SHEXTREME FILM FESTIVAL 2021
Image credit: Imani Wilmot. Surfing pioneer leading the charge for change in Jamaica.
We’re baaaaaack! After a hibernation in 2020 (livin’ la vida lockdown) riding the wave of life, so excited to announce our sixth Shextreme Film Festival 2021 will take place on Saturday 23rd October in partnership with Vanguard x Vans: On The Screen.
At Arnolfini in beautiful Bristol, our joyous, uplifting programme includes:
Two screenings: Skate Empowerment and Connected Communities
Two workshops: Create Your Own Deck Workshop and learn expert tips in our Skateboarding Photography Workshop led by award-winning photographer Hannah Bailey.
A Skateboarding Demo showcasing female riders from Artemis Skate Co.
A Love Her Wild Meet Up after our final screening
So stoked to have our first ever skate ramp at Shextreme Film Festival this year!
Though the best news? Thanks to the generous kind support of Vans and Vanguard, our Shextreme Film Festival this year is completely FREE to attend. Yes the best things in life are indeed free!
TICKETS
Please check out our action-packed festival programme below on Saturday 23rd October. Book your screening tickets via Headfirst here for our afternoon Skate Empowerment screening and here for our evening Connected Communities screening. Book your workshop places by contacting Ruth from Shextreme directly.
Afternoon Screening: Skate Empowerment
Date & Time: 2 - 3:30pm, Saturday 23rd October, 2021
Location: Arnolfini Auditorium
Hannah Bailey will be joining us live for a Q & A and Skateboarding Photography Workshop post-screening.
From showcasing grassroots skateboarding filmmaking talent in Bristol to supporting girls who skateboard in Afghanistan, this skate empowerment screening celebrates women in skateboarding all around the world.
The screening will be followed by a Q & A with Gabby Darriet-Jones, founding director of female-focused skate brand Artemis Skate Co. and award-winning skate photographer Hannah Bailey.
Excited to screen the following female-led skate films:
Elysium (2021) Co-Directors: Lydia Higginson and Dan Higginson Running Time: 04:59
An Arts Council-funded artistic cinematic exploration discovering the blurred boundaries between dancing and skateboarding. Filmed at Campus Skateparks in Bristol, UK.
Image Credit: Tom Sparey
Skate to Screen (2021) Co-Directors: Anis Tebib, Fern Cory, Grace Perry, Jack Whitcombe, Jamie Kinman,Joe Robson, Millie Wilmott, Noah CK, Samuel Apostol, Toby Gray and Amira Missaoui. Running Time: 09:00
A celebration of the next generation of emerging skateboarding filmmaking talent. A compilation of four short films created by teenage participants over three days filmed in iconic Bristol skate spots featuring pro Vans riders such as Amanda Perez. Skate to Screen was a skateboarding filmmaking workshop in collaboration with Vans, Vanguard, Clockwise Film, Boomsatsuma, Get Your Bearings and Shextreme.
Hannah Bailey (Success as a woman can be anything) (2021) Director: Dan Higginson Running Time: 04:24
A behind-the-scenes portrait of Hannah Bailey and her creative practice as a prolific UK female skate photographer. So stoked Hannah Bailey will be joining us in person at Shextreme Film Festival for this screening’s Q & A.
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl) (2019) Director: Carol Dysinger Running Time: 39:00
This Oscar-winning film is a story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write, and skateboard at Skateistan, a nonprofit that began as a skate school in Kabul in 2007 and grew into an empowering multinational educational initiative.
Image Credit: Tom Sparey
Create Your Own Deck Workshop
Date & Time: 4 - 5pm, Saturday 23rd October, 2021
Put your own creative stamp on a skate deck in this fun playful workshop. The workshop is free and you can even take your own designed deck home with you at the end and a pair of Vans shoes. Woo! Led by illustrator and skateboarder Bella Warley from Campus Skateparks. Limited places offered on a first come first served basis. To secure your spot in advance, please email Ruth at Shextreme directly.
Skateboarding Photography Workshop
Date & Time: 4 - 4:45pm, Saturday 23rd October, 2021
Location: Arnolfini Auditorium
Uplevel your skills in skateboarding photography. Gain pro tips from workshop tutor: award-winning skate photographer Hannah Bailey. Enrich your portfolio by capturing images of pro riders from Artemis Skate Co. Each participant will be gifted with a pair of Vans shoes. Bring your own camera to the workshop. All abilities and cameras from DSLRS to smartphones are warmly welcome. Limited places offered on a first come first served basis. To secure your spot in advance, please email Ruth at Shextreme directly.
Evening Screening: Connected Communities
Date & Time: 7 - 10pm, Saturday 23rd October, 2021
Location: Arnolfini Auditorium
Our evening screening celebrates women rediscovering their courage through mountain biking, hiking and stand-up paddleboarding in the UK, a snow-filled skate adventure in Austria and the mental and physical journey of seeking out remote, icy waters to go wild swimming.
Our evening panel discussion investigates the importance of connected communities led by Bex Band, Founder of Love Her Wild, Jo Moseley, Founder of The Joy of SUP podcast and Soraya Abdel-Hadi, Founder of All the Elements supporting increased diversity in the UK outdoors.
Our audience will also enjoy the first live performance of climbing poem Hands: this year’s Shextreme Adventure Poetry 2021 Winner by writer Sarah-Jane Dobner.
Our award-winning adventure poet this year: Sarah-Jane Dobner. Image Credit: Roxanna Barry.
Our evening film programme proudly includes the following Shextreme Film Festival 2021: Official Selection films:
Image Credit: Yvette Curtis
Wave Wahines - women and girls of the waves (2021)
Director: Yvette Natacha Curtis
Running Time: 01:53
This short documentary celebrates the positive local impact of surfing on Wave Wahines’ community of women and girls in Devon, UK.
Anywhere But Here (2021)
Director: Maitry Rao
Running Time: 03:13
Anywhere But Here (2021) is a metacommentary animation about wanting to go places and see new faces, but being prevented from doing so by the pandemic. The narrator unravels a bittersweet resolution in the self-reflexive filmmaking process as we dive deeper into her dreamscape.
Image Credit: Alice Ward
Ebb And Flow (2021)
Director: Alice Ward
Running Time: 12:55
Beautifully hypnotic Ebb and Flow features three fearless females and their love for surfing the waters off the west coast of Ireland.
Image Credit: Frit Sarita Tam
The Wanderlust Women (2021)
Director: Frit Sarita Tam
Running Time: 08:00
This award-winning documentary showcases two Asian female adventurers: Amira (28) and her mother, Aysha (50), as they discuss breaking down barriers on a hike up Rivington Pike in Lancaster, UK.
Image Credit: Samantha Saskia Dugon
Back on the Bike (2021)
Director: Samantha Saskia Dugon (2020)
Running Time: 22:43
Having suffered many life battles, one daughter is determined to get her mother back on a bike to rebuild her confidence in this heartwarming and humorous mountain biking documentary filmed in North Wales.
Image Credit: Scott M Salt
Body of Water (2020)
Co-Directors: Scott M Salt and Benjamin Paul
Running Time: 41:00
The award-winning film Body Of Water documents wild swimmer Gilly McArthur over Winter on her mental and physical journey seeking out remote, icy waters. From the windswept mountain tarns of her home in the Lake District to frozen lochs in the Scottish Highlands, this film provides a window into a world that many can't comprehend, illustrating why this niche pastime is so compelling and full of joy for those who are bold enough to try it.
Excited Jo will be joining us live in person during our evening screening.
Brave Enough (2021)
Running Time: 39:58
Director: Frit Sarita Tam
Jo Moseley is a 56 year old stand up paddleboarder, and single mother of two.
In 2016, she came up with the idea to SUP 162 miles from Liverpool to Goole on the Leeds Liverpool Canal and Aire & Calder Navigation. Her adventure idea was met with less than enthusiastic responses, namely that it might be difficult for someone “of [her] age”. So she put the dream away.
In 2019, Jo revisited the idea realising that life was too short and too precious to let someone else determine your dreams. Picking up litter and fundraising, she embarked on an adventure that would result in her becoming the first woman to paddleboard the Coast to Coast Trail. The journey would challenge, surprise and heal her.
Image Credit: Bex Band
Love Her Wild: Meet Up
Date & Time: 10 - 10:50pm, Saturday 23rd October, 2021
Location: Arnolfini Bar
We conclude our Shextreme Film Festival with a Love Her Wild Meet Up hosted by Bex Band for post-screening chats and drinks in Arnolfini’s Bar. No need to book the Love Her Wild Meet Up in advance. Simply join us after our evening screening. Who knows what exciting expedition ideas our Shextreme Film Festival programme may inspire!