Spirit of Akasha
Spirit of Akasha is a brand new film by Andrew Kidman made to celebrate 40 years of Albert Falzon’s surfing masterpiece, Morning of the Earth.
The film premiered to a sold-out Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival in January 2014, and has now been screened at film festivals throughout the world including San Sebastian, Germany, France, Holland and Hawaii. Spirit of Akasha was produced and directed by renowned independent filmmaker, musician and surfer, Andrew Kidman (Litmus, Glass Love, Hope) with the backing and blessing of Albert Falzon, and set out to reimagine Falzon’s film in the context of surfing in the new millennium. It was filmed around the world during 2012 and 2013, and features surfers such as Mick Fanning, Stephanie Gilmore, Tom Curren, Ellis Ericson, Sam Yoon, Kye and Joel Fitzgerald, Heath Joske, Kelly Slater, Harrison Roach among many others.
Spirit of Akasha stays true to Morning of the Earth’s ethos of soul and spirit in surfing, representing surfing as a lifestyle rather than a commercial entity, pays homage to the earlier film and gives tribute to the life and passing of Michael Peterson.
Image via Spirit of Akasha.