This year Cold Hawaii Surf & Film Festival presented by California Wines screened 22 Danish and international surf films over three nights at the fishermen’s boathouse Kassehuset in Klitmøller.

The winners of this year’s festival awards were both local from Denmark, Germany and Poland, Turkey, Canada, South Korea, U.S.A., Canada, and United Kingdom. Besides the seven awards given by the jury, the audience cast votes for the Whapaa Award Short Film and the Whapaa Award Feature Film.

“We are very proud for being able to present such an amazing lineup. Watching all those films, was like going for a round-the-world trip. An exciting trip where we experience huge diversity concerning nature, culture, and people. We watched inspirational stories about friendship, love, growing-up, family relations, and of course films with pure surf. Please keep on making surf movies and keep on sharing the stoke.”, states the festival director Alicja Cupial.

Winners of Cold Hawaii Surf & Film Festival presented by California Wines

Best Sound Design: re/discover (GER) Dir. Philipp Sigmund / Finn Springborn

Best Cinematography: Many Wonders (USA) Dir. Ben Weiland & Elli Thor

Best Emerging Filmmaker: Swell (POL) Dir. Lukasz Ratuski

Best Creative Short: WHERE IS THE SURF? (DEN) Dir. Sebastian Krogh Motivation from the jury: “This film encapsulates the spirit of surf filmmaking – that it doesn’t have to be about big cameras, big adventures, or big waves. It can be a simple story, well told that makes you feel and leaves you richer for the experience. Where is the Surf does just that, it captures perfectly the enduring pleasure in the pain of wild goose chase at home with your friends, it’s what unites us as surfers.”

Best Creative Feature: Welcome to the Guesthouse (KOR) Dir. SHIM Yo-han Motivation from the jury: “It’s a rare treat to watch a narrative fiction surf feature. The film touched on important universal themes – the environment, equality, localism, and above all the sense of community in surfing with humour while showcasing new places and cultures.”

Best Short: Vona (TUR) Dir. Clint Davis Motivation from the jury: “A beautiful short that brings to life a new, off the radar, surf destination and really evokes a sense of place.”

Best Feature: Ride the Wave (UK) Dir. Martyn Robertson Motivation from the jury:
“A powerful and moving tale that is a great reminder of the power of the ocean and the power of surfing.”

Special Mention for surfing: Born Pacific (CAN) Dir. Nate Laverty Motivation from the jury: “We wanted to give a special mention to Born Pacific – it does just what a good, classic surf movie should, it makes you want to go surfing!”

Whapaa Award Short Film: The Journey (DEN) Dirs. Tobias Ernst, Gustav Ernst, Noa Stender Whapaa Award Feature Film: Welcome to the Guesthouse (KOR) (KOR) Dir. SHIM Yo-han

Festival Jury Demi Taylor is a writer, best-selling author, director of the London Surf / Film Festival and one half of Approaching Lines creative agency.

Martin la Cour is a cinematographer based in Klitmøller, who has worked on shorts, commercials, and features. Magnus Sandvad

Thorhauge is a freelance screenwriter and director, and just finished his first short film ‘ANKER’.

Angelina Owino is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and cultural entrepreneur based in Klitmøller.

For further information about Cold Hawaii Surf & Film Festival presented by California Wines check out the website here.

Meet Luke Grifo, young gun and talented lensman of  “Champagne Sorbet”, featuring a full crew of NZ rippers and showcasing the wave drenched coast of New Zealand, click in and enjoy.

This film isn’t a big project with companies bankrolling us. It was us pretty much stringing together a trip every few weekends whenever the waves were good. Traveling around NZ with my best buddies was what made it special. Leaving the parties behind to find waves was refreshing and I recommend it for sure.

Some surfing in this film isn’t quite of the caliber from those films that inspire my friends and I. Rather than making a 10 minute piece featuring the best waves from each trip, the film has a loose sort of narrative to make you feel as if you’re partly there on the trips themselves. From the best waves to the blow ups, and all the other antics between.

Hope you enjoy the film as much as we did while making it. I recommended viewing the film super loud with a crew of mates, and too many cold beverages. – Luke Grifo,

Iconic surf-lifestyle brand Quiksilver is thrilled to announce its collaboration for the upcoming fourth season of the Netflix Original Series Stranger Things. The show will be released in two parts, with Volume One premiering on May 27 and Volume Two premiering on July 1. In alignment with the show’s multiple release dates, Quiksilver will drop multiple capsule collections throughout the season, delivering a nostalgic throwback to the brand’s surf-inspired ’80s era while integrating elements from the Stranger Things 4 storyline. Quiksilver has never partnered with a brand on this level, and is excited and honored to bring this Stranger Things collaboration to life. The apparel collaboration aims to seamlessly introduce both brands in a fresh and exciting way to new audiences worldwide.

Over the past three years, Quiksilver and the Netflix costume team have worked closely, diving into the Quiksilver design archives to not only take design and style inspiration for the cast wardrobe, but also to revive some of the most iconic pieces and develop collaborative apparel collections available for consumer purchase. The Stranger Things series takes place in the 1980s, and with access to classic styles from the Quiksilver archive, Netflix and Quiksilver have been able to develop truly original and era-specific collections reflective of the show’s setting and Quiksilver’s roots. The official Quiksilver x Stranger Things 4 collections will feature exclusive Quiksilver pieces worn by the cast throughout the show, fashion-forward pieces inspired by the Quiksilver 1980s archive, and Season 4 episode-specific merchandise.

To celebrate and amplify the apparel-collection launch, Quiksilver plans to hold unique consumer-facing pop-ups and larger-scale activations globally. The apparel collections will be available for purchase worldwide via Quiksilver.com.