WE THE SURFERS

Cinéma Eldorado, Saint-Pierre d'Oléron

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 21:00

Cinéma Eldorado, Saint-Pierre d'Oléron

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 21:00

Around The Waves presents the latest documentary by French surfer and director Arthur Bourbon :

WE THE SURFERS

+ Opening : OUTER EDGE OF LEISURE and FARM TO SEA

the film

WE THE SURFERS

2024 - 51 minutes

Trailer : https://vimeo.com/987557153/8954b00a22

VOSTFR

Directed and produced by Arthur Bourbon and Hand Studio

Executive producer Dano Sulivan

Cinematography Pierre Fréchou

Editor Alex Heitler

In a small village in Liberia, a West African country scarred by 20 years of civil war, local surfers are striving to change their destiny and that of their village through the creation of a surf club.

Five years after the documentary "Water Get No Enemy", surfer and filmmaker Arthur Bourbon returns to Liberia to reconnect with his friends and document the evolution of surfing in the village.

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OUTER EDGE OF LEISURE

2023 - Australia

14 minutes - VO

Trailer:https://youtu.be/2HpSciCWl38?si=NJraGSjB-Vr_r1oU

Directed by Andrew Kaineder

Produced by O'Neill

Beautifully understated, ‘Outer Edge of Leisure’ is the latest chapter of core surf cinematography featuring Russell Bierke by filmmaker Andrew Kaineder.

Amidst a boundless expanse of turbulent waves and remote seascapes, Bierke emerges as a silhouette on the horizon, the tempestuous waters his canvas. Each wave is not a battleground to conquer, but an opportunity to be in tune with the rhythm of the ocean’s pulse.

Contrasting black and white 16mm and Hi-Res cinematography, set to a unique solo drum scape ‘Outer Edge of Leisure’ takes you on a visual journey as Russell redefines his own idea of surfing as a leisure activity.

FARM TO SEA

2025 - USA

8 minutes - VOSTFR

Directed by Todd Hannigan

Farm to Sea distills a regenerative organic farmer’s lifework into the timeless elements of soil, water, and good old elbow grease.

Set in the Ventura River watershed, it follows the path of water—from sea to cloud to mountain to farm to sea again—and shows how agricultural practices need not disrupt this vital cycle.

When he was young and searching, surfing introduced Steve Sprinkel to the interconnectedness of his home watershed, how the water he played in also sustained him. This realization took him further upstream, where the ocean’s water falls as rain that nourishes soil. He didn’t have to look far to see how industrial agricultural processes contaminate the soil and water that inevitably find their way back to the sea. Inspired by age-old Indigenous farming techniques and those of the budding organic movement, he started a small farm in the Ojai Valley and opened a co-op restaurant there, The Farmer and the Cook.

Today, his operation serves more than healthy, delicious food to his community—it also proves that farming can and should regenerate soil and put back more than it takes.

In this directorial debut, songwriter Todd Hannigan weaves stunning visuals with straightforward storytelling to explore human relationships with natural systems that are as old as time. The result is a lyrical ode to the lands and waters he calls home, and to the possibilities of coexistence on our blue planet.