Winner Best Cinematography & British Film 2013: THE SALT TRAIL, Dir: Mark Waters, UK From award-winning filmmaker Mark Waters this visual gem is a sensory and cinematic masterpiece that takes us on a voyage and delves into the true meaning of surf travel. Journeying through Indonesia from the crowded points […]

Winner – Best Documentary 2013: LEARNING TO BREATHE, Dir. Rocky Romano, USA (European Premiere) Award-winning documentary exploring the troubled and changing life of professional surfer and legend Anthony Ruffo. Ruffo is a surfer, but he is also an addict, a dealer and a community leader.  An exploration into the oft-overlooked, […]

Winner – Viewers Choice 2013: BELLA VITA, Dir. Jason Baffa, USA A much anticipated premiere from renowned film-maker Jason Baffa, chronicling the journey of surfer/artist/environmentalist Chris Del Moro and friends as they explore the burgeoning surf culture blossoming among one the Mediterranean’s oldest civilisations. A visual epic and tavelogue captured in sumptuous […]

Winner – Best Film 2013: THIS TIME TOMORROW Dir: Taylor Steele, USA The pursuit of surfing the same wave twice is every surfer’s dream. Two surfers, Dave Rastovich and Craig Anderson, go the length of the planet in 8 days ( a total of 20000 miles) as they follow that dream […]

Winner – Shortie of the Year 2013: SEA FEVER, director Tim Davies A film by Tim Davies. A film shot in the UK and Ireland Music by Massive Attack – A Prayer for England Poem by John Masefield

A short film by Ornella Hawthorn Gardez Taz Knight & Ed Smith take on Madeira Thanks to Orlando Pereira – Madeira Native Motion madeiranativemotion.com Ralph Freeman Nigel Semmens Suzanne Hobbs Valerie Hawthorn Kevin Smith Jan Smith Matt Knight

The Endless Winter: A Very British Surf Movie Directed by James Dean and Matt Crocker scooped Best British Film at this year’s London Surf / Film Festival. As their DVD hits the stores, we caught up with Director Matt Crocker to find out a little bit more about their project […]

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: […]

The London Surf / Film Festival is stoked to announce the winners of the 2012 awards. After 13 packed features and over 30 films screened, the screening panel has voted the following films; Best Film, presented by Oakley: HERE + NOW, dir: Nathan Myers, USA Oakley rider and 3x UK […]

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT: The Surf Magazines Don’t Talk About Lapsed Catholics, Dir. Todd Stewart, USA. Award-winning international short. Lapsed Catholics is an insightful, original, thought provoking story that all surfers will relate to. Director: Todd Stewart Cinematography: Antonio Sanchez Translation & Reading: Andre Casimir

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 […]

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL: THE AFRICA PROJECT, Dir: Jason Hearn, SA European Premiere. South Africa filmmaker Jason Hearn scoured the east and west coasts of the continent in search of the true African surfing story and found it. Featuring the likes of Jordy Smith, Davey Weare, big wave legend Twiggy Baker […]

Winner – Best Cinematography 2012 – DEAR SUBURBIA, Dir. Kai Neville, USA Game changing surf filmmaker Kai Neville fuses an epic sound track, irreverent style and cutting edge performance surfing from Dane Reynolds, John Florence, Kolohe Andino, Dion Aigus et al exploring Japan, Oz, NZ, Indo and The Caribbean in […]

Winner Best Documentary & Viewers Choice 2012 – NORTH OF THE SUN Dir: Inge Wegge & Jørn Nyseth Ranum, NOR UK Premiere. Inge Wegge  and Jørn Ranum spent nine cold, dark, winter months living on a remote, arctic island off the coast of Northern-Norway. On an isolated bay edged by the vast potential of […]

Winner Best British Film 2012 – THE ENDLESS WINTER: Dir. Matt Crocker & James Dean, UK, 2012 Mark Harris and Mitch Corbett are two surfers on a mission; to discover how Californian cool arrived on Britain’s bracing beaches, and grew into a serious obsession with waves. They’ll visit the most iconic […]

Winner – The Shorties 2012- THE SHAPER: Dir: Jeremy Joyce, Rich Pearn and Rob Lockyear, UK Following the 2011 LS/FF short ‘Wreckers’, the Crayfish Films crew take us into the shaping bay to meet a very special talent. Directed by: Jeremy Joyce, Rich Pearn and Rob Lockyear Cinematography: Jeremy Joyce, […]