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Point of Change

Synopsis

Stumbling across the perfect wave, two surfers start a chain reaction of unintended consequences. Perfection comes at a cost. Changed forever by the discovery of a ‘perfect wave’ in the 1970’s, POINT OF CHANGE chronicles the first surfers to ‘discover' this point at Nias island, Indonesia, and the unintended dramatic consequences that followed.
When two young surfers from Australia want to escape the political climate of their home in the 1970s, they set off in search of their idea of ’santosha’; a perfect location with a perfect wave. Their dream came true and they found their holy grail when they stumbled across Lagundi Bay, on the remote island of Nias in Indonesia. Unwittingly Kevin Lovett and John Giesel were the new colonials wearing different hats, walking into an entirely different culture and community, completely unaware of the dramatic consequences and the devastating social and ecological repercussions for the people and place that followed. A contemporary, cautionary tale of paradise lost.
Official Selection Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024 - US Premiere

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Features
Running time
89 min
Format
Super 8, 16mm and HD
Director
Rebecca Coley
Producer
Philip Burgin, Martin McCabe, Mick Southworth, Rebecca Coley
Executive Producer
Paul Oakenfold, Alon Shulman, Nicolas de Rosanbo
Editor
Elena Carmen, John Mister
Director of Photography
Marek Mysicka, Chris Bryan
Sound
Patrick Casey
Composer
Stephen Warbeck, Lewis Morison, Paul Oakenfold, Michael J McEvoy
Animation Director
Maxime Bruneel

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