Surf Coast Open Air Cinema
Join us at Aireys Pub for an evening of film, community and conversation.
This open air event will celebrate local leaders and organisations who inspire us to take action for social and environmental justice. Discover the full program below.
Date: Saturday 13 November
Time: 5-10pm
Location: Aireys Pub - 45 Great Ocean Road, Aireys Inlet
Purchase Tickets
Please note that tickets grant entry to the event, including live music, panel discussion, community market and film screening.
Dinner and drinks can be purchased separately at Aireys Pub. Due to COVID-19, all guests ordering food or drinks must be served at a table. Pre-book a table with the code ‘HRAFF Guest’ to get a spot outside!
Tickets are free for children under 12.
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Please note that in order to protect our guests and comply with Victorian government guidelines, all attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination will be required to enter the venue.
To learn how to get proof of your COVID-19 vaccination, please visit the Services Victoria website.
View our Surf Coast Cinema - COVID Safe Plan for this event.
Online Screening of Girls Can’t Surf
To accommodate audiences that can’t attend the Surf Coast Open Air Cinema in person, we’re also offering an online screening of Girls Can’t Surf.
The film will be available to watch for a 48-hour viewing window, from 6pm on Saturday 13 November until 6pm on Monday 15 November.
Program
5pm - live music by Emilia Fol and Momoko Rose
5:15pm - Aireys Pub kitchen opens for dinner
(pre-book your table here, leave a note that you’re attending this event)
6:30pm - panel discussion
8:15pm - film screening of Girls Can’t Surf
Tables for dinner are available but we encourage you to bring your own rugs, cushions and low-backed chairs for the film!
Film: Girls Can’t Surf
The untold story of how a band of renegade surfer girls in the 1980s fought to create their own professional sport, changing surf culture forever.
It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and radical male egos. GIRLS CAN’T SURF follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, GIRLS CAN’T SURF is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.
Directed by: Christopher Nelius
Duration: 108 minutes
Year: 2020
Live Music
Emilia Fol
Spanish songstress of heartache Emilia Fol draws from art, mythology and the otherworldly to make sense of the pain that plagues the mortal world. With influence from her predecessors Jeff Buckley, Jorja Smith and Cleo Sol, her silvery voice navigates through lavish soundscapes punctured by Latin beats. Emilia stands as a beacon of empathy in the ocean of uncertainty, enchanting the lost souls who never made their way to the shore.
Momoko Rose
We all have soft places within ourselves, hidden in the darkness behind our defense mechanisms. Momoko Rose opens these folds like flower petals - exposes the flesh wounds we ourselves are oblivious to. By baring the raw parts within herself she welcomes us to do the same.
Though Momoko's main musical inspiration stems from her love of folk music, her sound as an artist is anything but. Her songs are riddled with dissonance, jazz harmony and unorthodox time signatures. The magic of Momoko's sound is unbound by genre, simply adopting different soundscapes as a vessel to express her emotions.
Panel Discussion
Belinda Baggs (Moderator)
Belinda is the founder of Surfers for Climate. A lifelong waterwoman, Belinda Baggs is best known for her graceful longboard style. Surfing and bodysurfing have always connected her with the sea, and she now delights in sharing the beauty of the world with her son. “He’s opened my eyes to the health of the planet,” she says. “We must not keep taking but focus more on what we can give back.”
Career Highlights
Australian Professional Longboard Circuit Champion, 2000
Third in the Women’s World Longboard Championship, 2000
First female surfer featured on the cover of Surfers Journal
Featured in the films Sprout, Dear and Yonder and Come Hell or High Water
Ambassador for Take 3 for the Se
Global Surf Activist for Patagonia
Jessi Rebel
My name is Jessi Rebel. I am a proud Wiradjuri woman, living on Wadawurrung Country. I grew up on Biripi Country and have surfed and been connected to the ocean most of my life.
When I’m not surfing, I am painting, exploring the coast or studying. I am currently studying a Bachelor of Arts Therapy and have a passion for mental health and healing through creativity and community. Through my own artistic practice, I love sharing about my connection to the ocean and it’s healing powers, and I am passionate about protecting the ocean and this Country, which is why I love being involved with Surfers for Climate.
Zoe Strapp
Zoe Strapp, Freelance photographer by profession, is a passionate and adventurous creator, surfer, and ocean advocate based on the Surf Coast of Victoria. Zoe’s personal passion to capture the world through her lens, stems from an educational background in Environmental Science and Conservation, accompanied by a love for creativity and a personal connection to the ocean and its power in shaping a positive mental state.
Over the past 2 years, Zoe has launched and expanded her photography business, working with like-minded brands and individuals to capture life’s in-between moments, both in the ocean and on land.
Rachael Parker
Rachael Parker the CEO and founder of Ocean Mind, is a Youth Worker with over 10 years’ experience, an avid surfer and protector and lover of our coastal environments. Rachael’s passion for working in the mental health sector stems from her own lived experience. After completing her Bachelor of Arts (Youth Work) she worked supporting young people experiencing homelessness and those in the youth justice system.
Over the years, Rachael has designed and implemented innovative and evidence-based programs in the youth sector to support young people.
