First Light Stillness
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 up their cars in the dark and headed to the sea to find some empty waves made of glass. This video is Bella’s first attempt at film making and it’s the first of many projects with Beth. This winter they are both going to seek out warmer waves in Mexico and film along the way.
First Light Stillness as featured on MSW is a taste of what is to come in 2023 for this longboarding duo…
Film: Bella Bunce
Surfer Beth Leighfield
Music Ed Patrick
As featured on MSW
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Watch all the longlisted entries to the LS/FF 22 Shorties short film contest x Surfdome >>> HERE <<< Support your favourites by sharing the films & voting for them by clicking on the button or Twitter icon above. Voting is open until 22nd October.
The very best shorts will be showcased on the big screen as part of LS/FF2022 hosted 25 – 26 November at The Riverside Studios and 2 December at The Genesis Cinema. These shortlisted films are eligible for two prestigious awards presented by Surfdome: Shortie of the Year and Emerging Talent with a £1500 filmmaking fund for the winners*.
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The Shorties x Surfdome
Short films are a central pillar of modern surf culture, a creative outlet for sharing stories and inspiring stoke. Here at the London Surf / Film Festival we wanted to celebrate the short and give homegrown filmmaking talent a platform to bring their visions to the surf world so we established ‘The Shorties’. It has fast become one of the most prestigious short film competitions for surf filmmakers in the world.
While the main festival is a showcase for international filmmaking, The Shorties short film contest is open exclusively to filmmakers from or based in Britain and Ireland. Learn more.
London Surf / Film Festival 2022
11th Edition London Surf / Film Festival hits 25 – 26 November at The Riverside Studio and 2 December at The Genesis Cinema bringing to the UK the very best of contemporary surf cinema. See you there!
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*The shortlisted and winning Shorties entries are decided on by our esteemed screening panel as well as by the wider surfing world… you! The public acts as one of our 10 jury members. You can vote for as many different films as you like, only one vote per film will be counted! Spread the surf movie love! The Shortie of the Year will be awarded £1000 and Emerging Talent will be awarded £500 prize.