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Sarah Bentley

Posted by LSFF on September 16, 2019 Screening Panel, surfer, UK Surf | Features Jury

Sarah Bentley grew up in South Wales, was sporty but hated sports. That was until she found surfing. Hooked from the start she would squeeze as many surfs out of a week as was humanly possible and spend the rest of her time watching surf films and dreaming of long […]

2018 Shorties Entries CLOSED

Posted by LSFF on August 3, 2018 Documentary, Filmmaker, independent filmmaking, london, London Surf / Film Festival, Shorties, Shorties 2018, Surf Film, surf movie, UK Surf | HOT NEWS, News

UPDATE: Submissions for this year’s Shorties have now closed. Submissions to the 2018 London Surf / Film Festival x Reef Shorties short film competition are open. Now in its 8th year, this prestigious annual event has fast become the showcase for homegrown filmmakers. “While the main festival welcomes features from across the […]

The Shorties Shortlist 2016

Posted by LSFF on September 13, 2016 Shorties 2016, shortlisted shorties, UK Surf | HOT NEWS, News, Shorties 2016

What an incredible year for filmmaking! The standard of short films submitted to the LS/FF Shorties 2016  have raised the bar yet again showing what a wealth of creative talent we have here on our shorelines. Open exclusively to filmmakers from or based in the UK and Ireland The LS/FF […]

Matungou // World Premiere

Posted by LSFF on October 13, 2015 Angus Scotney, Mr B, UK Surf, uk surfers, World Premiere | News

World Premiere // Matungou Dir. Mr B // Saturday 17th October It’s fair to say the Fourth Surfboards crew scored in the Mentawais! Featuring some of the brightest names in British surfing from Tom Butler, Alan Stokes and Oli Adams to Adam Griffiths, Corrine Evans and Angus Scotney, we’re stoked to be hosting the world premiere of […]

SHORTIES 2015

Posted by LSFF on October 2, 2015 British Filmmaker, LSFF2015, Shorties, UK Surf | HOT NEWS, News, Uncategorized

Following a huge public poll and a tight round of voting from the London Surf / Film  Festival screening panel, we are stoked to announce the Shorties Shortlist of films that will be showcased on the big screen, in the capital, as part of this year’s festival line-up. We founded The Shorties in […]

Filmmaker Focus: Leo McCrea

Posted by LSFF on February 28, 2014 Filmmaker, filmmaker focus, Leo McCrea, UK Surf | HOT NEWS, News

Director Leo McCrea’s documentary Kwepunha Liberia highlights the burgeoning surf scene emerging in Liberia a decade after the end of a bloody and brutal civil war, the memories of which still shadow the nation. Here he  shines a light on his project produced with writer and British pro longboarder Sam Bleakley and […]

British invade San Diego

Posted by LSFF on April 11, 2013 Chris McClean, crayfish, level films, UK Surf | News

It’s fair to say that the it’s been a very good year for British surf filmmaking. At the The London Surf / Film Festival  2012 we were stoked to premiere a wealth of emerging and established homegrown talents from shorts to full feature length films and to see those films […]

Beyond The Scars // NEW short from award-winning Director

Posted by LSFF on January 14, 2013 Chris McClean, Filmmaker, Shorties, UK Surf | HOT NEWS, News, Resources

‘Uncommon Ideals‘ from Director Chris McClean won Best Shortie at the inaugural London Surf / Film Festival in 2011 and went on to scoop accolades across the board from Vimeo Awards and Surfer Poll nominations to international film festivals. The evocative short has since been viewed on line in excess of 130,000 times, […]

LS/FF 2012 WINNER

Posted by LSFF on November 16, 2012 2012, 2012 winners, shortie of the year, Shorties, UK Surf, Winners Circle | Winner 2012

SHORTIE OF THE YEAR: THE SHAPER Dir. Jeremy Joyce, Rob Lockyear, Rich Pearn, UK In 2011 Crayfish Films delivered ‘Wreckers’, which came runner up in the LS/FF Shorties. For 2012 the crew take us into the shaping bay to meet Chief, a very special talent…   Featuring: James Hogg Cinematography: […]

That was LS/FF 2012

Posted by LSFF on October 23, 2012 Allyn Harper, approaching lines, Filmmaker, LS/FF 2011, National Trust, UK Surf | News

We came, we saw amazing films, we listened to awesome bands, saw some great talks and chilled with talented artisan makers in the Approaching Lines Room. The UK waveriding fraternity came together from the four corners of the British Isles and got down in the capital. Who better to capture […]

Behind the scenes: Matthew P

Posted by LSFF on October 4, 2012 2012, approaching lines, Music, UK Surf | News, Resources, Uncategorized

We’re stoked to have Matthew P play at this year’s London Surf / Film Festival (Thursday 11th October), but our collaboration seemed fated from the get go. While out in Indo last year, Matt was hanging out with filmmaker Jimmy James Kinnaird who was working on a movie called Tracking […]

International Short

Posted by LSFF on September 26, 2012 2012, Indonesia, international short, UK Surf | Uncategorized

SATURDAY 13TH OCTOBER 21.55 Sink Swim, John Eldridge, Mathilda Friström, UK, 2012, 12 mins. Sink Swim is a no-budget art house short set in a tropical idyll of freedom, warmth and waves. Two fictional characters become separated in this beautiful yet brooding piece. Director: John Eldridge / Mathilda Friström Camera: Mathilda Friström / John Eldridge […]

HERE AND NOW

Posted by LSFF on September 19, 2012 2012, 2012 winners, European Premiere, International Features, Nathan Myers, Taylor Steele, UK Surf, USA, Winners Circle | Past Winners, Winner 2012

Winner Best Film 2012 – HERE & NOW – Dir: Nathan Meyers, USA Shot in one day, this film brings together more than 25 of the world’s best filmmakers and surfers in a project that documents the world of surfing in a single 24-hour period: May 2, 2012. From world […]

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