A smart group of surfers reveal the sewage-grade misogyny prevalent in the sport in the 80s and 90s
Surfing trades on its spirit of barefoot outsider cool. So it’s doubly depressing to discover that sewage-grade misogyny stank out the sport for decades. This documentary is the untold story of female professional surfers in the 80s and 90s. They were paid less than the men and struggled to get sponsorship. Their sport treated women like second-class athletes: competition organisers saved the best waves for the boys, often scheduling women’s heats during the lunch break. Not to mention the chauvinist-pig arrogance of many male surfers, who saw themselves as bronzed gods – and the role of women to worship at their feet.
Needless to say, Girls Can’t Surf has its fair share blood-boiling moments. But it’s still an enormously enjoyable adrenaline rush of a film. The director is Christopher Nelius,...
Surfing trades on its spirit of barefoot outsider cool. So it’s doubly depressing to discover that sewage-grade misogyny stank out the sport for decades. This documentary is the untold story of female professional surfers in the 80s and 90s. They were paid less than the men and struggled to get sponsorship. Their sport treated women like second-class athletes: competition organisers saved the best waves for the boys, often scheduling women’s heats during the lunch break. Not to mention the chauvinist-pig arrogance of many male surfers, who saw themselves as bronzed gods – and the role of women to worship at their feet.
Needless to say, Girls Can’t Surf has its fair share blood-boiling moments. But it’s still an enormously enjoyable adrenaline rush of a film. The director is Christopher Nelius,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
In feature documentary Girls Can’t Surf, director Christopher Nelius tells the story of how a “ragtag bunch of inspired, punk girls” who took on the male-dominated sport of professional surfing in order to achieve equality.
Madman Entertainment will release the film, featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley, in cinemas March 2021.
Perth Arts Festival will host the Australian premiere January 11, followed by Sydney Film Festival’s summer season January 17 and Westpac OpenAir January 31.
Girls Can’t Surf is produced by Michaela Perske, and co-written by Nelius and Julie-Anne De Ruvo.
The post ‘Girls Can’t Surf’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
Madman Entertainment will release the film, featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley, in cinemas March 2021.
Perth Arts Festival will host the Australian premiere January 11, followed by Sydney Film Festival’s summer season January 17 and Westpac OpenAir January 31.
Girls Can’t Surf is produced by Michaela Perske, and co-written by Nelius and Julie-Anne De Ruvo.
The post ‘Girls Can’t Surf’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 12/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ben O’Toole in ‘Bloody Hell’ (Photo credit: Daniel Berghofer).
The virtual Cannes Film Market is underway with a raft of titles driven by Australian talent being pitched to buyers either as pre-sales or completed films.
The slate includes Daina Reid’s Run Rabbit Run, Frances O’Connor’s directing debut Emily, Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell, Christopher Nelius’ feature doc Girls Can’t Surf and Justin McMillan’s Sweet River.
In addition, Hanway is looking to sell worldwide rights to Kim Mordaunt’s Wildlands, a thriller to be shot in Africa starring Matthias Schoenaerts as Richard Thomas, a jaded bomb disposal expert.
The script by Mordaunt and John Collee is based on the director’s experiences in the bomb disposal world in Asia and Africa. After being dismissed from Un forces following a failed mission in Afghanistan, Thomas gets a final shot at redemption when he’s sent to Angola, one...
The virtual Cannes Film Market is underway with a raft of titles driven by Australian talent being pitched to buyers either as pre-sales or completed films.
The slate includes Daina Reid’s Run Rabbit Run, Frances O’Connor’s directing debut Emily, Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell, Christopher Nelius’ feature doc Girls Can’t Surf and Justin McMillan’s Sweet River.
In addition, Hanway is looking to sell worldwide rights to Kim Mordaunt’s Wildlands, a thriller to be shot in Africa starring Matthias Schoenaerts as Richard Thomas, a jaded bomb disposal expert.
The script by Mordaunt and John Collee is based on the director’s experiences in the bomb disposal world in Asia and Africa. After being dismissed from Un forces following a failed mission in Afghanistan, Thomas gets a final shot at redemption when he’s sent to Angola, one...
- 6/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Film Constellation has boarded sales on Girls Can’t Surf, a feature doc from Christopher Nelius.
Set during the 1980s in the world of professional surfing, it tracks a band of renegade female surfers who took on the male-dominated sport to achieve equality.
Surf greats featuring include Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, and Layne Beachley.
Director Nelius co-wrote the pic with Anne De Ruvo. It is produced by Michaela Perske of Pursekey Productions with Nelius. Executive producers are Chef’s Table, Rob Galluzzo and Michael Hilliard of Finch, and Paul Wiegard of Madman Entertainment with Ghislaine Couvillat from Whipped Sea acting as a co-producer.
The film was developed and financed by Screen Australia, Screen Nsw and is being distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
“Now a billion-dollar global sport that has spread to all shores of the world,...
Set during the 1980s in the world of professional surfing, it tracks a band of renegade female surfers who took on the male-dominated sport to achieve equality.
Surf greats featuring include Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, and Layne Beachley.
Director Nelius co-wrote the pic with Anne De Ruvo. It is produced by Michaela Perske of Pursekey Productions with Nelius. Executive producers are Chef’s Table, Rob Galluzzo and Michael Hilliard of Finch, and Paul Wiegard of Madman Entertainment with Ghislaine Couvillat from Whipped Sea acting as a co-producer.
The film was developed and financed by Screen Australia, Screen Nsw and is being distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
“Now a billion-dollar global sport that has spread to all shores of the world,...
- 6/19/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Laura Gordon and Olive DeJonge in ‘Undertow’.
In crafting her debut feature Undertow – in cinemas today – writer-director Miranda Nation was driven to depict a complex and multifaceted relationship between two women – one that wasn’t necessarily romantic or sexual.
Set in Nation’s hometown of Geelong, Undertow follows Claire (Laura Gordon), who is still grieving the loss of her stillborn baby when she begins to suspect her husband Dan (Rob Collins) is having an affair with a teenager, Angie (Olivia DeJonge).
When Claire then discovers Angie is pregnant, she develops an irrational obsession that sees her lose touch with reality and put at risk both of their lives.
Produced by Lyn Norfor and Ep’d by Liz Watts, Prue Williams and Sheila Jayadev, it also stars Josh Helman, Martin Blum, Darci McDonald and the late Damian Hill.
At the heart of the film is a complex portrait of sexuality, loss and trauma.
In crafting her debut feature Undertow – in cinemas today – writer-director Miranda Nation was driven to depict a complex and multifaceted relationship between two women – one that wasn’t necessarily romantic or sexual.
Set in Nation’s hometown of Geelong, Undertow follows Claire (Laura Gordon), who is still grieving the loss of her stillborn baby when she begins to suspect her husband Dan (Rob Collins) is having an affair with a teenager, Angie (Olivia DeJonge).
When Claire then discovers Angie is pregnant, she develops an irrational obsession that sees her lose touch with reality and put at risk both of their lives.
Produced by Lyn Norfor and Ep’d by Liz Watts, Prue Williams and Sheila Jayadev, it also stars Josh Helman, Martin Blum, Darci McDonald and the late Damian Hill.
At the heart of the film is a complex portrait of sexuality, loss and trauma.
- 3/5/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Mark Warner receives his award from Karen Eastmure.
The editors of Ladies in Black, Bloom and The Final Quarter were among the honorees of the Australian Screen Editors’ annual Ellie Awards presented on Saturday night at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst.
Mark Warner’s work on Ladies in Black won best editing in a feature drama, James Manché’s episode 5 of Bloom was recognised as best editing in a drama and Sally Fryer’s The Final Quarter took the feature documentary editing prize.
That followed Fryer’s win at the Aacta Awards while the Adam Goodes doco directed by Ian Darling was named best documentary program at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in Singapore last Friday night.
The other recipients included Sara Edwards’ Gatwick – The Last Chance Hotel (documentary), Julie-Anne De Ruvo’s The Letdown (comedy), Nicholas Dunlop and Lawrie Silvestrin’s Don’t Stop the Music (factual entertainment) and...
The editors of Ladies in Black, Bloom and The Final Quarter were among the honorees of the Australian Screen Editors’ annual Ellie Awards presented on Saturday night at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst.
Mark Warner’s work on Ladies in Black won best editing in a feature drama, James Manché’s episode 5 of Bloom was recognised as best editing in a drama and Sally Fryer’s The Final Quarter took the feature documentary editing prize.
That followed Fryer’s win at the Aacta Awards while the Adam Goodes doco directed by Ian Darling was named best documentary program at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in Singapore last Friday night.
The other recipients included Sara Edwards’ Gatwick – The Last Chance Hotel (documentary), Julie-Anne De Ruvo’s The Letdown (comedy), Nicholas Dunlop and Lawrie Silvestrin’s Don’t Stop the Music (factual entertainment) and...
- 12/8/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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