Iban is a tourist guide in Bayonne. But he is also President of Association “Surfeurs Solidaires”, founded in 2001. The association helps with the creation of surfing schools in Morocco, Madagascar, and in the Ivory Coast. In February 2012, Iban and Melanie leave for Algeria. It is the first mission of Surfeurs Solidaires in Algeria. Réalisation: Audrey Hoc & Mélanie Vinolo Production: Association Traits d’Union Durée: 11’ / FRA For further information: www.surf-film.com

This film revisits 50 years of popular history, asking the same question to yesterday’s and today’s surfing champions : « How did you become and addict ? ». Some beautiful answers to the backdrop of crashing waves. Réalisation: Damien Vercaemer Production: ARTE France / Woods TV Dissidents Durée: 55’ / FRA For further information: www.surf-film.com

Simon «Shagga» Saffigna captured the biggest session ever seen at Chopes from the best spot! Réalisation: Shagga Saffigna Production: Shaggadelic Productions Durée: 45’ / AUS For further information: www.surf-film.com

Surfing Memory retraces the traveling exhibition of over a thousand objects related to surfing, that have been collected with love, talent, and many a sleepless night by Gerard Decoster. Réalisation: Gérard Decoster Production: SurfArtFestival Durée: 19’ / FRA For further information: www.surf-film.com

Documentary about the constant threat South African surfers face every time they paddle cut into the ocean, home to one of the largest concentrations of sharks in the world. Réalisation: Julian Watson Production: Soletrader Durée: 55’ / AUS For further information: www.surf-film.com

SEWN is a surf film/documentary that will take us on a surf trip chasing swells around the North Island of New Zealand, meeting up with and surfing with people who keep the spirit of longboarding alive. Réalisation: Nicolas Brikké Production: Soltwata Productions LTD Durée: 60’ / NZ For further information: www.surf-film.com

This documentary outlines the manner in which the surfing culture is an integral part of the Santa Catarina Island, and offers its identity to the cultural, social and touristic profiles of Florianopolis (in southern Brazil). Réalisation: Luciano Burin Production: Scult Durée: 76’ / BRA For further information: www.surf-film.com

UPcycling is a short film about transforming an old longboard into a brand new board. By showing the beauty of this process, it also suggests new views on how enriching using renewed equipment could be. Réalisation & Production: Henrique De Castro Perrone Durée: 10’ / BRA For further information: www.surf-film.com

Dreams are the driving force of our existence… Sometimes dreams carry us away from everything. Dreams also mislead us and force us to face our own reality, nevertheless, there’s always another option: to leave? Réalisation: Christophe Brachet Production: Mon Voisin Productions Durée: 6’ / FRA

A salty surfing adventure, featuring the slipperyisms of Sage Joske, Brett Caller & Jake Bevan, brought to you by the good folk at The Critical Slide Society. Réalisation & Production: Nathan Oldfield Durée: 3’08 / AUS

Kai Neville has created a new genre of surfing movies, and has recently filmed Dear Suburbia. Filmed in Japan with Dane Reynolds, Conner Coffin and Yadin Nicol. Réalisation: Kai Neville Production: Nike Durée: 11’30 / USA

Filmed in France and Cornwall, this documentary tells the stories of 3 couples, changing their lives and making sacrifices for surfing, and get a healthy lifestyle far from the cities. Réalisation&Production: Romain Juchereau Durée: 34’ / FRA For further information: www.surf-film.com

This movie is a poetic vision of surfers, nymph, along Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Caribbean, Coral, and Tasmanian Seas... these places become the theatre of marine and submarine visions of light and life. Réalisation: Lorène Carpentier Production: Keep a Breast Foundation Durée: 45’ / FRA For further information : www.surf-film.com

A moment to breathe and think…and ask questions about the world we live in, and the way we live in it. Intention intends to spread a positive energy with subjective messages, having the ocean and the surfers as a platform to do so.

At Miramar beach, surfing is banned; the guards watch it constantly but two young rebels, driven by their passion for surfing, try to sneak in the ocean. Réalisation & Production : Pandora Decoster Durée: 23’ / FRA For further information: www.surf-film.com

Two brothers pursue their dream of surfing the American Pacific. Simplicity, freedom, passion, brotherhood, environmental consciousness and social responsibility are the messages they transmit. Réalisation: Joaquín & Julián Azulay Production: Gauchos del Mar Durée: 60’ / ARG For further information: www.surf-film.com

The sport of Stand Up Paddle has deep roots in both early Polynesian and Hawaiian History. Filmed in Hawaii, Fiji, and Tahiti, That First Glide is a must see movie for everyone! Réalisation: Mike Waltze Production: Waltze Productions Durée: 74’ / HAWAI

This movie is a visual love song to the surf blessed land of Chile, its people, and the ocean that defines it. With environmental themes and political undercurrent, the film paints a picture of Chile’s beauty and association with the sea, centered on the intimate act of surfing. Réalisation: Stephen Jones Production: Rebel Waltz Films Durée: 54’ / AUS