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Surfer, The

AUSTRALIA/IRELAND CO-PRODUCTION

Year of completion: 2024
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: Feature
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 100 minutes
Production Status: Completed

When a man returns to Australia to buy back his family home after many years in the US, he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a group of local surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood. Wounded, he defies them and remains at the beach, demanding acceptance. As the conflict escalates, he is brought right to the edge of his sanity and his entire identity is thrown into question.

Completion Year: 2024
Genres: Thriller
Format: Feature
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Executive Producer

Robert Patterson, Apur Parikh, Francois Tetaz, Lorcan Finnegan, Mark Lane, Michael Rothstein, Samuel Hall, Ford Corbett, Mark Fasano, Ryan Winterstern, Joshua Harris, Greg Friedman, Jatin Desai

Producer

Robert Connolly, James Grandison, Brunella Cocchiglia, Nathan Klingher, Leonora Darby

Writer

Composer

Director

Lorcan Finnegan

Director of Photography

Editor

Production Designer

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Nicholas Cassim, Miranda Tapsell, Alexander Bertrand, Justin Rosniak, Rahel Romahn, Finn Little, Charlotte Maggi

Awards

2026 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts

Screenings

2024 — Cannes Film Festival

2025 — International Film Festival Rotterdam

2025 — South by Southwest Film &TV Festival (SXSW)

2024 — BFI London Film Festival

Production Company

Lovely Productions Limited

Tea Shop Productions

Gramercy Park

Saturn Films

The Surfer Productions Pty Ltd

Photography

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