Canadian Surf Film Festival

Canadian Surf Film Festival

2011 Sep 29 · 18:30 - 20:30

Empire Park Lane Theatre
5855 Spring Garden Rd.
Halifax, NS
Canadian Surf Film Festival


The Canadian Premiere of "Splinters", Directed by Adam Pesce opens the 2nd Annual Canadian Surf Film Festival on Thursday September 29th at Empire Theatre Park Lane at 6:30pm. *** NOT TO BE MISSED ***

Tickets available at Box Office, all HRM Surf shops and www.ticketpro.ca http://ww3.ticketpro.ca/event.php?event_id=2162

"In the 1980s, a pilot left behind a surfboard in a remote seaside village in Papua New Guinea, a land know...n for cargo cults and cannibalism.

Twenty years later, the sport of surfing is splintering Vanimo Village. For select surfing talent, it’s a way out to compete in the “whiteman’s” world. Personal and clan rivalries emerge as hopefuls claw for this prestigious position. The countercultural sport is also a unique catalyst for social change as women gain newfound status in a violent, patriarchal community.

The surfing experiment comes to a head when four village surfers compete in the country's first-ever national surfing titles. As the village grapples with its identity, these young heroes dream their surfboards will carry them to a better life."