Film Festival

Tuesday 21 December 2009

Cape Town: Thousands attending a surf film festival have added their voice to growing demands to save the world's oceans and slow down global warming.

Friday 18 December 2009

Hurley’s latest movie The Drifter has been so successful at the Wavescapes Surf Film festival that two extra screenings have been scheduled. 

Friday 11 December 2009

It was a beautiful Cape Town evening for the surf film at Clifton 4th Beach tonight, writes Wavescape technical dude Paul van Jaarsveld, who lives in J-Bay, and gives us a fresh perspective on a magical evening. 

Wednesday 9 December 2009

About 150 surfers, artists, fundis and luminaries pulled into the 2009 Wavescape Surf Art charity auction to raise a record R170,000. Photos: Cheryl-Samantha Owen, Save Our Seas Foundation

Tuesday 8 December 2009

With the recent controversy surrounding the Copenhagen Climate Summit top of mind, Capetonian surfer, activist and creative director Conn Bertish has come up with an innovative idea to highlight the plight of our oceans.

Friday 11 December 2009

Great weather is forecast for the first film of the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival, which opens at an outdoor screening on Clifton 4th Beach today.

Monday 16 November 2009

The eye man continues on his morphing journey through the sixth edition of the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival. Looking through the lens of the surfer dude, we look back on a time when the oceans teemed with life.

Monday 16 November 2009

The eye woman arrives in the artowrk of the festival for the first time. The girl in the not so itsy bitsy polka dot bikini denotes the new wave of the new era of surfing for everyone and anybody.

Monday 16 November 2009

The sixth Wavescapes Surf Film Festival screens 16 films in 22 slots with two extra shows of the Drifter, making for a total of surf films showing 24 times. In the tradition of the surf film, many are short, making for a double bill, while feature length films get a solo slot.

Wednesday 9 December 2009

The Wavescapes Surf Art Exhibition culminates at Depasco Cafe in Cape Town today. The amazing ice board, which highlights the need to stop global warming and save our seas, is melting. You need to see it before it's too late. Come to the party and auction tonight. Please let us know if you would like to attend by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Friday 27 November 2009

Cape Town: South African artists are on board for a unique exhibition and charity auction that brings surfers and sharks together this summer.

Thursday 19 November 2009

We present the synopses of all 15 films (with a photo and link to a video teaser) to be screened at the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival starting 2 December, kicking off with the classic Thomas Campbell film The Present at Clifton Fourth Beach 9pm Friday 11 December (the art exhibition runs at Depasco Cafe from the 2nd to the 7th, when a special charity auction takes place). Special thanks to our amazing curator Keiko Beatie! See you there!

Wednesday 18 November 2009

Readers of Wavescape.co.za have chosen 15 surf films and documentaries to be screened at the Wavescapes Surf Film Festival, which runs from 2 and 20 December. Special thanks to our curator Keiko Beatie. 

Thursday 5 November 2009

Surfers will again embark on a campaign to save our seas in the annual Wavescapes Surf Film Festival that rides a summer wave through Cape Town early this December, says Spike.

Monday 3 August 2009

Thousands of Durbanites flocked to the fifth Wavescapes Surf FIlm Festival to see 20 screenings of 11 surf films. At a star-studded ceremony put on by the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) at Moyo in Durban at the end of the festival, a special award was given to Musica Surfica, the classic Australian-made flick with a classical edge.