PHENOMENALITY

Short film

This is the story of a big wave pioneer who “died more times than Jesus”, a man who constantly risked his life to find life, to find the edge or reason and overcome it.
His name is Ric Friar and this is a story of ‘Phenomenality’. And like all good movies there was sex, death, bar brawls, and a heap of shit. Friar literally became the “King of Poo” and made a fortune in the process. It’s a life that sequences more like a feature length dream: a truly wild concoction of adventures constantly intersecting with equal measures of insanity and bravado, an unbridled grabbing of life by tha balls.

• WORLD PREMIERE | 16th San Francisco Documentary Festival, California, USA (2017)
• WINNER | Audience Award - DOC LA. - Los Angeles, USA (2017)
• WINNER | 2nd place Jury Award - Audience Awards, Los Angeles, USA (2017)
• WINNER | Best Directing – International Film Competition of Bali (2017)
• WINNER | Rising Star – International Film Competition of Bali (2017)
• SEMI-FINALIST | Near Nazareth Festival, Israel (2017)
• OFFICIAL SELECTION:
- Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia (Academy Award® and BAFTA Accredited, 2018)
- Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Australia (2018)
- Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China (2017)
- Sofia Independent Film Festival, Bulgaria (2017)
- Utah Film Festival, USA (2018)
- San Diego Surf Film Festival, USA (2018)
- San Pedro International Film Festival, California, USA (2017)
- Honolulu Surf Film Festival, Hawaii (2018)
- Ocean Coast Film Festival, Portugal (2018)
- Noosa Surf Film Festival, Australia (2017)
- Barcelona Planet Film Festival, Spain (2017)

CREDITS
Written & Directed by Lucas Jatobá
Produced by Lucas Jatobá, Ric Friar, Wendy Harper
Director of Photography / Colourist / Online - Toby Heslop