MERV director Daniel Fenech premieres ‘The Blind Sea’ to full house at the Sydney Film Festival
This week MERV’s director Daniel Fenech premiered his feature documentary The Blind Sea to a full house at the Sydney Film Festival.
The film masterfully tells a story of a 3 x World Champion Para Surfer Matt Formston, who confronts an awe-inspiring challenge of surfing the biggest wave ever tackled by a blind surfer – at Nazare, Portugal no less, supported by his friend and big-wave legend Dylan Longbottom, who was also at the premiere.
Another special guest at the event and in the film was Layne Beachley AO, who in the film wore special blind goggles to recreate Matt’s 3% vision and surfed the waves of the Sydney shoreline in order to share Matt’s experience.
Says Tim Berriman, EP, MERV: “The talented team from MassiveMusic were also at the premier and deserve a special mention for an incredible job that they did on the sound design and music.”
Continues Berriman: “The Blind Sea is a finalist for the Documentary Australia Award, so don’t forget to cast your votes! Voting codes can be found on your tickets.
“We are also pleased to announce that this poignant indie film will have a limited release hitting cinemas around the country August 15th. MERV encourages everyone go to the opening weekend to extend this film’s season.”
It is a fully accessible film with Audio Description and Closed Caption options.
For all enquiries contact Tim Berriman – tim@mervmakes.com
3 Comments
Well done all. Looks amazing. Huge ups to you all.
Thank you! Much appreciated.
It was a great night and a great film, made by some incredible people. Huge congrats to all. xx