Airdate: The Surfer

WA psychological thriller The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage will screen on Stan in June, a month after its cinema release.

Directed by Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium), The Surfer sees a man (Nicolas Cage) returns to Australia to buy back his family home after many years in the U.S., humiliated in front of his teenage son by a group of local surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood. Wounded, he defies them and remains at the beach, demanding acceptance. As the conflict escalates, he is brought right to the edge of his sanity and his entire identity is thrown into question.

The film drew a six-minute standing ovation at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and will soon represent Australia at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in March.

Written by Thomas Martin, The Surfer is an intensely unnerving feature film shot in a single location in Yallingup in Western Australia. Alongside Cage, the film stars an impressive Australian ensemble cast including Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Nic Cassim (Mr Inbetween), Miranda Tapsell (The Dry), Alexander Bertrand (Australian Gangster), Justin Rosniak (Last King of the Cross), Rahel Romahn (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Finn Little (Stan Exclusive Series Yellowstone) and Charlotte Maggi (Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child on Fire).

The Surfer, an Australian-Irish Co-Production, is produced by Robert Connolly’s Arenamedia, Lovely Productions, Tea Shop Productions and Gramercy Park Media with support from Screenwest through the Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive. Stan Executive Producers Cailah Scobie and Amanda Duthie.

Sunday June 15 on Stan.