Masa

A short film based on the personal journey of Byron Bay based Japanese shaper Masami Yaguchi. It follows the narrative of Masa who became infatuated with a culture in a time and place where surfing was seen as uncouth, and explores what drove him to move to a foreign country with an alien culture in pursuit of his passion.

A film by Dominic de Salis.

Music by Chris Zabriskie

Writing Credits:

Dominic de Salis

Masami Yaguchi

Peter Simpson

In order of selection:

(2017)

Offical Selection at the Byron Bay Surf Festival (Australia)

Offical Selection at the San Diego Surf Festival (United States)

Offical Selection at the Anglet International Surf Film Festival (France)

Offical Selection at the Florida Surf Film Festival (United States)

Offical Selection at the Santa Cruz Surf Film Festival (United States)

Offical Selection at the Byron Bay International Film Festival (Australia)

Offical Selection at the Surfari Film Festival (Conil De La Frontera, Casiz) - (Spain)

Offical Selection at the Noosa Surf Film Festival (Australia)

Offical Selection at the SeeMôr Film Festival (United Kingdom)

Offical Selection at the Mimpi Film Festival (Brazil)

'Masa' has been translated into English (by Akira Davis) and Spanish (by Rodrigo Gomez).