New Smyrna Beach, FL – As we kick off the tenth year of the Florida Surf Film Festival, we are proud to announce the first quarter programming coming up February 4th at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Check out our annual Green Room Membership.
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Ben Sturgelewski’s Creation Theory, featuring Pete Devries, kicks off 2023. Whether it’s the grandest cosmos or the smallest human idea, true creation arrives in moments of unexpected convergence — extraordinary synchronicities between space and time, science and art, music and mountains and sea. In Creation Theory, these raw elements converge in the Westfjords of Iceland, taking us on a journey from the interstellar birth of gravity and rhythm, to their ultimate human creative expression: surfer on wave, snowboarder on peak, and musician on stage.
The Impossible Wave by Jessica and Jay Johnson shares the journey of Fernando Aguerre’s 27-year journey to qualify surfing as an Olympic sport. Jessica and Jay will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.
Rounding out the night, Savage Waters from Mikey Corker and Ghislane Couvillat is a stunning and intimate portrait of modern adventurers as they follow clues left in a 19th century treasure-hunter’s journal to find and ride a mythical wave in some of the most dangerous waters of the Atlantic.
Here’s the anticipated schedule for the night:
February 4th, 2023:
5:00 PM – Doors Open
6:30 PM –
- 10TH YEAR COMMENCEMENT with John Brooks, Festival Director
- RAW – The Sound of Teahupo’o – Tim McKenna – 4 min.
- Creation Theory – Ben Sturgulewski – 22 min.
- The Impossible Wave – Jessica and Jay Johnson – 40 min.
- Q & A with Jay and Jessica Johnson
- Raffle – Roark, Globe, Creatures of Leisure
8:30 PM –
- Savage Waters – Mikey Corker – 93 min.
- Raffle – Cronin Surfboards, YETI and more
Find your Surf Stories wherever you find podcasts.
We are proud to have Monster Energy serve as our presenting sponsor again for this year’s festival, providing travel and lodging for the filmmakers who attend the festival.
Podcast Sponsor: Surfing’s Evolution and Preservation Foundation
Principal Sponsors: State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, Volusia County, Roark, YETI, Sun Bum, Surfline, Anson Stoner, Globe Brand Footwear, Valileros Wagner aka The Lawyer Dude and Atlantic Center for the Arts.
Major Sponsors: Cronin Surfboards, Florida Virtual School, Brian Layman Wealth Management, Red Dog Surf Shop, Kembali Board Shack, Café Verde, and Clancy’s Cantina.
NSB Sponsors: Flaunt Electric Bicycles, Scott Yurchison Real Estate, Daytona Climbing Company, Dragon Alliance, LunDev Homes, New Smyrna Beach Brewing Company, Nixon, Mangrove Bay Design, Biological Consulting Services, MyEyeDr. – Phil Stephens, Funxion IT, Pura Vida Bracelets, NSB Spine and Injury Center, Beachside Tavern, Solento Organic Tequila, and Surfrider Foundation Flagler/Volusia.
Media Partnerships include: Surfline, Stab, The Surfer’s Journal, Surf Splendor Podcast Network, Beach Grit, The SurfNetwork, The Inertia, and Encyclopedia of Surfing.
Encyclopedia of Surfing provides our historical and archival needs.
Entry fee is $5.00.
Submissions for the 2023 festival are open via our website here.
Florida Surf Film Festival Mission:
Florida Surf Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, public charity, invigorating surf culture and artistic appreciation by exhibiting contemporary documentary films with surfing as a focus from artist far and wide while also producing a story-driven podcast, literary group discussions, and artistic workshops.