London Surf Film Festival
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.
Written by: Isaac Muk
For trans surfer Alice Barbosa, rediscovering her stoke is an act of resistance
Alice — Gabriel Novis’s new film focuses on one of his old family friends, who had drifted away from the sea after facing prejudice in their local scene in Maceió, Brazil. We caught up with the filmmaker ahead of its UK premiere at the London Surf / Film Festival this weekend.
Written by: Isaac Muk
With Yi-Wo, Thomas Campbell sends surfing towards the surreal
Glide art — In his new audiovisual spectacle 10 years in the making, the legendary filmmaker has redefined the art and style of waveriding movies. Chris Nelson caught up with him to hear about his process and evolution.
Written by: Chris Nelson
How surfers destroyed an idyllic Indonesian island
Premiering at London Surf Film Festival, Point of Change explores how the discovery of a ‘perfect wave’ wreaked havoc on the Indonesian island of Nias.
Written by: Huck HQ
Lee-Ann Curren on the magic of music and surf
In partnership with LSFF — The French surfer and musician talks about her latest role as jury president for this year’s London Surf Film Festival.
Written by: Demi Taylor
What to catch at this year’s London Surf / Film Festival
Six of the best — Festival Director Demi Taylor picks her highlights from the 2018 lineup: from an epic exploration of cold-water surfing in Siberia, to Chas Smith’s celebration of surf icon Lisa Andersen.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Forbidden Trim: A surreal B-movie-inspired surf spectacular
Surf cinema goes Grindhouse — Director George Trimm dispatches surfers Alex Knost, Jared Mell and Harrison Roach on a suicide mission to eliminate a global criminal network.
Written by: Alex King
Surfers trek 400km in search of undiscovered waves at the end of the world
A journey through the land of ice and fire — Surfers and filmmakers Gauchos del Mar spent 53 days alone in the wilderness, searching for waves in Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina.
Written by: Alex King
Our pick of the best surf short films of 2016
Celebrating surf cinema — Entries are now open for London Surf / Film Festival’s Shorties strand, so we picked out our favourites.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Big wave icon Paige Alms is pushing for surfing to take women seriously
“It’s about fucking time” — Paige Alms caught a killer barrel at Jaws, Hawaii this year and surfed her way into history. But she’s just getting started, she told Huck at the UK premiere of her documentary profile The Wave I Ride.
Written by: Alexia Stamatelatou
Splinters
Papa New Guinea Surf — London Surf / Film Festival presents a special screening of a genre-busting surf documentary that explores Papua New Guinea’s patriarchal plains.
Written by: Ed Andrews
