Rail Road
Posted by LSFF on October 22, 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
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 […]
The Electric Acid Surfboard Test
Posted by LSFF on September 20, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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, […]