Winners Go Green!

COOL SWAG: The top three winning film directors' took home prizes including all of the above.

The winning film, as adjudicated by judges from Zigzag, Wavescape and Jack Black's Brewery, was Amanzi Olwandle by Timothy Hay. The judges were impressed by the way the exquisite cinematography and chiaroscuro were used to enrich and pace out a deeply moving narrative with authenticity and style. In second place was Rumba by Wesley Lewis with Reach, by Michael Veltman, a close third.

There were 21 entries of good quality films, with the top ten screened at Jack Black's Taproom in a socially distanced evening on Friday, after which the winners were announced. Special mention was made of Rick Wall's Young Guns, Stuart Hablutzel's EWLA and Luke Patterson's Mozambique. The other films screened at Jack Black's were Cordon Sanitaire, Life in Brine, Eyes on the Ocean and Critical Section.

The winner scored a eco-surfboard from Surf4Earth - a diamond tailed 6' 1" performance Fish made using the world's first biodegradable EPS blank from Truesurffoamblanks and glassed with Entropy Resins super sap resin, a bio-based epoxy resin. See www.surf4earth.com

EVOLUTION: Made from local Obeche and Cedar wood with a Hessian core. Photo Supplied

In keeping with the sustainable theme, Hay also won a Wawa Wooden Surfboards bellyboard, handslide and a set of wooden beach bats. Made from local wood and cork, the relatively new addition to the Wawa stable, Wawa beach bats are light, strong, and naturally beautiful. The handslides are also hand made out of local wood. They have a webbing strap, and are sealed in Linseed Oil to make riding a wave easier and more fun, especially in larger waves.

The belly board - a prone wave riding activity that it is thought to date as far as 2,000 BC - is made from locally harvested Obeche and Cedar wood with a Hessian core and sealed in Linseed Oil. As the Facebook post says: "Ride the waves on your belly this summer and give Covid the wooden spoon. See www.wawawave.com

Hay also won a VANS “filmmaker” hamper "so you can rock your surf-auteur steez" worth R5,000, a GoPro Hero 7 Silver action-camera worth R5,000, and a Jack Black hamper comprising a case of beer, a cap, buff and a bottle opener.

Lewis won an O’Neill steamer wetsuit worth R5,000, a Wawa handslide and set of beach bats and a Jack Black hamper, while Veltman scooped a one year Zigzag Super User Subscription, a Wavescape Festival Tote and T-shirt, and a Jack Black hamper.

Many thanks to our sponsors and partners, and to all the fimmakers, for making this contest possible. Take a look at the entries: https://www.zagshorts.co.za/2020-entries/