Stories with purpose.
Directed, filmed & edited by Amanda Prifti
Emergence
We are entering a new era of surfing, where people from all backgrounds are breaking barriers to pursue their love for the ocean, creating a line up as diverse as land. EMERGENCE introduces Angelina and Fabiana Del Rio, two sisters from Huanchaco, Peru, who are changing their community by reclaiming their ancestral relationship with surfing.
May 2023
Hermanas del Surf
Surf therapy and sisterhood through the sea. A short film introducing the work of Groundswell Community Project, a nonprofit providing research-based surf therapy, and their role in supporting the first female founded and run surf school in Huanchaco, Peru.
February 2023
Wave Maiden
Did you know most surf wax is made with toxic petrochemical by-products? Yikes!
A short film by Amanda Prifti featuring Wave Maiden, an eco-wax helping us surfers protect what we love.
Summer 2022
Solace
A short, narrative film on navigating the 2020 pandemic as an expat in Sri Lanka. A year that presented challenges and opportunities for everyone, there was always something to find solace in. For us, it was the sea.
Fall 2021
Meg
Meet Meg Jacovino — artist, surfer, mom and all around superwoman. This short features her collaboration with WND&WVS surf shop in Burlington, Vermont, as part of their Carving Artist Collective, supporting and celebrating artists with a passion for playing on water.
Summer 2021
Her Story
A short film featuring surfboard shaper Josh Peterson doing his thing down in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. From start to finish, it’s the story of how she came to be.
June 2021