WINNER: LS/FF 10 ICON AWARD MORNING OF THE EARTH (REMASTERED) Dir: Albert Falzon Considered by many the greatest surf movie ever made, Albert Falzon crafted this visually stunning masterpiece around some of the most stylish, groundbreaking surfers of all time – names that redefined waveriding – Nat Young, Terry Fitzgerald, […]

 FRIDAY 3 DEC // 8.50PM SESSION 2 >> BUY >> EVENING PASS EUROPEAN PREMIERE: POLYSUN Dir: Jack Coleman Jack Coleman’s style and artistry always pushes beyond the norm, shooting genre-breaking wave-riding primarily on richly hued celluloid and always mixed with a killer sound track. “Shot over the course of five years […]

 WINNER: LS/FF 10 BEST FILM presented by Vans WINNER: LS/FF 10 BEST SOUNDTRACK presented by SurfEars SWEET ADVENTURE Dir. Peter Hamblin There are those movies that some along that capture the moment, the magic, the zeitgeist and ‘Sweet Adventure’ the latest masterpiece from award winning filmmaker Peter Hamblin is […]

 WINNER: LS/FF 10 BEST DOCUMENTARY presented by Arbor WATER GET NO ENEMY Dir: Arthur Bourbon & Damien Castera Fifteen years after the civil war which ravaged the whole country, Liberia is slowly rising from the ashes and growing towards a bold new future. Professional surf adventurers and filmmakers Damien Castera […]

WINNER: LS/FF 10 SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL presented by Aluna Coconut Rum BIG vs SMALL Dir. Minna Dufton Nazare is one of the most dangerous, challenging surf spots on the planet. Even in small swells the waves are powerful and unpredictable – but when huge Atlantic storms pulse up through […]

WINNER: BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD  SATORI Dir. Rick Wall UK PREMIERE: Multi award winning documentary exploring the tight-knit crew of big wave surfers who have dedicated their lives to riding the huge waves off the shores of Cape Town, South Africa – Dougal Patterson, Grant Twiggy Baker, Chris Bertish & crew. […]

BEST FILM LS/FF 2017; VIEWERS CHOICE LS/FF 2017 Nervous Laughter  Dir: Dan Norkunas, 2017 (66mins) Albee Layer is one of the most relevant and exciting surfers on the planet. This mind-blowing documentary lifts the curtain on Albee and friends – the tight-knit group of surfers who are redefining not only […]

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL LS/FF 2017:  The Church of the Open Sky  Dir: Nathan Oldfield, 2017 (54mins) Award winning Director Nathan Oldfield serves up a beautiful and highly anticipated cinematic masterpiece. The imagery is crisp, the surfing – from logs to shortboards and finsfree to bodysurfing  is loose, the locations are lush […]

Hangs Upon Nothing is one of our all time favourite surf movies. A six year passion project that combines sublime surfing and compelling cinematography, all captured on 16mil by artist/filmmaker/musician Jeremy Rumas. It’s an aesthetic masterpiece, an ode to Indonesia with an original score by Velo Sun. It has been […]

WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD 2014: WHAT THE SEA GIVES ME, Dir. Pierce M Kavanagh A stunning portrayal of the relationship between man and sea.  With insight from those whose destinies are defined by their connection to the ocean, whether researching Great White sharks, diving to depths never before reached, capturing waves […]

London Premiere: CRADLE OF STORMS, Dir. Bryce Lowe-White, USA Showed with THE HUNT FOR HIPMASAMA as part of the SURF TRIPPING TRIPPLE BILL Alex Gray, Josh Mulcoy, and Pete Devries went on a journey through the remote Aleutian Arc of Alaska, the birthplace of storm systems that send swell back to […]

WINNER: BEST BRITISH FILM 2014: THE HUNT FOR HIPMASAMA,Dir. Oli Adams WATCH THE FEATURE FOR FREE ON LINE HERE UK Pro Oli Adams stumbled across a grainy picture of a mysto wave on a remote British island – un-surfed and un-named. This image haunted him, and sparked an eight-year odyssey, […]

UK PREMIERE: PENINSULA, Dir. Luca Merli, It,  56mins This beautifully crafted ode to Italy explores the country’s rich and varied coastline and culture through the passion and dedication of both pioneering surfers and modern stylists. Shot on sumptuous 35mm, 16mm and super8 film, this gorgeous movie shows just why the surfing […]

UK Premiere: 70 SOMETHING, Dir. Rafael Mellin, Bra. 70mins Think you know Brazilian surfing? Think again! This awesome documentary mixes archive footage, interviews and the best modern surfers ripping on classic boards to tell the story of how surfing and youth culture found it’s feet under the noses of a repressive […]

OTELO BURNING, Dir: Sara Blecher, SA, 2011, 96 mins Feature Film. Somewhere between City of God and Blue Crush, Otelo Burning is a coming of age story of a group of township kids who discover the joy of surfing. Set in 1989, against a backdrop of brewing conflict between two political […]