Avid surfer and El Segundo resident Barry Hatchett hopes to draw amateur filmmakers to the Beach Shorts Film Fest in August, which will take a cinematic look at surfing and the beach lifestyle.

“I've made a few travel movies from my own trips,” said Hatchett. “I enjoyed making them and enjoyed seeing other people's so I thought this would be a fun idea to just put together an evening of watching short surf films. I wanted to make it a two-part evening where we can show the best of the amateur films and I also want to arrange some professionals to come so they can show their newest preview reels of things they're working on. So that way amateurs get to see what professionals are doing and the professionals can meet some up-and-coming amateurs so everybody benefits.”

“I'm a surfer but I also enjoy diving and kayaking and paddle boarding so I play in the water all the time,” he said. “I thought that if anyone wants to make a movie about hula or paddle boarding or sandcastle building, any beach lifestyle would be fun to make a movie of.”

Barry Hatchett founder of Beach Shorts Film Fest