We’ve been celebrating the work of Maddie Meddings and Lucy Small from day one, and so we are delighted to premiere the Director’s Cut of Ceibo at this year’s festival. Professional surfers and activists, Pacha Light and Lucy Small journey across Ecuador to learn from women, deeply connected to their […]

There’s no place like home Markie Lascelles is our shaper from home. A hard charger with board building in his DNA, he heads up the iconic Cord Surfboards (founded in Australia in 1965 by brothers Dustin and Peter ‘Chops’ Lascelles) crafting and test driving iconic shapes in the heart of […]

‘The Future of Adventure Travel’ presented by Yeti SAT 8TH NOV 2PM // TICKETS ARE ONSALE HERE This special workshop hosted by Looking Sideway’s Matt Barr focusses on the changing notion of adventure travel, where are boundaries, is it still justified in this era of climate breakdown and can we find […]

We’ve just dropped the line up for the 14th Annual London Surf / Film Festival x Finisterre hosted 6-8  November 2025 at the iconic Riverside Studios, and it’s an epic celebration of the very best of international and homegrown surf culture. Bringing to the UK a handpicked programme of the […]

THURSDAY 6th November: EXPLORING THE NOTION OF HOME >> BUY EVENING PASS + TICKETS  >> THURSDAY 6th November>> SOLD OUT The LS/FF GALA OPENING NIGHT PASS delivers a whole evening of the very best surf cinema, Q+A’s, icons, filmmakers, good times, and more PLUS a complimentary beer from our friends at […]

We’ve just dropped the line up for the 13th Annual LS/FF x Finisterre hosted 7th-9th November 2024 at Riverside Studios. And it’s going to be pretty special if we do say so ourselves! We’ve assembled a handpicked programme of the very best films from across the globe – hotly anticipated […]

The Women of the Sea Film fund is open to entries from 8 March 2025  until 31 March 2025. It is open to any filmmakers who identify as a woman and are a resident of the UK, Republic of Ireland, USA or Canada. All levels of experience are welcome to […]

  We’ve partnered with Finisterre to launch the Women Of The Sea Film Fund offering established and aspiring women filmmakers, the chance to win £10,000 of funding and a guaranteed spot at this year’s London Surf / Film Festival. Submit your pitch below for a film of 10-20 minutes in […]

‘Why Am I Telling You This?’ Building Narrative in Film, Image, Word and Sound presented by Yeti This special workshop hosted by Looking Sideway’s Matt Barr focusses on the art of creating an engaging narrative through the mediums of filmmaking, writing, podcasting and photography with some of the UK’s most […]

In her current role, working in Ventura, California, as Head of Events & Experiences for Patagonia, Roos is responsible for elevating the brand’s experiential program, across outdoor sports and environmentalism. Having worked for the brand for eight years, in senior content and events roles, in Europe and North America, Roos has been instrumental in bringing to […]

  Join us for a special night of surf, stories and cinema at Allpress Dalston, London E8 2NG. As well as an epic night of surf culture and tales of adventure from the legendary Kepa Acero, our friends at Allpress will be serving up the finest sausage sizzle this side […]

We’ve just dropped the line up for the 11th Annual LS/FF hosted 25 November – 2nd December 2022. And it’s going to be pretty special if we do say so ourselves! From over 100 submissions, we’ve assembled a handpicked programme of the very best films from across the globe – […]

LS/FF SATURDAY NIGHT PASS SATURDAY 26th November at LS/FF explores surfing’s unknown realms. >> BUY EVENING PASS  >> Saturday 26th November >>   HERE SOLD OUT The LS/FF SATURDAY NIGHT PASS delivers a whole evening of the very best surf cinema, Q+A’s, icons, filmmakers, good times, and more PLUS a complimentary beer from […]

Voting on the longlisted The Shorties x Surfdome entries is closed for 2022. Stay tuned to see which homegrown short films will be selected for screening as part of this year’s London Surf / Film Festival. Hosted 25-26 November at Riverside Studios and 2 December at the legendary Genesis Cinema, […]

For anyone with even a passing awareness of the environmental issues facing our oceans, the name Hugo Tagholm will be instantly recognisable. For 14 years Hugo was front and centre of the UK ocean campaigning charity Surfers Against Sewage, taking action from the beach front to the front benches of […]

When ‘Dark Side of the Lens,’ the multi-award winning short from Mickey Smith cracked the horizon more than a decade ago it reframed surf cinema. It’s not a hyperbolic statement. It’s just a simple statement of fact. In six minutes the film from this West Penwith waterman, who’d cut his […]