Surf’s Up – first annual New York Surf Film Fest coming September 2008
January 9, 2008 by jane
Filed under Entertainment, Film, News Bytes, Surfing
NEW YORK, NY, Jan. 8, 2008 – The inaugural year of the New York Surf Film Festival will be held in September 2008. The event consists of three days of screenings of independent short and feature films, cult classics, and world premieres from established surf filmmakers. The official Website of the New York Surf Film Festival, NYSurfFilm.com plans to bring the festival experience to the surf community through the streaming of short films, current news, photos and box office information.
The New York Surf Film Competition is open to independently produced feature-length and short films in the surf genre. In order to be considered for the Festival’s Film Competition for U.S and International films, submitted films must have been completed after January 1, 2003. The running time for features must be greater than 30 minutes. Short films under 30 minutes in length are eligible for participation in the Shorts Program.
New York Surf Film Festival
The New York Surf Film Festival hopes to be the premier showcase for international independent surf film. The mission of the New York Surf Film Festival is to provide filmmakers who are exploring the diversity of surfing an opportunity to present their work to a larger audience. As surf culture becomes more popular, the notion of what it means to be a surfer expands.
