Saturday night August 22 the jury awarded the new Taylor Steele film ‘the Drifter’ with best surf film Ombak Bali 2009 out of the ten films which were in competition. Quote from the jury: ‘The Drifter’ encapsulates the true essence of adventure and soul searching which is something every surfer can relate to and wants [...]
The real festival fun started last night (August 20) on the beach right out in front of the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel. A large crowd gathered to relax in the sand, enjoydrinks & food and watch the world premiere of ‘Mata Ombak’ and the Asian premiere of ‘A Fly in the Champagne’. Mc’s Tipi, Rathu [...]
Ombak Bali kicked off wednesday night with a unique Bali screening of the Drifter, the new Taylor Steele movie on Rob Machado travelling through Indonesia in search for waves and himself. The festival screened the first public viewing as the film is still in postproduction. The Drifter is a visual metaphor for a free spirit’s [...]
Ombak Bali is getting bigger, this year 14 surf films will be screened in 4 days. That’s a lot to choose from. When watching and selecting the movies for the festival everyone has it’s favourites. For different reasons of course. This year a jury will select the best surf film. The members are: Mick Curley, [...]
The second edition of Ombak Bali Surf Film Festival takes you for a four day ride from August 19 till 22 at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel. Kuta will transform into surf cinema walhalla when Ombak Bali creates a stage for worlds best surf productions and brings Bali surf lifestyle to a peak. Get out [...]
‘A FLY IN THE CHAMPAGNE’ on the beach
This year Ombak Bali jumps next level with a beach screening on August 20. Exposing the most talked about surf flick of 2009 ‘A Fly in the Champagne’ revealing the intense rivalry between surf world champs Kelly Slater and Andy Irons. Lay down and relax watching films under [...]
New surf/art bar/hangout Black Dog has been the welcome host for the Ombak Bali preview nights on June 16 & July 16. This once family house turned Kuta/Seminyak Friday night place to be will be hosting 1 more film screening before the festival drops in on August 19 at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel. Date [...]
One month to go to the festival and Ombak Bali warms it up on July 16 with the unique screening of award winning surf doc ‘Sliding Liberia’ by Nicolai Lidow & Britton Caillouette.
‘Sliding Liberia’ is easily one of the best surf films ever made and was opening night film at Ombak Bali last year. If [...]
The much anticipated new film by award-winning surf director Taylor Steele on surf icon Rob Machado will be screening at Ombak Bali. World-famous surfer Rob Machado travels to Indonesia to escape the entanglements of his life at home. As he wanders further and further into the outskirts of the South East Asian surf paradise, he’s [...]
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