Scum Valley to Siberia
Synopsis:
From the streets of Bondi to the far reaches of frozen Siberia this is a unique Surf programme. We kick off with a retrospective of the extraordinary body of work by Bondi local Monty Webber documenting our early surf culture. This is followed by the most amazing surf movie ever shot. Bondi surfer Fraser Dovell travels to Siberia to catch the perfect wave. You won’t have seen anything like this. Exotic is not the word.
Follow filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment and surfers Letty Mortenson and Fraser Dovell as they journey to Kamchatka in the far east of Russia in search of new waves along the frozen, unexplored coastline.
Bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk with more than 150 volcanoes (29 active) the Kamchatka Peninsula in Far Eastern Russia is as remote as it is unique.
After two years of planning the trip was almost over before it started.
An hour before boarding their flight to Moscow, Russia invaded Ukraine.
At a time when the world was seeing the worst of human nature, these guys flew behind the iron curtain and found, to their surprise the best of it. Mi-8 helicopters, skidoos, frozen campsites, and frozen bank accounts, this surf trip quickly became far more than anyone could imagine.
Above: Monty Webber documenting Bondi Beach in the 70s
Trailer:
- 70 mins
Director:
Spencer Frost
Guy Williment
Monty Webber
Cast:
Screens with the the short film
THIS BOND I AND BONDI
10 mins
Producer/Director Carolyn Saul
(Multi award winning short by local filmmaker Carolyn Saul brings a poetic light to bear on Bondi.)
When the once familiar streets and buildings of the place you grew up in become something else, how do you reconcile your relationship with that place? What happens to your sense of ‘home’? "this bond i and Bondi" is a rumination on memories, change and a very special place.