London Surf Film Festival

London Surf Film Festival

London Surf / Film Festival has just dropped the line up for the 9th Annual LS/FF x VANS.

Hosted 9 – 12th October 2019 at the iconic Regent Street Cinema, London, the LS/FF team of ardent surfers, movie lovers and cultural commentators have assembled a handpicked line up of the very best films from across the globe that represent the pinnacle of contemporary surfing right now – hotly anticipated premieres, award winning features, and underground projects.

The carefully curated programme brings together documentaries to inspire, travelogues to stir the wanderlust, surfing that redefines the bounds of possibility plus a live A/V show to blow minds. Accompanied by Q+A’s and ‘Audiences with…’ some of the world’s most exciting and relevant surfers and creatives including icon Alex Knost, surfer / musician Lee-Ann Curren, big wave charger Dougal Patterson, award winning filmmakers including Spencer Frost, Chris McClean, Rick Wall, plus more special guests like Carve Magazine’s own Steve England it’s a celebration of the cream of surf culture.

“I’m super excited about the quality and diversity of this year’s line-up,” says LS/FF Director Demi Taylor. “From must-see documentaries that really get under the skin like the much anticipated Hobgood biopic And Two if by Sea, plus the stunning big wave tales like Satori and White Rhino these are stories about the people as much as the waves. Three years in the making, multi-award winning Jack Coleman has just dropped his new film Zone Frequency. Combining stunning cinematography and an epic soundtrack this is journey to the intersection of style, imagination and fun with some of the most radical and innovative surfers on the planet while Spencer Frost’s gorgeous A Corner of the Earth is a true tale of cold water adventures and frigid exploration. In an evening celebrating surf, sound and cinema we’re delighted to play host to the exclusive world premiere of Translate, the immersive audio / visual free surfing experiment from award-winning filmmaker Chris McClean and composer CJ Mirra. Performed live with musicians including Lee-Ann Curren, it captures the ephemeral nature of surfing, a moment that cannot be recreated.”

London Surf / Film Festival is bringing to the UK 2 World Premieres, 1 European Premiere and 6 UK Premieres. But it’s about more than that. LS/FF weaves together a true slice of surfing in the here and now, a showcase of the multi-layered world of waveriding. For many of the movies premiered, the festival will be the only chance to watch them as they were intended to be enjoyed – on the big screen, accompanied by a packed crowd of likeminded folk – the original “social media” experience. You’re not going to want to miss this!

For full details head to: londonsurffilmfestival.com

London Surf / Film Festival Shorties Go Live

London Surf / Film Festival Shorties Go Live

Swell is on the horizon, the wind is threatening to go offshore, Autumn is here. To coincide with this, the most glorious time of the year, London Surf / Film Festival presented by Vans has just dropped the longlist for the 9th Edition of The Shorties short film contest. Peel back your eyelids, grab some liquid refreshment and settle in for some 60 minutes of surf movie magic over on the LS/FF site.

And, if you like what you see and want to support independent filmmaking, vote for those films you’d like to see on the big screen at this year’s festival.

The hotly contested ‘homegrown filmmaking’ category at the heart of this international festival features 11 outstanding shorts from some of the best British & Irish filmmaking talent. The longlist is a mix of big wave charging, soundscaping, super 8 traveloguing, documentary filmmaking, sick editing, cautionary tale telling and everything in between from both established names and new talents.

London Surf / Film Festival needs your help in selecting The Shorties to be premiered on the big screen at this year’s festival. They are asking you – the esteemed surfing community – to support your favourite films by watching and voting for them.

Voting is open now and will run until midnight 22nd September. Check out the longlisted entries at londonsurffilmfestival.com and cast your votes.

The shortlist is decided by a combination of votes cast by the surf community and votes cast by the screening panel which includes influential names in the world of surf, media and filmmaking, from photographers and producers to commissioning editors.

The selected films will be shown on the big screen as part of the 9th Annual London Surf / Film Festival x Vans hosted 9 – 12 October at the iconic Regent St Cinema.

London Surf / Film Festival is a celebration of the cream of international surf culture. Bringing to the UK the best surf films from around the globe – documentaries to inspire, travelogues to stir up the wanderlust and cutting edge action to blow minds, all accompanied by talks, live music, gallery shows, workshops and more it is a must attend for saltwater aficionados.

Head to londonsurffilmfestival.com to vote.