Last Hope is a collaboration between surfing filmmaker Andrew Kidman (Glass Love, Litmus) and Spunk Records.

Andrew Kidman chose six of his favourite surfing filmmakers to create short films that were inspired by the sea. The filmmakers include Albert Falzon (Morning Of The Earth), Jon Frank (Litmus), Monty Webber, Michelle Lockwood (Kids) and American underground surf filmmakers Patrick Trefz (Thread) and Richard Kenvin (Hydrodynamica). Kidman also provides four special cuts of his own.

The filmmakers created their short films to music selected by Aaron Curnow from some of the greatest independent contemporary artists; Smog, Sufjan Stevens, Mogwai, My Morning Jacket, Dirty Three, Holly Throsby, Vetiver, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Brown Birds From Windy Hill (Andrew Kidman + Neal Purchase Jr) and Machine Translations.

See the film preview here and Machine Translations (Chapter Two) Oh Ma The Sea Is Rising here.

The Last Hope tour kicked off last week in Noosa Heads and continued on to Byron and Brisbane. Good times were had by all and the live performances by Machine Translations and Brown Birds From Windy Hill were captivating. This week the tour heads to Sydney and the surrounds and. Holly Throsby going to be performing a solo set at the Manly and Palm Beach shows.

Reviews just in for Last Hope:

“Last Hope is a dreamy otherwordly experience with a killer soundtrack”. Surfing World

“There are many great moments, however listing them here is pointless; each viewer will have their own. And that is the beauty of Last Hope.” Swellnet

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Last Hope is released on DVD (with a bonus CD) on July 12.