“SURF GANG” won the jury award for Best Experimental Film at the Planet Out Short Movie Awards. Winners were announced January 21st at the Queer Brunch at the Sundance Film Festival and were screened at the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival..
Katrina del Mar was awarded a Fellowship in Video by NYFA New York Foundation for the Arts for her work on “SURF GANG” a subsequent screening took place of the work in progress / rough cut at Le Petit Versailles, NYC in 2005
SELECTED SCREENINGS / FESTIVALS
Never Stop Surf Film Festival, Fiesta del Tunel / Surf Music and Friends, Salinas Asturias, Spain Summer 2015
“Girl Gang Trilogy / Films by Katrina del Mar” MoMA / PS1 Dome 2, Rockaway Beach NY 2013
“Girl Gang Trilogy / Films by Katrina del Mar” Bio Paradis , Reykjavik Iceland 2012
“Girl Gang Trilogy / Gangs of New York” Fab Lab, Berlin, Germany 2010
“Girl Gang Trilogy / Films by Katrina del Mar” Bremen Queer Film Festival 2010
“Girl Gang Trilogy / Films by Katrina del Mar” Hamburg Queer Film Festival Hamburg, Germany 2010
“Girl Gang Trilogy / Films by Katrina del Mar” Boston LGBT Film Festival Boston MA 2010
“Girl Gang Trilogy / Films by Katrina del Mar” Horse Hospital London, England 2010
“Girl Gang Trilogy” Anthology Film Archives, New York NY 2010
“Katrina del Mar Retrospective” Red Rattler, Sydney Australia 2009
“Movie Mayhem” Cherry Bomb Comics, Auckland, NZ 2009
“Movie Mayhem” Gene Frankel Theatre, New York, NY 2007
“Movie Mayhem” Pioneer Theater, New York, NY 2006
If everybody had an ocean / Nouvelles Vagues film series CAPC, Bordeaux France 2007
REELING Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Chicago, IL: November 2-12, 2006
LUFF Lausanne Underground Film Festival Lausanne, Switzerland: October 11-15th 2006
Tampa International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Tampa FL: October 9th 2006
Coney Island Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York: October 9th 2006
Queer Quickie Film Festival Cattyshack, Brooklyn NY Sept 19th & 20th 2006
The Fire Island Film & Video Festival. at the Community House in Cherry Grove: Fire Island, New York September 2006
Womenfest Key West. at the Tropic Cinema Key West, FL 2006
“Surf Gang” at Crobar Film party for Katrina del Mar. open bar 9-10pm June 17th 2006 at Crobar 530 West 28th Street, NYC
Frameline 30 San Francisco’s LGBT Film Festival at the Roxie Film Center (SF Premiere!) June 19th 2006 10:30pm
New Fest, New York City: NYC Premiere at the AMC Loews (34th Street & 8th Ave NYC) June 3 & 6 2006
The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. World Premiere; what a fun and impressive festival! APRIL 23, 2006
NYFA Rough Cut Preview Screening at Le Petit Versailles New York Foundation for the Arts / Le Petit Versailles 2005
FUNDRAISERS Thank you Generous Donors:
The Elephant Rock Foundation, Alicia Osborne and Torsten Meyer, Lisa Wellstead, The Concordia Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts
Fiscal Sponsor – Women Make Movies.
Thanks to all the venues, bands, deejays and friends that came out to support this underground film during our fundraising parties:
VENUES:
Remote Lounge / Meow Mix / Arlene’s Grocery
BANDS, PERFORMANCE
Pank Shovel
Grounded
G S X
The Snake Charmers
Shiny Mama
Lady Unluck
Queen V
Stella Barbarella Zotis Fashion Show
Nina Skittles
We managed to raise enough dough to buy an editing system under a thou (used off craigslist) and pay off some of the obscene loans we took out for initial production costs. So, thank you!
| Surf Gang Credits Cast: Rockaway Ruffnecks Baby Rockaway – Nicolette Nolan Blackie Rockaway – Kembra Pfahler Blackie 2 – Allegra Stella – Stella Barbarella Zotis Metal – Pam the Metal Queen Grande Dona – Andrea Purcigliotti Dread – Andrea GarciaThe Ungratefuls Blossom – Pamela Willoughby Magnolia – Diana Nolan Jackie – Jackie Popofsky Tulip Delilah – Randi Daniels Lilac – Yana ToyberThe Flexboys Troye – Troye Evers John – Jamil Anthony – Anthony Foskolus Created, Written, Directed, Produced and Shot by – Katrina del Mar Music by – GSX, Grounded, Bantam, Luff, Johnny Goudie, I Love Elke, Texas Terri, Simon & the Bar Sinisters, Rock City Morgue, Lady Unluck Original Music by – Sarah Greenwood Technical Advisors (east coast surfers): Dennis Murphy, Jackie & Lauren Bell, Jerry Martinez, Saul Trujillo, Tenielle, Eric Edwards Surfers: Jianca, Faith, Dennis Murphy, Simon, BJ, Jerry Martinez and the crew at Rockaway Beach. Filmed at Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY; Thank you Generous Donors: Fiscal Sponsor – Women Make Movies. Music Credits: “Maybe it’s Just Sleeping”, “Corresponding” “Back of a Magazine,” “Battle Scar” (cubanito music ASCAP) “Ballad of NYC” “I Got What I Came For” & “Breach” “In The Middle” “One Hit Wonder” “Situation” “Get Out of My House” “Black Line Drone” “Nasty Riff” and “Breaking this Fever” “Rockaway Beach” “Nocturne #6 and #7” |
