Yallingup Surf Film Fest sets sights on summer of 2010

Organisers of the Yallingup Surfilm Festival, to be held in the summer of 2010, are calling for film submissions locally and from across the globe. Screening under the stars over three consecutive summer nights, the festival will feature independent short and feature-length films, live music and a surf art exhibition.

Filmmakers, artists, influential ocean riders and the public will take part in the event which promises to be a spectacle for all, as well as creating a forum to explore surf culture through film making. Established filmmakers are encouraged to submit their films, the best of which will be selected by a screening panel to be shown at the festival. Film submissions will be accepted from 1 June to 1 October 2009. All genres are welcomed.

The festival will feature Q&A sessions, panel discussions and talks by the filmmakers. Insights into the motivation, processes and philosophy behind each project will be explored. These sessions are open to the public.

Yallingup (Western Australia), sits in one the most the isolated parts of the world. The festival’s humble beginnings stem from a desire to bring more diverse influences from around the world to our surf culture. The event direction is the amalgamation of local founders and a supportive surf community eager to create an inspiring festival.

“Our aim is to inspire exploration into surf culture. We want to create an annual event with broad–reaching appeal,” said festival director Jesca Maas. More information and submission forms can be found at:  yallingupsurfilm.com

All profits from the event will go to SurfAid International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering through community-based health programs.

Further festival information: Jesca Maas PH. 08 9755 4455 MO. 0417 758012 EM. info@yallingupsurfilm.com FA 08 9755 4455

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Surf fans, get ready, CLOUD 9 the long awaited documentary is screening Sun 14th at the San Sebastian Film Festibal at 17h00.  Daz, the man behind the Euroforce Series has been working flat out, and the project is nearing completion!  He has caught moments of pure gold through his lens and CLOUD 9 is where it all comes together.  Written by Lauren Davies, narrated by Mark Richards and a soundtrack featuring the Quiksilver musical grom Ben Howard.  The film, includes never before seen footage and interviews with Kelly, Tony Hawk and the Worlds best surfers.  CLOUD 9 gives us an insight into the man behind the 9 World Titles.  I reckon you’ll start seeing images shortly.  I’m so excited by the clips I’ve seen I just gotta tell someone!

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Clearly, Taylor Steele doesn’t like sitting still. The Bali-based surf filmmaker’s travel opus Sipping Jetstreams has been out for a couple years, and in between super high-performance shred-flicks, he’s been going loony on google earth, plotting new, weirder destinations for his follow up, which is called Castles in the Sky.

Tuesday night saw a special sneak preview of Castles at the Montalbán Theater in Hollywood, where dozens of semi-famous to famous surfers, industry types and various other Beautiful People turn up to check out Steele’s newest work, as well as another chance to see Sipping on the big screen.

In typical Steele fashion, he’d just got off a plane from India with a head wound from a car accident — a less-than-glamorous byproduct of spending half the year crisscrossing the globe. “I do those other projects to keep this going,” he said of his shredflicks. “This is my passion.”

“We could go on for days about the meanings of the titles and everything,” explains Steele’s partner photog Dustin Humphries. “But really, it’s all about the wonder of travel and getting outside your comfort zone.”

The first peek at Castles was as impactful and lush as Sipping: Dane Reynolds + friends pulling into snow-capped slabs in Iceland, Rob Machado going local in Peru and more, all edited with Humphries and Steele’s trademark style.

Groovy as it all is, Steele’s quick to point out that we’re looking at a work in progress. “This is an ultrasound, not a baby picture,” he laughed onstage.

If that’s an ultrasound, we’re stoked to see the grown up.

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