LS/FF 2022 WINNERS
LS/FF 2022 Best British Film: Savage Waters Dir. Mikey Corker Featuring the indomitable Knight Family pictured with Producer Ghislaine Couvillat @Whipped Sea, Producer Maia Norman, Composer Anna Phoebe @ Ava Waves // Image: Adj Brown x LS/FF
LONDON SURF / FILM FESTIVAL 2022 WINNERS
We closed out 2022 the best way we know how: gathering everyone together to do the things we love – watching the very best films on the big screen in iconic venues, surrounded by our epic community; talking story, listening to Q+A’s, asking questions, pushing the limits of our expectations, gasping in awe, laughing aloud, hatching plans, hooting and hollering live and in person.
Facing Monsters Dir. Bentley Dean: LS/FF 2022 Best Documentary, Best Cinematography…Best shock and awe? Quite possibly. // Image: Adj Brown x LS/FF
We were stoked to host 25 incredible World, European and UK Premieres across four nights accompanied by special ‘audiences with’ the most exciting and inspiring filmmakers, creatives and surfers from North America, Europe, Africa and the UK who feed the beating heart of our culture.
LS/FF 2022 Viewer’s Choice: Arnow Dir. Jack Whitefield featuring big wave surfer Tom Lowe // Image: Adriana Lozano x LS/FF
LS/FF 2022 Emerging Talent x Surfdome: First Light Stillness Bella Bunce Featuring Beth Leighfield // Image: Adj Brown x LS/FF
We’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone who made films, made the journey, made us laugh and made our night, sharing the creativity and more than a few Offshores and Jimmy’s Iced Coffees along the way, talking story, supporting our charity partner Centre Point and raising more than £500, voting for your favourite films and always bringing the stoke including our awesome crew who are the heart and soul of the festival, friends old and new, our esteemed jury plus our partners who support the creativity that exists in surfing: Surfdome, Voited, Finisterre, Vans, Venn Creative, Dick Pearce, Cord Surfboards, Nixon, Huck, Carve, Magicseaweed, Surf Girl.
LS/FF 2022 Best Film & Best Soundtrack: Hail Mary featuring Balaram Stack. Award winning Dir. Ben Gulliver in conversation with Chris Nelson // Image: Adriana Lozano x LS/FF
The results of the LS/FF Jury are in….
11th Annual London Surf / Film Festival Winners Line Up:
LS/FF Best Film 2022: HAIL MARY Dir. Ben Gulliver
LS/FF Viewer’s Choice presented by Voited: ARNOW Dir. Jack Whitefield
LS/FF Best Documentary presented by Finisterre: FACING MONSTERS Dir. Bentley Dean
LS/FF Shortie of the Year presented by Surfdome: AMBLE Dir Seth Hughes
LS/FF Emerging Talent presented by Surfdome: FIRST LIGHT STILLNESS Dir. Bella Bunce
LS/FF Best International Short presented by Huck: HUNROS JORNA Dir. Mickey Smith
LS/FF Best Soundtrack presented by Nixon HAIL MARY Dir. Ben Gulliver
LS/FF Best Cinematography presented by Vans: FACING MONSTERS Dir. Bentley Dean
LS/FF Best British Film presented by Carve: SAVAGE WATERS Dir. Mickey Corker
LS/FF Yeeeeeeeew! Factor presented by MagicSeaweed: OTHER LAND Dir. Alice Rosaline Ward
LS/FF Icon Award presented by Approaching Lines: Chris Hines MBE – Co-Founder SAS
LS/FF 2022 Shortie of the Year x Surfdome: Amble Dir. Seth Hughes Featuring Izzy Henshall – taking home £1000 filmmaker prize fund thanks to Surfdome and hand made belly board award crafted by Dick Pearce // Image: Adj Brown x LS/FF
LS/FF 2022 Yeeeeeew Factor: OTHER LAND Dir. Alice Rosaline Ward // Image: Adj Brown x LS/FF
Huge Congratulations Ben Gulliver for scooping LS/FF 2022 Best Film & Best Soundtrack for Hail Mary featuring Balaram Stack // Image: Adriana Lozano x LS/FF