THE Wavescape Surf and Ocean Festival presented by VANS has announced a bumper lineup of 19 films at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), with the addition of a unique evening of talks dedicated to the ocean from 21 to 26 July.
Slide Night is hosted by PETCO and Wavescape at the South African Association for Marine Biological Research at uShaka Marine World on Thursday, 25 July.
Well-known ocean advocate, free diver and Durban surfer Olivia Symcox will MC the evening, with talks ranging from how to recycle your trash to a Sea Shepherd skipper speaking about the activist group’s work in South Africa.
Wavescape announced several blockbuster documentaries for DIFF, including Andy Irons: Kissed by God, the untold and tragic story of Andy Irons’ bipolar disorder and opioid addiction, and Trouble: The Lisa Andersen Story that will be screened at Musgrave Ster Kinekor.
The award-winning Cape Town big wave movie Satori, as well as the Mikey February classic Can’t Steal Our Vibe, and two other short films will be screened on opening night at the Bay of Plenty in Durban on Sunday, 21 July at 7pm.
This screening is free, and the public is invited to wrap up warmly and take picnics as well as chairs or blankets to sit on.
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The festival then moves on to two days of free screenings at uShaka Marine World and three nights at Musgrave Ster Kinekor. Several African premieres will be screened, including How to Learn How to Surf, a hilarious spoof of surf culture fresh off its world premiere in the US.
Thank You Mother features South Africa and Australia, and is narrated by Australian filmmaker Albert Falzon, who made the seminal 1970 surf film Morning of the Earth.
Wavescape will present the African premiere of White Rhino, featuring gigantic waves in Hawaii, Tahiti, and Fiji. Nordurland, the other premiere, is shot in the Arctic Circle.
Other films include the ode to the ocean, Emocean, filmed in Australia, California and Hawaii and featuring conservationist Sacha Guggenheimer, Pipeline surfing legend Jamie O’Brien, big wave pioneer Jeff Clark, iconic surf filmmaker Paul Witzig, and Hawaiian photographer Brent Bielmann.
Transcending Waves, directed by the Gauchos del Mar brothers Julian and Joaquin Azulay, who will be in attendance, features a sweeping epic shot in the Falkland Islands, where they try to use surfing to help heal the scars created by the 1982 War between Britain and Argentina.
To book for Slide Night only at Ushaka Marine World, go to https://qkt.io/zDffKq. To book for Wavescape at Musgrave Ster Kinekor, book online at www.sterkinekor.com
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