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Go To: Nord Nordost Surf Film Festival Berlin

This year’s summer in Berlin is a tad not so sunny, so it’s even more joyous that Nord Nordost Surf Film Fest will return to bring some sun to town - in form of films, music and art portraying the surf culture. From the 8th-12th of August 2017 they’ll bring screenings to various places spread all over Berlin. This year’s focus is on the conflict between mainstream and wild and ask the question whether if it’s anarchistic heritage and drop out mentality as portrayed on the opening film “Biarritz Surf Gang”*, is still alive. 

For quite some time I have a deep fascination for this culture and I can’t wait to learn more about it. Like I want to understand why people would travel to the arctic circle, Finland or Iceland to surf in the freezing cold (”Freezing”, “Under An Arctic Sky”, “Finnsurf”) - some of the films that’ll make the Berlin summer look great - or following three young women on their journey to answer what surfing means to them and what position it’ll takes in their lifes (”Blue Road”).

Next to films there’ll be live music at every screening, most of them will be surprises. Only two performances are announced: Jules Ahoi & the Deepsea Orchestra and Halasan Bazar. They’ll play at the main events on Friday and Sautrday at Zweidrei Raum. 

Tuesday, 8. August: Opening night “Biarritz Surf Gang” @  Kulturforum Sommerkino, Potsdamer Platz

Wednesday, 9. August: International Shorties Awards and block party @  the été shop, Bergmann Straße (free entrance)

Thursday, 10. August: “Fishpeople” & “One Shot”² @ Langbrett, Kastanienallee (free entrance)

Friday, 11. August:  ”Freezing”³, “Under An Arctic Sky”², “Island Earth”² & “Finnsurf”³; concert: Jules Ahio & the Deepsea Orchestra @ Zweidrei Raum, Kreuzberg

Saturday, 12. August: “The Church of the Open Sky”², “Deep Blue/Middle C” (European premiere), “Biarritz Surf Gang”³ & “Blue Road”²³, concert: Halasan Bazar @ Zweidrei Raum, Kreuzberg

² German premiere ³ directors q&a

Artists for the exhibition will be announced soon. For further informations on tickets and so on, look on their website:  www.surffilmfestberlin.de.

See you there,

Dörte

 *Pretty excited about this one actually since I’ll visit Biarritz later this year and it’s always pretty sweet to learn about the history of a place before you go, especially since it’s the birthplace of surfing in Europe. It always makes you see it in a different light. 

P.S. Just in case you’re not tired of beaches by Sunday, the 13th of August, you can head to Strandbad Weissensee for By The Lake Festival. Good music, beach, water but no waves.