Overview
The New York Women's Surf Film festival, a project of Lava Girl Surf, celebrates the filmmakers and female wave riders who live to surf, highlighting their sense of adventure, connection to the ocean and love for their own communities and those they discover. In Rockaway Beach, New York, we'll share through film the spirit and inspiration of women wave riders from around the globe.
Surfing is our passion. As women surfers, we share a special connection through our mutual love for the ocean and the creative energy sparked by celebrating our adventure stories. The New York Women’s Surf Film Festival aims to generate awareness of this special subculture and the local businesses that support them.
The NYC Women's Surf Film Festival is the ONLY active Surf Film Festival held in New York and the ONLY Surf Film Festival dedicated to women surfers in the world. It takes place once a year in NYC.
The 3-day event is free to the public, so we are expecting high number of guests each day.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
+ Pre-festival party including a Q&A with a number of filmmakers and notable surfers along with select screenings from last year’s festival.
+ Night of Film Festival: Screening of a variety of short and feature surf films from around the world.
+ A morning paddle out with filmmakers and notable surfers.

Audience & Reach
Sponsors
Past: Seea, Bumble and bumble, Salt Gypsy, Dirtbag Darling, Surf Collective, Surfrider Foundation, Rockaway Beach Surf Club, Smash Film Fest, Surfgirl, Suger, Tacoway Beach, Grinder Girl, Mamazoo, Rockaway Summer, NY Surfing Buddies, The Notion, Goldie's Natural Beauty, Boarder's Surf Shop , St. James, Off Season
Current: Rockaway Beach Surf Club, Tacoaway Beach
Press
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""This weekend, women who surf will step into the spotlight in Far Rockaway, Queens." "- by The New York TImes
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"5 films we’re dying to see at the NYC Women’s Surf Film Festival"- by Grind TV
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"Women's Surfing Takes Center Stage in this New York City Film Festival"- by The Inertia
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"Women Surfers From Around the Globe Take the Screen at Rockaway Film Fest"- by DNA Info