With no previous cycling experience, Johanna Brebner sets out to bike the length of her childhood home, Aotearoa New Zealand, with a surfboard in tow. Returning after a decade away, she packs her life onto a bike and travels more than 2,000 kilometres across the country in search of reconnection and a few waves along the way.
Produced by needessentials, Spaces in Between is a feature documentary that follows Johanna on a surfing and cycling journey across Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a portrait of slow travel: of challenge, endurance, new friendships, and the exhilaration of landscape. Beyond the pursuit of waves, the film explores what it means to experience a place over time, revealing the stories, connections, and moments that emerge in the spaces in between.
Executive Producer: Ryan Scanlon
Cinematography: Milo Inglis & Cameron Haylock
Additional Footage: Ishka Folkwell, Johanna Brebner, Heath Scanlon, Hahnee Chelkowski, Joseph Elijah Daniel & Clementine Bourke
Feature Musical Artists: Cat Power, Maple Glider, Ruby Gill, Minna, Adriana Lenker, Nadia Reid & Jake Xerxes Fussell.
