CTAFF2020 - SURF | OCEAN NIGHT

Join us at Jack Black's Taproom for some cold beers, delicious food and some epic films as we focus on all things ocean (and a river). The event also includes guest appearances by filmmakers Richard Wall and Arthur Neumeir, the Armstrong family, photographers Sasha Specker and Alan Van Geysen, as well as Oceano Reddentes founder Jade Bothma.

Films include:

The Armstrongs

This South African surfing family lives a life not many would deem conventional. With eight children and one grandson Lee and Ian Armstrong redefine what is “normal” and make a point of placing well-being and a genuine connection with nature above financial gain and status. This is their story.

EXHALE

Big Wave Surfer, Hugo Vau, surfed the largest wave ever in Nazare, Portugal. This beautifully poetic and intimate documentary follows Hugo Vau as he recalls the strength, ambition and fears that lead up to the day that forever changed his life and career.

Between The Lines

We all stare at the same ocean , however some of us choose to read between the lines. This is a cinematic story following the photographic journey of Sacha Specker. It's an intricate and rewarding relationship between man and the sea that evokes food for thought.

Sentinel Ocean Alliance

For many of the boys and girls in Frank Solomon’s program, a life of poverty and crime was the only path forward. But through his Sentinel Ocean Alliance, the South African big wave surfer is keeping them in the water and off the streets. After winning Sports Charity of the Year, Frank is determined to expand and teach the kids more than just surfing. Directed and produced by Rick Wall in association with Hurley, Waves for Change and WSL Studios.

Go Easy On The Zambezi

Go Easy On The Zambezi, featuring Mikey February, Dylan Graves, and Harry Bryant, on what Graves calls the biggest adventure he's ever taken in search of surf, deep into the heart of Sub-Saharan Africa. There’s an old cliche about surfers, that there’s no limit to the length they’re willing to go in search of the perfect wave. But what does that even mean: The Perfect Wave? Like other perhaps more mature obsessions, there are niche fetishes. For some surfers, perfection’s a size thing: the bigger the better. For some, it’s length. The longer the more impressive. For others, it’s shape: the Aristotelian aesthetic dream. So what if we told you that there was dreamy, three-foot wave that broke for hours—days, even—deep in the African continent, which only appeared suddenly twice a year? And what if we regretfully inform you that this might be the very last time it appeared? That a massive dam project might bury the whole miracle a hundred meters under water as early as next year? Welcome to the Zambezi River. Don’t forget to pack your river quiver!

On Days Like These We Must Surf

Surfing on a lake? Impossible, right? Wrong. Loveable wild man Larry Cavero lives for surfing the ice-cold waters of The Great Lakes in this short doc about the burgeoning surf scene around Toronto, Canada.