The New York Surf Film Festival has been running for the passed 3 days. We really wanted to go to the film festival last year but weren't able to get tickets, so I was very pleased when we managed to get tickets to see Come Hell Or High Water last night...
Come Hell Or High Water is directed by Keith Malloy, who's directed and been in a lot of the surf films that I've got, he's part of the Woodshed films collective that he set up with his brothers and Jack Johnson.
The film was all about body surfers, going around the world the Hawaii, California, the Philippines and Tahiti to some amazing places and capturing some great characters and their stories...
It was a stunning film, the shots were amazing, the places they were surfing in were beautiful and some of the stories were really moving. There was a father who was with his autistic son - he had taken his son swimming from a very early age, and it acted as therapy for him. When his son was in the water he had a constant smile from ear to ear - apparently he was incredibly gifted in the water and had a natural connection with the waves.
Keith Malloy and Scott Soens (the director of cinematography on the film, and an amazing photographer - he's done loads of beautiful music photography and album covers for people like Jack Johnson and Ben Harper) were there at the film - it was actually the film's premiere. Apparently the brought the final edit of the film with them to the cinema, they were still filming just a few days ago! They did a little questions and answers after the film - it was great to hear them talk about the film.
There was an after party next door at Stand Burger, so after the film we went in for some free nibbles and free bar! There were loads of people in there, including the films makers, but rather than the pretentious atmosphere that I could imagine some film festival parties might have, this was really nice and relaxed and fun.
As well as free chicken wings and drinks, we also bagged ourselves some free sunglasses, surfboard wax (we're never going to use it, but it smells like nougat!). We hung around for a bit, waiting from them to bring the burgers out, but we got too hungry so we went for a little evening stroll and got some proper food round the corner.
It was a great night and the film was really inspiring and the music was fantastic too. It was a really great night.
There was an after party next door at Stand Burger, so after the film we went in for some free nibbles and free bar! There were loads of people in there, including the films makers, but rather than the pretentious atmosphere that I could imagine some film festival parties might have, this was really nice and relaxed and fun.
As well as free chicken wings and drinks, we also bagged ourselves some free sunglasses, surfboard wax (we're never going to use it, but it smells like nougat!). We hung around for a bit, waiting from them to bring the burgers out, but we got too hungry so we went for a little evening stroll and got some proper food round the corner.
It was a great night and the film was really inspiring and the music was fantastic too. It was a really great night.
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