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The New York Surf Film Festival is a film festival held in New York City featuring surf films that was held between 2008 and 2013.
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The New York Surf Film Festival is a film festival held in New York City featuring surf films that was held between 2008 and 2013.
The New York Surf Film Festival was founded in 2007 by a group of New York surfers. [1]
It held its inaugural event September 26–28, 2008 at Tribeca Cinemas, with 25 films screened from all over the world, including a special 30th Anniversary screening of Warner Brothers' Big Wednesday directed by John Milius and co-written with Denny Aaberg. [2]
The official website shows details of the 2013 festival. [3]
The New York Surf Film Competition is open to independently produced feature-length and short films in the surf genre. In order to be considered for the Festival's Film Competition for U.S. and International films, submitted films must have been completed after January 1, 2004. The running time for features must be greater than 30 minutes. Films under 30 minutes in length are eligible for participation in the Short Film Program.[ citation needed ]
The 2009 program included the following feature films: [20]
The 2009 winners were: [22]
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