WINNER: VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD WORLD PREMIERE: ARNOW Dir. Jack Whitefield A stylised and stylish cinematic portrait of enigmatic big wave surfer Tom Lowe. From unlikely beginnings in a small, Cornish fishing town to charging some of the biggest waves in the world – just who is Tom Lowe and what […]

WINNER: BEST FILM AND BEST SOUNDTRACK  EUROPEAN PREMIERE: HAIL MARY Dir. Ben Gulliver  From multi-award winning filmmaker Ben Gulliver comes this hotly anticipated, cinematically stunning biopic. ‘Hail Mary’ charts the humble beginnings of ground breaking surfer Balaram Stack from his boyhood in NY to his journey to become one of […]

WINNER: BEST DOCUMENTARY AND BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY UK PREMIERE: FACING MONSTERS Dir. Bentley Dean  “The surfing version of Free Solo.” Letterboxd “The best movie about a surfer ever made.” Nick Carroll, Surfline “As hardcore and honest and mindblowing as they come.” Stab This multi award-winning documentary digs deep into the psyche […]

  WINNER: BEST BRITISH FILM  LONDON PREMIERE: SAVAGE WATERS Dir. Mikey Corker A 19th century treasure-hunter’s journal inspires a journey in search of a mythical wave in some of the most dangerous waters of the Atlantic Ocean. How far would you go searching for something that may not exist? For […]

WINNER 2023 THE SHORTIES X SURFDOME: Amble // Dir. Seth Hughes Images captured on walks around home. Amble; an ode to walking for its own sake. Music and Sound Design by CJ Mirra Additional Footage by Robert Blackett Featuring Izzy Henshall LOVE SURF MOVIES? Watch all the longlisted entries to […]

WINNER EMERGING TALENT AWARD THE SHORTIES X SURFDOME: First Light Stillness // Dir. Bella Bunce Searching for waves before the sun has risen is always worth it. There is a stillness to the world, one many miss out on whilst they sleep. Creative Bella Bunce and surfer Beth Leighfield packed […]