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 […]

  EUROPEAN PREMIERE: ISLAND X Dir. Ben Weiland From multi award-winning filmmaker Ben Weiland, the much anticipated “Island X” is a journey to the edge of the surf map and beyond. After losing his entire life’s work in a fire, renowned photographer Mark McInnis assembles a team of surfers, well […]

Filmmaking Workshop: In Conversation With Director Stacy Peralta – SOLD OUT! Stacy Peralta is a former pro surfer and pro skater, pioneer, industry icon, entrepreneur and one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. He’s a multi award winning documentary filmmaker. His documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys won Best Director […]

WINNER: LS/FF10 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY WINNER: LS/FF 10 VIEWER’S CHOICE presented by VANS UNDONE – LAURA ENEVER Dir. Steve Wall UNDONE is the story of personal endeavour following professional surfer Laura Enever, as she leaves behind a comfortable place on the World Championship Tour, and embarks into the unpredictable and male-dominated […]

 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 SOUNDTRACK  TAN MADONNA Dir. Alex Knost Blending cutting edge waveriding with an art house, analogue overlay, artist /surfer/ musician Alex Knost views the smooth lines of Michael February, Lee Ann Curren, Harry Bryant & Karina Rozunko through a fresh lense. Captured on HD Digital, Super 16mm & Super […]

WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD   A CORNER OF THE EARTH Dir. Spencer Frost Captured during a frigid exploration of the North Atlantic, this sumptuously filmed tale follows Fraser Dovell’s transition from the hard grind of the QS to letting go of the dream and ‘getting a real job’. He embarks […]