Girls Can’t Surf

Girls Can’t Surf

Feature Documentary

About

It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and radical male egos. GIRLS CAN’T SURF follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, GIRLS CAN’T SURF is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.

Festivals & Awards

Tribeca Film Festival, Official Selection
AACTA Award Nominee, Best Feature Documentary

Where to Watch

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Director

Christopher Nelius

Writers

Julie-Anne De Ruvo, Christopher Nelius

Producers

Michaela Perske, Christopher Nelius

Executive Producers

Rob Galluzzo, Michael Hilliard, Paul Wiegard

Associate Producer

Camilla Mazzaferro

Development Producer

Luke Mazzaferro

Cinematographer

Anna Howard ACS

Editor

Julie-Anne De Ruvo

Composer

Haydn Walker

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