Vampire Surf Club, a Venice Beach-based surfwear and swimwear brand, will premiere “Boy Eats Sand” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at The Waterfront on the Venice boardwalk. The 15-minute short film was directed by Venice surfer and filmmaker Noah Hill.
The free screening is open to the public. It will be followed by a panel discussion and a DJ set by the film’s editor, Darin Conrad.
The film is about what it takes to build a life around surfing. It also explores what you do when you’re told to give up the thing that makes you who you are. Hill is a former junior pro who competed for the USA Surf Team before choosing free surfing. He tells the story himself, alongside his parents, Blake and Linda Hill.
“When you start doing something at such a young age, it definitely consumes who you are,” Hill says in the film.
The film was made to raise awareness of melanoma among surfers, who spend long hours in direct sun. It is not a medical film. It features real people telling their own story in their own words.
“Everything we make is about staying in the water longer and more safely, and Noah’s story is the reason that matters,” said Nicola Morgan, the brand’s founder. “Showing it first in ...