Beyond: An African Surf Documentary

Beyond: An African Surf Documentary, is a 2017 Gambian documentary adventure sports film directed by Mario Hainzl and co-produced by Andreas Jaritz, Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn, and Valentin Renoldner.[1] The film deals in detail about the five local youth: Sam Bleakely, Yassinem, Meryem, Max and Omar, who are along the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia and their surfing lives.[2][3]

Beyond: An African Surf Documentary
Directed byMario Hainzl
Written byMario Hainzl
Andreas Jaritz
Produced byAndreas Jaritz
Tommy Pridnig
Peter Wirthensohn
Valentin Renoldner
StarringSam Bleakely
Yassine
Meryem
Max
Omar
CinematographyRené Eckert
Felix Gänsicke
Roman Königshofer
Mario Hainzl
Edited byJuri Rechinsky
Sebastian Funk
Production
companies
Lotus Film
Nomad Earth Media
Distributed byLotus-Film Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Release date
  • 13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)
(Austria)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesAustria
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Mauritania
Morocco
Senegal
LanguageFrench

The film made its international premier on 13 October 2017 in Austria.[4][5] The film received positive reviews from critics.[6] In 2018 at the Diagonale, Austria, the film was nominated for the Diagonale Grand Prize for Best Documentary Film. Then the film was again nominated for the Jury Award for Best Documentary Film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.[7] The DVD and VoD versions were released on 12 April 2018, whereas the Free TV release was on 13 April 2019.[8]

References
  1. "BEYOND - an African Surf Documentary". Surfers Mag. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. "Beyond - An African Surf Documentary". www.reelhouse.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. Video, XTreme (2018-04-24). "Watch Beyond, an African Surf Documentary Online: Vimeo On Demand". Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. "Beyond – An African Surf Documentary". www.austrianfilms.com (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. "Beyond - An African Surf Documentary". Österreichisches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  6. "Beyond, an African Surf Documentary". Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  7. "Beyond: An African Surf Documentary - accolades". Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  8. "Beyond - An African Surf Documentary". Österreichisches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
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