Waveriders - Coming to a Cinema Near You on April 3rd
Joel Conroy's surfing documentary feature WAVERIDERS has been receiving amazing critical acclaim in the run up to its Irish and UK cinemas release on 3rd April.Narrated by Cillian Murphy, the film showcases the world class surfing destinations available off the North West coast of Ireland. Skilled Irish surfers link up with world champion surfers including Kelly Slater, soul surfer Kevin Naughton and the Malloy brothers to ride some of the most exciting surf Ireland has to offer.
After winning the Audience Award at the Dublin International Film Festival in 2008 and scooping the inaugural George Morrison Best Feature Documentary Award at the Irish Film and Television Award 2009, the film went on to win Best Feature Documentary at the Beloit Film Festival in Illinois and Best Sport Documentary at the Celtic Film Festival. The documentary has been selected for the upcoming Newport Beach Film Festival, California and the River Run Film Festival in North Carolina.
Here's what the critics have been saying about the film:
"..raw and exhilarating, director Joel Conroy harnesses something intangible: the spiritual purity that lures extreme surfers to the ocean. The final breathtaking images, captured in the maw of an angry ocean, still linger large in my mind."
The Sunday Tribune
"Waveriders, the most unique and visually stunning documentary of its genre to have been made in decades."
Dazed & Confused
"...overpowering picture deserves to take its place alongside earlier classics such as Riding Giants and The Endless Summer. The film deserves to be seen on a big screen."
The Irish Times
"The resulting footage is among some of the most breathtaking and frankly terrifying film of surf ever shot, quite literally awesome."
Sight & Sound
* * * * "Remarkable"
Empire Magazine
* * * * "Waveriders is most definitely not just for surfers... breathtaking"
Eye for Film Magazine
* * * * "Gripping... Awe inspiring"
Total Film Magazine
The film trailer along with extras, bios, photos, surf guides, competitions and cinema listings are available on the official Waveriders website (www.waveridersthefilm.com). The film also has dedicated pages on the social networks My Space, Bebo and Facebook as well as pages on You Tube.
The documentary was financed by the European Union through the Interreg IIIA Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by the ICBAN Partnership, Northern Ireland Screen, BBC Northern Ireland and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland with the participation of Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board.
Waveriders in cinemas from Friday 3rd April.