uncategorized

  SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD 2018: IT’S NOT ABOUT WAVES Dir: Kepa Acero Kepa Acero is one of our favourite surf adventurers, his solo missions to some of the best waves across the planet have been stirring our wanderlust and keeping us stoked for the best part of a decade. […]

A Land Shaped By Women

Posted by LSFF on | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Uncategorized

UK PREMIERE: A LAND SHAPED BY WOMEN Dir: Anne-Flore Marxer Anne-Flore Marxer and Aline Bock journey across Iceland, surfing and snowboarding under the spectacular northern lights.  Along the way they meet a raft of inspirational Icelandic women – from Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir the first Icelander to reach the summit of Mount […]

EOS

Posted by LSFF on Kassia Meador, LS/FF 2018, Premiere Features 2018, UK Premiere, WOMEN MAKING WAVES, women's surfing | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Uncategorized

HONOURABLE MENTION 2018: EOS Dir: Bruce Muller Kassia Meador is one of the most stylish surfers on the planet, blurring the line between surfer and artist, inspiring a generation. Invoking ethereal metaphors of, “The Hero’s Journey”, through homage of ancient eastern philosophies and archetypal phenomena, and mirrored by the masterful […]

EMOCEAN

Posted by LSFF on Environment, LS/FF 2018, Ocean, Premiere Features 2018, UK Premiere | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Uncategorized

UK PREMIERE: EMOCEAN Dir. Tony Harrington Emocean started out as a surf film but quickly turned into something so much more. Featuring icon of Australian surf culture, Paul Witzig whose films captured the shortboard revolution through surfers like Wayne Lynch, Pipeline photographer Brent Bielmann, Hawaiian watermen Dave Kalama and Jamie […]

Paige

Posted by LSFF on International Features, LSFF 2018, Premiere Features 2018, WOMEN MAKING WAVES | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Uncategorized

UK PREMIERE: PAIGE Dir: Bjarne Salen Paige Alms is a ground breaking waverider, XXL award winning charger and pioneer of women’s big wave surfing. This insightful documentary takes you inside Paige’s world, journeying to her home island of Maui where she trains, mentally and physically preparing for the rigours of a […]

Trouble: The Lisa Andersen Story

Posted by LSFF on September 20, 2018 European Premiere, Lisa Andersen, LS/FF 2018, LSFF 2018, Premiere Features 2018, women's surfing | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Uncategorized

EUROPEAN PREMIERE: Trouble: The Lisa Andersen Story Dir. Chas Smith Lisa Anderson changed surf culture and youth culture forever. Her combination of style, power, drive and attitude ushered in a new framing for female surfing: 4 Time World Champion she was the first woman on the cover of Surfer magazine, six time […]

The Electric Acid Surfboard Test

Posted by LSFF on Dane Reynolds, International Film Features, London Surf / Film Festival, LS/FF 2018 | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Past Winners, Uncategorized, winners 2018

 YEEEEW FACTOR AWARD FOR BEST SURF SECTION 2018: The Electric Acid Surfboard Test Dir: Ashton Goggans What happens when you bring Dane Reynolds and 10 tripped out surfboards, hand-shaped by some of the most radical hands dabbling in foam and fibreglass, for a ten-day mind-melter at Mexico’s loveliest sand […]

Momentum Generation

Posted by LSFF on International Feature Programme, International Film Features, London Surf / Film Festival, LS/FF 2018, Past Winners | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Past Winners, Uncategorized, winners 2018

BEST DOCUMENTARY 2018: Momentum Generation Dir: Jeff Zimbalist & Michael Zimbalist A very special screening presented by surf icon: Rob Machado!! In the 1990s a group of fresh faced teens, including Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Shane Dorian, Taylor Knox, Benji Weatherley, Kalani Robb, Ross Williams, Taylor Steele, and Pat O’Connell,  drifted […]

The Sea Empowers

Posted by LSFF on International Film Features, London Surf / Film Festival, LS/FF 2018 | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Past Winners, Uncategorized, winners 2018

 BEST BRITISH FILM 2018: THE SEA EMPOWERS Dir: Lucy Jane, Joya Berrow “Surfing takes your eyes away from all of the negativity and corruption in society and turns you to the horizon so you’re looking at endless possibilities for yourself.” 28 year old Imani Wilmot has grown up as part […]

Big Wata

Posted by LSFF on International Film Features, London Surf / Film Festival, LS/FF 2018, UK Premiere | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Past Winners, Uncategorized, winners 2018

VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD 2018: BIG WATA Dir: Gugi van der Velden  West Africa has a turbulent and violent past, a history marked by civil war, ravaged by disease. In a small corner of Sierra Leone, during an Ebola outbreak, a band of brothers find solace, escape and a new found identity […]

Priboi

Posted by LSFF on cold water surfing, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, LS/FF 2018, Premier Features 2018 | Features 2018, International Feature Programme, International Film Features, Past Winners, Uncategorized, winners 2018

BEST FILM 2018: Priboi  Dir: Kokorev Konstantin, 2018 (80mins) In Siberia, winter water temperatures average just 2 degrees, snow lays heavy on the beaches and then there are the blizzards to contend with. This is cold water surfing at its very limits. The groundbreaking Priboi is a search for waves, […]

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