The Surfilm Contest has changed its format this year. The films in the Official Selection are screened on different dates and at different venues. There is not an official prize ceremony. Prizes will be announced online, the first week of July.

Iratxe Fresneda, President of the Jury.
Iratxe is a professor at Audiovisual Communication and Advertising Department of the UPV-EHU, the Basque Country University, since 2004, where she teaches Cinema History. She also directs several cultural programs in Radio Euskadi (EITB), and now collaborates with different media and film Institutions. Someday she will surf her Takayama Longboard.
Jed Smith: Jed Smith, 26, is a freelance journalist who writes for magazines in Australia (Stab, ASL, Tracks, Surfing World), America (Surfer Magazine, The Surfer’s Journal), Europe (Desillusion, Surf Europe) and more. He is an avid surf film watcher and has produced several short pieces of his own, as well with his surfing radio show, Ain't That Swell. He likes surfing, drugs and pussy, in that order.

Julen Larrañaga has been following the best swells in the Cantabric Coast for many years. Mundaka, Roka Puta, Meñakoz, waves with consequences are his choice... Surfing is his life, with his Free Surf Eskola, he transmits his passion to his pupils. He as also been the official MC of Surfilmfestibal for many years; this year he is also one of the official jury members!

Rodrigo Farias was the first local Chilean filmmaker who brought us films of the fantastic waves in his country. He has visited our festival in several occasions. He organizes a Surfestival in Chile, an itinerant and super authentic event!

Jaime Rodriguez's love for the ocean is a family matter. His father was a skkipper and he showed him and his brothers we had to treat the ocean with respect. My passion for surfing came later, after having been involved in windsurfing and bodyboarding… Once I tried I couldn’t stop. 7 years ago, with the only goal of sharing my passion for surfing and the ocean, I created Surf 30, a place to talk and think about surfing these days.

Jed Smith, 26, is a freelance magazine journalist from Australia and works for Stab, ASL, Tracks, Surfing World), USA (Surfer Magazine, The Surfer´s Journal), Europe (Desillusion, Surf Europe). An avid surf movie consumer, he has produced several short-films t for his radio show, Ain't That Swell. He loves surfing, drugs, and women...in this order.

Official Film Selection:

1. Feature Films:

- Secret Sound Underground. Jack Coleman. USA 2013
- The Africa Project. Jason Hearn. 2012 South Africa
- Inmersion. Tim Bonithon. 2012 Australia
- Uncharted Waters. Craig Griffin 2013. Australia
- Tierras Lejanas. Ixa Llambias. 2013 Chile
- This Time Tomorrow. Taylor Steele. 2012 USA
- Serendipity. Simon Lamb. 2013 Australia
- Groundswell. Dir. Chris Malloy 2013. USA

b. Special September Sessions Selection: 3 screenings happening in september, at the Trueba Cinemas.

- Szorfilm. Dir. David Peman. 2013 Hungary
- Nordfor Sola. Dir.
- Isolated. Dir.

2. Short Films:

- Chasing the Swell. Jose Madalengoitia. Perú 2013
- Juanito Mezkalito. Dir. David Ruiz. Euskadi 2013
- Beyond the Scars. Chris McLean. UK 2013
- Step N´Soul. Toma Jablon. UK 2013
- 99km. Imanol Sorazu. Euskadi 2013
- El Gran Lunes. Iñigo Kintana & Mikel Yarza. Euskadi 2013
- Mundaka Dreaming. François Mourrasse. France 2013
- North. Mikey de Temple. USA 2013
- Easkey Briton Surf in Iran. Marion Poizeaud. France 2013

JURY AWARDS

BEST FEATURE FILM presented by PATAGONIA
BEST SHORT FILM presented by KUTXABANK
PERFORMANCE AWARD presented by XSORIES:
Best Surfing
Best Waves
Best Cinematography
Best Photography
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
MOST ORIGINAL STORY
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM presented by PATAGONIA
BEST BASQUE SURF FILM presented by GAZTEA
- Juanito Mezcalito. David Ruiz. 2013
- 99 km. Imanol Sorazu 2013
- El Gran Lunes. Iñigo Kintana & Mikel Yarza. Euskadi 2013