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APPROACHING LINES ARRIVE…
Approaching Lines is a platform, a creative outlet and our daily dose of smelling salts. It is a chronicle of our times; a home for tales, yarns, parables, legends, anecdotes and logs contributed by a burgeoning collective of makers and do-ers, artists and artisans, filmmakers and photographers with a passion for the waveriding culture and the [...]
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LOVE INDEPENDENT FILM…
Remember how you felt watching Single Fin Yellow and One California Day? Well, the filmmaker responsible for those modern classics Jason Baffa has just finished filming his latest latest project Bella Vita and it’s set to be another sensory delight – super stylish Chris del Moro fronts an all-star cast of surf travellers including Dave Rastovitch, Lauren [...]
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British invade San Diego
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 and filmmakers go on to [...]
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Beyond The Scars // NEW short from award-winning Director
‘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, was showcased by Channel 4 [...]
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Filmmaker Focus // Nicholas Damen
Filmmaker Nicholas Damen has had a busy year, he’s been on the road shooting his home shores of Tasmania and Australia and further afield from New Zealand and NYC to Cuba, Tokyo and beyond. Nick is part of the team behind ‘Sally‘ – one of the stand out films of 2012 which, with its beautiful [...]
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Behind The Scenes: Matt Crocker The Endless Winter
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 to chart British surfing. The [...]
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Behind the scenes: Loic Wirth / Intentio
Loïc Wirth first announced his appearance on the scene in 2010, making the cut in Taylor Steele’s Innersection with his section featuring little known Uruguayan surfer Marco Giorgi. 2012 however has been a watershed year for the young Brazilian filmmaker and has seen him release his first feature film and scoop his first major awards. [...]
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That was LS/FF 2012
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 a little taste of the [...]
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The Winners Are…
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 pro tour Champ Gwen Spurlock [...]
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LS/FF 2012…TEASER
4 days, 12 international feature, 10 short films, Q+A’s, surf, music, art, culture and more… 11-14 October 2012, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London www.londonsurffilmfestival.com
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Meet the Filmmaker: Crayfish Films
‘Wreckers’ from Crayfish Films was one of the standout entries at last year’s festival, coming Runner Up in The Shorties contest presented by National Trust. The two and a half minute short was dynamic and dark and like all good comedies, played on one of our deepest dreads – finding post surf that your car has [...]
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Meet the Filmmaker: Mikey Corker
Last year Mikey Corker’s short ‘Footpaths, Peelers and Caves’ won the LS/FF / National Trust surf trailer competition. Produced by Wavedreamer, his 30-second short was showcased across the three nights of the London Surf / Film Festival and captured the essence of what the conservation charity means to surfers. “As surfers we are blessed to be able to spend [...]
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Meet the filmmaker: Mark Waters
Mark Waters is part of the award winning team behind ‘Uncommon Ideals’ – the short film that touched the global surfing consciousness in late 2011 winning big from the London Surf / Film Festival to San Sebastian as well as being shortlisted for the Surfer Poll Awards and international Vimeo Awards. Unsurprisingly, he’s had a [...]
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In the news: The Future of DIY Surf Filmmaking
In Issue 31 HUCK Magazine, Event Director Chris Nelson talks to movie makers Pierce Michael Kavanagh and Cyrus Sutton plus Tyler Breuer of SMASH Surf as he explores whether, with branded surf footage amassing online, the independent filmmaker can still make things DIY. Extract below. AGAINST THE CODE / CHRIS NELSON The ground is shifting under our [...]
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LS/FF 2011: The Highlights
LS/FF 2011: 3 nights of packed out screenings, 10 feature films, 1 World Premiere, 1 European Premiere, 8 huge UK Premieres, 10 British shorts, Q+A’s, art, music, drinks, friends old and new and plenty of good times! This is how it looked from our end. Looking forward to doing it all over again this Autumn! [...]
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Meet the Filmmaker: Chris McClean
When the crew here at the London Surf / Film Festival came up with the concept for The Shorties, our aim was to create a springboard for UK talent, a vehicle to help push our homegrown filmmakers out onto the world stage. We have been blown away, not only by the standard and level of [...]
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LS/FF 2011: OFFICIAL FESTIVAL TRAILER
Featuring footage from films premiered at the LS/FF 2011 including: The Still Point Dir. Taki Bibelas, Stoked & Broke Dir. Cyrus Sutton, Dark Fall Dir. Alex DePhillipo, Lost Atlas Dir. Kai Neville, First Love Dir Claire Gorman, Finnsurf Dir. Aleksi Raij, Come Hell or High Water Dir. Keith Malloy, Sight | Sound Dir. Mikey DeTemple. [...]
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APPROACHING LINES ARRIVE…
Approaching Lines is a platform, a creative outlet and our daily dose of smelling salts. It is a chronicle of our times; a home for tales, yarns, parables, legends, anecdotes and logs contributed by a burgeoning collective of makers and do-ers, artists and artisans, filmmakers and photographers with a passion for the waveriding culture and the [...]
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LOVE INDEPENDENT FILM…
Remember how you felt watching Single Fin Yellow and One California Day? Well, the filmmaker responsible for those modern classics Jason Baffa has just finished filming his latest latest project Bella Vita and it’s set to be another sensory delight – super stylish Chris del Moro fronts an all-star cast of surf travellers including Dave Rastovitch, Lauren [...]
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British invade San Diego
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 and filmmakers go on to [...]
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LS/FF x Finisterre Special screening
Friday 29th March, 8pm we’re stoked to be hosting a special screening of Mikey de Temple’s beautiful ode to waveriding ‘Sight | Sound’ at Finisterre’s HQ in St Agnes, Cornwall. Spring is a time of change; solitary winter sessions melt way and familiar faces return to the fold, recharging the line-up with tales of travel, [...]
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Beyond The Scars // NEW short from award-winning Director
‘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, was showcased by Channel 4 [...]
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Filmmaker Focus // Nicholas Damen
Filmmaker Nicholas Damen has had a busy year, he’s been on the road shooting his home shores of Tasmania and Australia and further afield from New Zealand and NYC to Cuba, Tokyo and beyond. Nick is part of the team behind ‘Sally‘ – one of the stand out films of 2012 which, with its beautiful [...]
