Our guest this morning is Barry Hatchett, organizer of the Beach Shorts Film Fest.
The festival is all about having fun and sharing aloha. This film festival is for amateur short films 6 to 10 minutes long with surfing or beach lifestyles as the theme. Beach lifestyles cover a lot of ground and they’ve had all kinds of films submitted over the years including skateboarding, stand up paddle boarding, beach volleyball, sailing, BMX, animation and even a silent film. The films are as varied as the filmmakers who range in age from a 12 year old girl to a 65 year old grom. The film locations have taken audiences all over the world - up and down the California coast, Cabo San Lucas and Baja, mainland Mexico, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji and even West Cornwall England.
Beach Shorts Film Fest is held at the Hermosa Beach Community Center Theater. So many surf films played there through the 60s and 70s and Barry wants to keep the Surf Film Night alive and well, and give amateurs a chance to have their films on the big screen.
Barry works in the television industry as a Set Dresser on the CBS show Criminal Minds, now in its twelfth season and has a wide range of experience working in TV and movies.
Barry moved here from Oklahoma in 1987 but his wife Tricia is a native. They live in El Segundo and love the ocean, surfing, diving and living at the beach. The film fest came from that love of the beach.
This morning, we’ll learn what audiences can expect at this year’s Beach Shorts Film Festival which takes place Saturday, August 20 at 7 p.m. at the Hermosa Beach Community Center.
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