Africa, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings. 'Beyond - An African Surf Documentary' follows locals along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia into their homes, visits their home surf spots and takes a look into their surfing lives. Three months of shooting culminated in a 111 minute long episodic journey on a continent, that has the potential to be the next big thing in surfing.
Cinematography
Desert-meets-ocean vistas that'll wreck your Instagram
Direction
Patient observation without colonial tourist gaze
Production
Three-month road trip through five countries, zero budget glamour
Director
Mario Hainzl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Surfing in Africa exists in tension: imported by colonizers, now claimed by locals as personal freedom.
Director Mario Hainzl also made 'The Old, The Young & The Sea'—this is basically the darker, poorer cousin.
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