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Canada’s Blue Ant Media is heading into the London TV Screenings with a rep deal in place with Red Bull Studios.

The agreement will see Blue Ant acquiring a number of series and films from Red Bull Studios, the content arm of energy drink brand Red Bull.

These include one-off sports-themed and adventure programming that Red Bull has become known for, such as in-house production Anna Gasser: The Spark Within, rock climbing feature doc The Dawn Wall and The Real Mo Farah, which Red Bull successfully shopped around the world in 2023.

Anna Gasser: The Spark Within chronicles the journey of Anna Gasser, a pioneering Austrian female snowboarder and freestyle athlete. The Dawn Wall, a 120-minute doc from Sender Films, follows climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson as they attempted climb the Dawn Wall — a seemingly impossible 3,000 foot rock face in Yosemite National Park.

The Real Mo Farah, from Atomized Studios,...

You don't need to be a fan of board sports to enjoy the latest documentary from Joe Berlinger, but if you are you'll certainly get plenty of added value from a film that acts both as a profile of windsurfing champion and all-round waterman athlete Robby Naish and as a triumph over adversity film.

Naish may not be a household name outside of the watersports community, but within it he is a trailblazer. Winning his first world championship at just 13 back in 1976, he is variously described by the assembled veteran talking heads, including Matt Schweitzer (the son of the inventor of windsurfing) and big-wave surfer Pete Cabrinha, as "a freak of nature", "a superhero" and "an insane competitor".

Now in his 50s, Naish, who has also excelled in kite surfing and paddleboarding, is still looking for challenges and is intent on taking his paddleboard to hunt and surf the longest.

"I think we're lucky to have him still with us..." 1091 Pics has debuted a new official trailer for an adventure sports documentary titled The Longest Wave, which originally premiered in 2019 at the Doc NYC Film Festival. And it also played at last year's Cinequest Film Festival. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger travels the globe with legendary windsurfer and pioneering waterman Robby Naish as he figures out what to accomplish next in his life. The film also focuses on the usual adventure life challenges including getting older, injuries, family, and the risks of continuing to participate in considerably dangerous sports. The doc features Robby Naish, Kai Lenny, Laird Hamilton, and Gerry Lopez, among others. This seems like a nice companion to the other recent surfing doc Arc of Aleutia, or the classic The Endless Summer where they also seek the longest wave. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for ...

It is the best of times and, arguably, the trickiest of times when it comes to the documentary industry. There’s no doubt that 2018 was a banner year for documentaries at the box office with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Academy Award-winning “Free Solo” garnering $29 million; Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” grossing $22.8 million; and Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s “Rbg” taking in $14.4 million. This year has not proven as stellar at the B.O. but Neon’s “Apollo 11” has had a healthy run. The film grossed $12 million worldwide and was the big winner at the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, grabbing the documentary feature, editing and score prizes.

Non-fiction films have also gotten a big boost from streamers, undoubtedly raising the profiles of docs in recent years.

“The real impact of streamers is that they have brought documentaries to an audience that wouldn’t typically watch documentaries,...

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band will open the festival Photo: Courtesy of Doc NYC The line up for the 10th edition of Doc NYC has been announced today.

The festival, which runs from November 6 to 15, will include 20 world premieres and 27 Us premieres in a line-up of more than 136 feature-length films and more than 300 films and events overall.

Daniel Roher's Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band will open the festival, with Canadian musician Robertson in attendance. The Capote Tapes - a fresh look at writer Truman Capote - directed by Ebs Burnough, will close the event and the centrepiece gala will be Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator, which sees Eva Orner shine a light on the disgraced head of the yoga empire.

Among the world premieres are Joe Berlinger’s The Longest Wave, about world champion windsurfer Robby Naish and Ngawang Choephel’s Ganden: A Joyful Land,...

Quiksilver is celebrating its 40th anniversary with two days of skateboarding, music, art and fashion at the Grand Palais in Paris on November 20 and 21. The event will culminate with The Quiksilver Tony Hawk Show, followed by a concert.

The event will bring together Quiksilver athletes, including Kelly Slater, Todd Richards, Travis Rice, Danny Garcia, Alex Olson, Jeremy Flores, Mathieu Crepel, Robby Naish, Kassia Meador, Lisa Andersen and Torah Bright.

Aside from the skating part, the celebration will also include exhibition areas for art, music, and cultural events, with graffiti artist Andre transforming giant ramps into unique art. Quiksilver has assembled a 40-year fashion retrospective inside the venue as well.

The second and last day will be concluded with a concert from Dead By Sunrise and a late night with DJ Mix Master Mike.