Fourth Annual
Festival Announces Stellar International Line-Up
The 2015 San Diego Surf
Film Festival
has announced a diverse line-up of 24 international films – from big-wave
surfing in South Africa to an epic adventure down
the Ganges River to bridging cultural and gender divides in a remote part of
Iran.
The
festival, May 20-23 at Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art,
La Jolla, will feature many films this year that are San Diego, California, and
world premieres.
“Our
majestic blue marble is made up of 71 percent water, which lends
itself to an abundance of surf-related films and stunning cinematography. We
are stoked to showcase surf films from around the planet, from popular surf destinations
such as Hawaii, California, France, Australia and the Maldives, to Rio de
Janeiro, the south of Portugal, and even a small village of El Salvador,” said
Pierce Kavanagh, the festival’s co-creator and director. “Every year we work
diligently to create a festival that visiting filmmakers are proud to
be a part of and that the San Diego surfing community can claim as its
very own. This year we even had to move to the Museum of Contemporary Art in La
Jolla to accommodate the growing crowds. The 500-person theater
overlooking the ocean is the perfect venue and the response has already been
overwhelming.”
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| Radness at the Sherwood Theater, Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla |
The SDSFF is unique in that it includes films, art and music
that embody the entire culture. Besides stellar films, this year's festival will includ a VIP party
at Green Flash Brewing Co.,
dozens of filmmakers and producers in attendance, in-depth Q&As, filmmaker
panels, live art and music, great food, epic surf sessions and raging
after-parties. Special events happening during SDSFF 2015 include a tribute to
late surf cinematographer Sonny Miller, and a presentation by well-known surf
and nature photographer Chris Burkard (http://www.chrisburkard.com/).
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| Chris Burkard continues to amaze us with his lens skills |
For tickets and more information please visit http://www.sandiegosurffilmfestival.com/. Hoots & Shakas
to all of SDSFF 2105 presenting sponsors: Daphne’s California Greek, misfit pictures,
Green Flash Brewing Co., Xsories, Xtreme, and Verb TV.
Below is a list of the SDSFF 2015 official
film selections:
Features:
Short Films
Always on the Road: Algarve, Portugal
Behind the Seen
Bird's Surf Shed
El Chino
Foliage
Icon: Alex Gray
June Gloom
Mike Coots
North to Noosa
Out of the Black and into the Blue
Rail to Rail
Saturday 6:27am
The Coast
What Does Freedom Mean to You?
Willow Creek
Worm
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