Paris Surf & Skateboard Film Festival #11

The Paris Surf & Skateboard Film Festival returns for its eleventh edition, celebrating the images and stories surrounding these two pursuits. At La Gaîté Lyrique, the international selection brings together short, medium-length and feature films, with a competition and several French premieres.

The films explore communities as much as the people riding the boards. Landing, by Dmytro Pashko, follows the construction of a skatepark in a Ukrainian city, while No Place Like Home, by René Olivo, traces three decades of skateboarding around Milan’s central station. On the surfing side, Emmett Malloy’s SURFILMUSIC explores the connections between Jack Johnson’s early films and his musical career. Perry Gershkow’s Keeping in the Shadows follows six years of travels by Noah Wegrich and his friends and will be shown at the closing screening.

Photography exhibitions and a bookshop complement the screenings. Two yoga and mobility workshops also offer a chance to explore the physical conditioning associated with these pursuits.

Practical information
- Screenings take place in the Audito, with a separate booking required for each screening.
- Friday: opening screenings at 20:00 and 22:00. Saturday and Sunday: screenings from 12:00.
- Closing film on Sunday at 18:00.
- Yoga and mobility workshops on Saturday and Sunday, from 12:30 to 13:30, in the Dance Studio. Separate booking required.