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How one of the world’s best big wave photographers & filmmakers gets the perfect shot

Staring down the barrel — Sachi Cunningham has built an immersive body of work documenting huge barrels by getting closer to the action than most. Josh Jones speaks to her about her process, finding order within chaos, and the importance of feeling awe.

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  • Josh Jones
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Jack Johnson’s third act

SURFILMUSIC — Three decades on from his trajectory-altering crash at Pipeline and subsequent music career, the singer-songwriter looks back at his life and work in a new, expansive film.

  • Music
  • D’Arcy Doran

Joe Bloom’s View From a Bridge

More stories, more human — The artist and creator of the vertical video generation’s most loved storytelling platform explains the process behind creating the show, and the importance of bucking trends.

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  • Isaac Muk

The Women of the Sea Film Fund is granting £10k to tell femme-focused surfing stories

Finisterre x London Surf / Film Festival — Open exclusively to women to tell stories about other women, applications are open until March 8.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Jess Kimura is rallying snowboarding’s ‘Uninvited’

Riding street — Growing out of an era when much of snow’s focus was pointed towards men, the street snowboarder – a discipline that blends snow and skate – is inspiring and platforming a new generation of women with her contests and films.

  • Sport
  • Sam Haddad
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A new documentary spotlights Ecuador’s women surfers fighting climate change

Ceibo — Co-directed by Maddie Meddings and Lucy Small, the film focuses on the work and story of Pacha Light, a wave rider who lived off-grid before reconnecting with her country’s activist heritage.

  • Sport
  • Hannah Bentley

The everyday voices silenced in our coverage of the Middle East

Until women and young people are heard, we won’t break this cycle of destruction and dehumanisation, argues director Maysoon Pachachi.

  • Opinion
  • Maysoon Pachachi

‘Most worshipped filmmakers are men – this is blinkered’

A chat with Mark Cousins — The director and critic has spent five years crafting an epic, 14-hour documentary, shining a light on cinema’s forgotten women from across the world. Here, he tells us why.

  • Film
  • Katie Goh

Is virtual reality the new frontier for human rights filmmakers?

Empathy through technology — Human rights and activist filmmakers talk about how VR can be a powerful tool to force underreported conflicts or forgotten issues into the public consciousness.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

Ken Loach’s advice for young filmmakers

A voice of resistance — Ken Loach has been a singular force in British filmmaking for over 50 years: exposing injustice, standing up for the marginalised and fighting the powers that be. Now he's made his angriest film yet.

  • Culture
  • Cian Traynor

A one-off journey to the heart of documentary filmmaking

Life through a different lens — Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson has spent 25 years capturing candid moments in tense situations around the world. Now she's laying that process bare – ethical warts and all – to interrogate the camera's power.

  • Culture
  • Cian Traynor

American Juggalo 2: Into the heart of America’s most misunderstood subculture

Whoop whoop! — Independent filmmaker Sean Dunne returns to the world of the Juggalos and explains how psychedelics have given him a new way to empathise and connect with his subjects.

  • Film
  • Alex King

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