SURF NATION (2022)

Logline: As China trains its first generation of Olympic surfers, two promising young athletes - Alex and Lolo - navigate adolescence, freedom and their love of the sport.

Directed by: Jessica Chen & Jeremiah Bogert, Jr.

Key festival screenings: Mountainfilm Festival (Telluride), Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Doc Utah, Santa Cruz Film Festival

Score description: Combines analog synthesizers with raw acoustic drums, bass, guitars, and trumpet - paying tribute to surfing culture, but giving it a more cinematic feeling of wonder and also 21st century youthfulness, playfulness, and relevance.