OIFF 2026 SCHEDULE – SURF SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST – SURF SATURDAY

DAVE MUIR – ‘ALL OR NOTHING’

This is a brief look into the effect of seasonality on mental health. Despite leading the ‘perfect life’, running a surf school on one of the UK’s most perfect beaches, is a seasonal life as enviable as it looks from the outside? (8 Min, United Kingdom)

Director: Hugo Pettit
Cast: Dave Muir
Producer: Hugo Pettit

CEIBO

Ceibo follows surfers Pacha Light and Lucy Small who journey across Ecuador to learn from women how we can better coexist with our planet. From the land rights struggles of the Andes and the Amazon, to an Olympic surfer who has carved out a path for women, to the fight to protect the waters of the Galapagos Islands, Ceibo explores some of the most important struggles of our time. Along the way, Pacha untangles her own evolving identity as she reconnects with her Ecuadorian roots and embraces what it means to be Ecuadorian. (59 Min, Australia, Ecuador, United Kingdom)

Director: Lucy Small, Maddie Meddings
Writer: Lucy Small
Cast: Pacha Light, Lucy Small, Muyu Flores, Dominic Barona, Elizabeth Virkina Swanson Andi, Carolina Pesantez
Producer: Lucy Small

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FROSTBITE

Australian surf phenom Ned Hart, for the first time in his career, dives into the brutal beauty of Ireland and Scotland — and discovers some of the best waves ever seen in the Atlantic. Shot by Oscar James with majestic precision, Frostbite is a hypnotic dance of courage, colour, and cold. This is cold-water surfing reborn. (9 Min, United Kingdom)

Director: Oscar James
Cast: Ned Hart
Producer: Oscar James, Ben Larg, Adele Hart

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SPAGHETTI WEEK

‘Spaghetti Week’ is an independent documentary film that captures the life of Job (Jabalí) Verpoorte, a chemical engineer who changed everything to become a surfboard shaper. The short film celebrates the craft of wooden board making and all that gravitates around it: Nature, Relations, Surf and the Ocean. (16 Min, Portugal)

Director: Joe Morgan
Cast: Job Verpoorte
Producer: Elisa de Lima, Joe Morgan, Job Verpoorte

THE OC EFFECT

The surf-skate business evolution with interviews with the major principals in the industry. (60 Min, Park City, UT)

Director: Terry Corwin, Scott Hays
Cast: Mark McGrath, Gordon Clark, Paul Schmitt, Greg MacGuillivray, TK Brimer, Gerry Lopez, PAul Naude, Jeff Alter, Dick Metz, Walter Hoffman, Pete Townend, Bob McKnight, Danny Kwock, Jeff Longley, Ryan Sheckler, Steve Van Doren, Richard Woolcott, Thom McElroy, Robbie McInerny, Will McInerny
Producer: Terry Corwin, Scott Hays

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DAYDREAMING

Daydreaming is a 26 minute short film born from the fellowship between writer and surfer Vovô Balian and filmmaker Cesinha Feliciano. The film portrays the life of Vovô and his longtime friend João Maria Lima along the cozy west coast of Portugal. (26 Min, Brazil)

Director: Cesinha Feliciano
Writer: Vovô Balian
Cast: Vovô Balian, João Maria
Producer: Ludmilla Legentil, Vovô Balian

SHAPING THE FUTURE

SHAPING THE FUTURE is a feature documentary that digs into Lance Collins’ lasting impact on Southern California culture through the legacy established by his unique surfboard brand, Wave Tools, despite the myriad of obstacles he’s faced throughout his life. (67 Min, United States)

Director: Robert Helphand
Writer: Tony Gentile, Robert Helphand
Cast: Lance Collins, Dave Parmenter, Danny Kwock, Preston Murray, Steve Richardson, Bob Hurley, Bob McKnight, Cheyne Horan, Matt “Mayhem” Biolos, Duranne Collins
Producer: Tony Gentile, Robert Helphand

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GLASS

A short documentary on local Oceanside surfboard shaper, Isaac Cluphf. The film highlights the Downtown Oceanside area and the Ivey Park Ranch, where Isaac rents barn space to shape his surfboards. (14 Min, Oceanside, CA)

Director: Christopher M Brosan
Writer: Christopher M Brosan
Cast: Isaac Cluphf
Producer: Christopher M Brosan

HAAGUA

An Indigenous surf film that celebrates the timeless bond between humanity and the ocean, “Haagua” follows a group of Native American surfers as they revive ancestral traditions, blending cultural resilience with the cultural art of surfing to honor the past and inspire the future. (15 Min, Mexico/United States)

Director: Marc Antony Chavez, Octavio Aceves Coutiño
Writer: Marc Antony Chavez, Erika Archaga
Cast: Shuuluk Leo-Retz, Jacinda S. Townsend
Producer: Shuuluk Leo-Retz, Native Like Water, Marc Antony Chavez

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SURFING TAIWAN: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

Three Taiwanese surfers reflect on the past, present, and future of surfing in Taiwan. (18 Min, San Diego, CA)

Director: James Wicks
Producer: Nathan Gibbs

JUJU: THE SURF MUSICAL

The story follows a young receptionist called JuJu who quits her office job to go surfing. Through an unexpected twist juju finds herself meeting Creed Of The Dark a mysterious and fabulous dark deity. He fans the flame in jujus soul and together they annihilate the waves. With Creed Of The Darks approval Juju transcends into the eden of oceans where she meets the Queen Of The Light. They glide on heavenly waves while the suns devine voice cleanses juju. Her soul is renewed from the power of the dark and light combined. She is now ready to be hurled back into the world again. (31 Min, Australia)

Director: Luka Raubenheimer
Writer: Luka Raubenheimer, Jaleesa Vincent
Cast: Jaleesa Vincent
Producer: Jaleesa Vincent, Beren Hall

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