My friend the ebullient surfer/actor/writer/paramedic/voice of God, Matt George, hosted a great little surf film festival at the beautiful garden restaurant La Laguna last week. The Ombak International Surf Film Festival has been going for a few years now, but this was the first time I’d caught up with it. I admit it was the extraordinary and slightly Dali-esque setting, plus Matt’s invitation to the VIP bar that got me there, but I loved the diversity of films on offer, ranging from Aussie film-maker Nathan Oldfield’s beautiful Church Of The Open Sky to Mickey Yasmine’s gritty Gaza Surf Club, about some of the world’s keenest and most unlikely surfers. It wet my appetite for Noosa’s two film festivals coming up next month, including the Noosa International Film Festival’s screening of our Men of Wood and Foam, with live soundtrack performance by the Band of Frequencies. Can’t wait!
By Phil Jarratt Having suffered my seasonal Mac meltdown over here in Bali, I was reduced to watching the Swatch […]