January 2016 Update – Icelandic Surf Film, These Are Our Stories, Salmon Sessions

A new film about Icelandic surf culture.

“Here’s the thing, growing up in Iceland, the reality of it is so different. It’s a harsh place. There’s no surf shops. There’s no guidebooks or webcams. We’re on own out here.”

These are the first few lines from our newest passion project with the working title: Surf Saga. In the fall, we spent 40+ days over two trips adventuring around Iceland, standing in the cold filming Iceland’s first professional surfer, Heidar Logi Eliasson. From all the media that comes out of Iceland, it’s very Euro or American centric – we wanted to tell the story of authentic Icelandic surfers and their culture because it’s never been told before. Luckily, and as Icelander’s are known for, we’re doing this differently than any other adventure documentary we’ve ever seen. We’re bringing in an antagonist/protagonist relationship, multiple narrative elements and avoiding the typical all surf, no story mentality.

We are deep in post-production and should be finishing up everything for a year of festival screenings over 2016 into 2017. In the meantime, check out some pictures here and here.

 

These Are Our Stories.
Corporate, commercial work is supposed to be boring. Luckily, we have clients like Bob’s Heating and Air-Conditioning who are willing to try something new and who understand the power of cinema.

Vern, the owner and CEO of Bob’s came to me with an idea. He knew he had a great product but he also knew the best part of his company is his diverse array of amazing employees. He wanted to make them look like the rock stars they are, he wanted their important stories told and felt. From this idea, we at TDC came up with the idea for These Are Our Stories. A short, documentary approach to talking about Bob’s employees and their amazing lives. From a Seattleite, to a recent Iranian immigrant to a BASE jumper – there were some amazing stories to tell. Watch the 6-part web series over on our website.

Salmon Sessions with Eleven Experience.

In our first trip of 2015 to Iceland (out of three!) we were lucky enough to go fishing with the Eleven crew. This is the first video of many and we’re excited to share more. I’ve never met a company so focused and passionate about amazing experiences and, further, their deep commitment to conservation is something the entire crew at Tributaries can stand behind. We’re excited to continue our relationship with Eleven into 2016 but for now, check out some of the all-time fishing action that went down last summer here.