New Smyrna Beach, FL – On September 12, 2014, the Florida Surf Film Festival is proud to screen Uncharted Waters, a feature documentary film about the life of Wayne Lynch, at 7PM at Atlantic Center for the Arts. The film is entered for competition in the feature category of the festival, which will take place on November 7 – 8th.
Wayne Lynch burst onto the Australian surfing scene in the 1960s and rode a wave like no one else. He opened up fresh possibilities with a radically new vertical style. He was a champion, a draft dodger, an outsider, a revolutionary, a messiah, an environmentalist, a victim, a wild man, a pauper and an enigma. He tested himself against the big waves and produced something beautiful and exhilarating and elegant in the process.
If you’ve ever surfed, or if you appreciate the sheer grace of a board rider racing down the face of a big wave, this biography of one of Australia’s legends will make your heart beat that little bit faster and have you longing for the freedom, beauty and simplicity of a wave and a board.
Uncharted Waters – The Personal History of Wayne Lynch from Patagonia on Vimeo.
We are proud to have Johnnie-O Apparel Brand serve as our presenting sponsor for this year’s festival, providing travel and lodging for the filmmakers who attend the festival. They will feature products in the Mark and Margery Pabst Visitors Center and Gallery.
Cigar City Brewing and Green Room Brewing will serve as the festival’s official beer sponsors, presenting in the Pugh Sculpture Studio and the Mark and Margery Pabst Visitors Center and Gallery.
Clancy’s Cantina and Café Verde will serve as the festival’s official food sponsor, presented in the Whatmore Commons.
Other sponsors so far include Spy Eyewear, Nixon Watches, Brian Layman Financial Services, Total Vision, Red Dog Surf Shop and Kembali, Surfrider Foundation(Volusia/Flagler Chapter). A silent auction featuring our sponsors’ products will be held in the Helene B. Roberson Dance Studio.
The Florida Surf Film Festival’s mission is to invigorate Florida surf culture through film appreciation and artistic expression by exhibiting contemporary films from filmmakers far and wide.
Press and Sponsorship Inquiries:
John Brooks, Festival Director, at john@floridasurffilmfestival.com
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Atlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3), interdisciplinary artists-in-residence community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence by providing talented artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary artists in the fields of music composition and the visual, literary and performing arts. Community interaction is coordinated through on-site and outreach presentations, workshops and exhibitions. Check them out at www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org