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    2012 Feature Submissions Open!

    We are stoked to announce that entries are now open for the 2nd annual London Surf / Film Festival. Following our hugely successful inaugural year, we cordially invite filmmakers from across the globe and across surfing genres to submit their films for consideration for this years festival programme. Surf culture is wide open to creative interpretation [...]

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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: Anthony Butler

    It’s fair to say that Anthony Butler, aka Mr B, is one of the UK’s most established and respected surf filmmakers. His output includes four groundbreaking surf films that have captured UK and Irish surfing at it most cutting edge. His titles include Performing Monkeys, Driven, Substance and 21 Days Later – Mentawais. At the [...]

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    Meet The Filmmaker: Tim Boydell

    Mr Tim Boydell doesn’t feel like a new face, an emerging presence. He seems to have been on the scene longer than that; to have achieved. Yet in a land where it’s hard graft being an independent filmmaker, he’s managed to bring a lot to the table in a relatively short period of time. Having [...]

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    Meet the Filmmaker: Tim Davies

    It’s a healthy time for UK surf filmmaking. Tim Boydell’s Innersection is out there on the world stage representing, Uncommon Ideals by Chris McClean and Mark Waters is up for a Surfer Poll award and Mickey Smith has established a reputation as a cutting edge creative of the highest order. Joining this line-up is Welsh [...]

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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: And The Winners Are…

    “Many thanks to our incredible  screening panel who took the time to support independent surf filmmaking and to watch and vote on all the films premiered at the festival,” says Event Director Chris Nelson. “They were overwhelmed with the incredible diversity and creativity of the movies showcased at this year’s inaugural event which made judging [...]

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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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LS/FF 2011: In Review

A snap shot of the LS/FF 2011: 3 nights, 10 feature films, 10 shorties, 1 band and one hell of a party! To see what they were saying about the festival click HERE

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LS/FF 2011 Winner

SHORTIE OF THE YEAR: UNCOMMON IDEALS Directed by Chris McClean, Cinematography by Mark Waters UK, 2011, 5 mins Producer & Director – Chris McClean Cinematographer & Editor – Mark Waters Additional footage by Lewis Arnold and Chris McClean Poem ‘Uncommon Ideals’ by Daniel Crockett, read by Jeff Hordley Sound Engineer – William Evans Music by [...]

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LS/FF 2011 Winner

BEST FILM; BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER Directed by Keith Malloy, USA, 2011, 35 mins. LS/FF 2011 hosted the European Premiere of this the hotly anticipated new release from Keith Malloy and Woodshed Films. In it, Malloy takes surfing back to its source, bringing us those most dedicated proponents of the glide, those [...]

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LS/FF 2011 Winner

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL: FINNSURF Directed by: Aleksi Raij, Produced by Pablo Films and Flatlight Films, Fin, 2011, 48 mins, Subtitles UK Premiere. This film peels back the fleecy layers on the lives of a handful of surfers from one of the world’s most inhospitable surf locations and discovers just what drives them to paddle out [...]

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LS/FF 2011 Winner

BEST DOCUMENTARY: SPLINTERS Directed by Adam Pesce USA, 2011, 94 mins ; UK Premiere. In the 80’s a pilot left behind a surfboard in a remote ocean side village in the developing nation of Papua New Guinea. This compelling story unfolds 20 years later in the months leading up to the first National Surf Championships and [...]

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LS/FF 2011 Winner

VIEWERS CHOICE: STOKED AND BROKE Directed by Cyrus Sutton USA, 2010, 56 mins Official UK Premiere. From the EMMY award winning filmmaker, this is a staycation surfari epic on zero dollars. Making their own boards, bamboo rickshaws, solar cookers, and hobo stoves, surfers Ryan Burch and Cyrus Sutton set off on a thirty mile, eight day walk [...]

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2012 Feature Submissions Open!

Posted by admin on May 9, 2012

We are stoked to announce that entries are now open for the 2nd annual London Surf / Film Festival. Following our hugely successful inaugural year, we cordially invite filmmakers from across the globe and across surfing genres to submit their films for consideration for this years festival programme. Surf culture is wide open to creative interpretation [...]

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In the news: The Future of DIY Surf Filmmaking

Posted by admin on March 22, 2012

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

Posted by admin on January 6, 2012

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: Anthony Butler

Posted by admin on January 3, 2012

It’s fair to say that Anthony Butler, aka Mr B, is one of the UK’s most established and respected surf filmmakers. His output includes four groundbreaking surf films that have captured UK and Irish surfing at it most cutting edge. His titles include Performing Monkeys, Driven, Substance and 21 Days Later – Mentawais. At the [...]

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Meet The Filmmaker: Tim Boydell

Posted by admin on December 14, 2011

Mr Tim Boydell doesn’t feel like a new face, an emerging presence. He seems to have been on the scene longer than that; to have achieved. Yet in a land where it’s hard graft being an independent filmmaker, he’s managed to bring a lot to the table in a relatively short period of time. Having [...]

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Meet the Filmmaker: Tim Davies

Posted by admin on December 6, 2011

It’s a healthy time for UK surf filmmaking. Tim Boydell’s Innersection is out there on the world stage representing, Uncommon Ideals by Chris McClean and Mark Waters is up for a Surfer Poll award and Mickey Smith has established a reputation as a cutting edge creative of the highest order. Joining this line-up is Welsh [...]