NYC Women's Surf Film Festival ,

About the event

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. 

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY AUGUST 12

• Pre-festival party including a Q&A with filmmakers and notable surfers along with select screenings from last year’s festival. 

SATURDAY AUGUST 13 // Night of the Film Festival //

• Screening of a variety of short and feature surf films from around the world.
• Exhibition by Australian surf photographer Francis Miller (flying in from Australia for the exhbition). 

SUNDAY AUGUST 14

• A morning paddle out with filmmakers and notable surfers including Erin “Worm” Ashley, Mary Schmader, world champion long boarder Linda Benson and more. 

Why should you sponsor?

• 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.
• The 3-day event is free to the public, so we are expecting high number of guests each day.
• There is rapidly growing population of women surfers (in 2013 USA women Facebook users who listed Surfing as an interest in their profile was 4,400,000 and in 2016 it’s almost double with a 7,300,000). There’s only a much lower number of social events and online publications that cater to this segment specifically. 
• With more than 4 million visitors last year, Rockaway Beach provides the entire New York City with a place to enjoy the waterfront and beat the summer heat. Our outdoor posters and signage will reach these millions during the summer months. The posters will be on display from June till August. 
• The 2015 NYCWSFF enjoyed press coverage and media sponsorship from publications representing over 2,500,000 viewers/readers, including core media partners New York Times, The Inertia, DNA Info New York, Grind TV, Eastern Surf Magazine, Surf Collective NYC, The Surfer’s View, Brooklyn View, Rockaway Times, The Wave, Dirtbag Darling and more.
• We have sponsorship packages that range from $100 to $15,000 

Davina Grincevicius

Lava Girl Surf was founded in 2012 with the first New York Women’s Surf Workshop.  The annual event began as a series of off-water workshops to encourage women to explore the fundamental elements of the sport. Lava Girl Surf has now since evolved to celebrate the art of filmmaking and the stories being told around the world of women surfers. Through surfing, education, storytelling and art, Lava Girl Surf creates community and inspires women’s lives.  

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