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Dark Side of the Lens was sent my way as a gift from a likeminded Watergrrrl (and I'm naming names: Paige O'Neill) in early December 2010. It is a stunning work that a press release I read describes as “a moving five minute film by surf photographer Mickey Smith and filmmaker Allan Wilson of Astray Collective,” which won Relentless Energy’s first ever “Short Stories competition for young directors.” Relentless Energy—a drink created by The Coca-Cola Company—sponsors “Relentless for Short Stories – a challenge to filmmakers worldwide to explore, reveal, celebrate and define Relentless’ NO HALF MEASURES attitude through the medium of film.”
Watch it!
DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.
Released online in August 2010, the semi-autobiographical film, which is "a humble poem to the grandeur of Ireland’s remote West Coast" went "viral instantly, clocking over a million views – and counting.” According to the Relentless Web site (See http://www.relentlessenergy.com/features/view/short-stories), the film has also garnered the following awards: “Best Film at the New York Surf Film Festival, Best International Short at the inaugural Canadian Surf Film Festival and Digital Short of the Year at the star-studded Surfer Poll Awards [held on the North Shore, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i]."
