The Cigarette Surfboard

Production Country: USA
Running Time: 93mins
Year: 2023

An impassioned surfer creates a surfboard with 10,000 cigarette butts collected from California beaches to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic waste.

FILM CREW:
Director: Ben Judkins
Producer: Ben Judkins, Taylor Lane
Exec Producer: Marisla Foundation, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Suszi Sutherland
DOP: Ben Judkins
Editor: Ben Judkins
Sound Design: Imrsv Sound (Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach, Mpse & William Sammons), Kai Killion
Composer: Imrsv Sound (Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach, Mpse & William Sammons), Kai Killion
Animation: Paul Ferraris

Cast: Taylor Lane, Jack Johnson, Mikey February, Easkey Britton, Rob Machado, Tom Novotny, Justin Cummings, Sonja Brunner, Fergal Smith, Hannah Bennett, Cliff Kapono, Chris Hines, Steve England, Ryan Harris, Andrea Kabwasa, Noah Wegrich, Kassia Meador, Kahi Pacarro, Caity Simmers


FESTIVALS:
Anchorage International Film Festival December 2024
Nordic Adventure Film Festival November 2024
Cucalorus Film Festival November 2024
Irish Surf Film Festival November 2024
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival November 2024
Ojai Film Festival October 2024
Cambridge Film Festival October 2024
Green Film Festival of San Francisco October 2024
Bend Film Festival October 2024
Newport Beach Film Festival October 2024
WYO Film Festival October 2024
Hawai'i International Film Festival October 2024
EKOFILM October 2024
Puerto Rico Film Festival September 2024
Crested Butte Film Festival September 2024
Wasatch Mountain Film Festival September 2024
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival September 2024
Surfalorus Film Festival September 2024
Full Bloom Film Festival September 2024
Richmond International Film Festival September 2024
ROCKY SPIRIT August 2024
ON THE BEACH International Film Festival August 2024
Woods Hole Film Festival July 2024
Waco Independent Film Festival July 2024
NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival May 2024