10th Annual Beach Shorts: Barry Hatchett presents his final surf film fest Saturday
Filmmaker and Beach Shorts veteran Zack Stoller’s latest offering documents Davenport Surfboards teamriders Tyler “T-Crit” Critelli and Tyler Stover on an excursion to Central America. Frame grab courtesy Zack Stoller By Ed Solt Ten years ago, a humble everyday surfer, Barry Hatchett, set out to share the aloha spirit with fellow surfers of the same ilk through his Beach Shorts Film Fest. Each subsequent year, jeering and cheering surfers filled the Hermosa Beach Playhouse to view the only film fest featuring six to ten minute shorts nearly all shot by amateur filmmakers. Hatchett will be presenting his last Beach Shorts fest this Saturday night. Over the years, the Beach Shorts’ submission box has seen it all. Initially, Hatchett’s event consisted of half-amateur, half-professional films, including work by notable filmmakers like Steve Cleveland of SurfCraft Media Productions (“On Safari to Stay”, “Another State of Mind”), El Segundo’s Jason Baffa (“Single Fin Yellow”, “One California Day”), Jason Ogle (“Puerto Escondido Underground Series”), and surf historian Sam George. “We were the first audiences for some of these filmmakers,” Hatchett said. “For example, seven years ago…
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