#Surfing - Surf’s up at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin with Mavericks, a weekend of three exceptional surfing documentaries this coming Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 December.

The IFI has selected three of the top surf films released last year to screen in a season named after the famous surfing spot in Half Moon Bay, California.

The selection includes the Irish première of Rory Kennedy’s Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton.

This documentary charts Hamilton’s unconventional career, from his early days in Hawaii where surfing became a refuge from an abusive home to international recognition and celebrity.

Following a triumphant screening at the Dublin Arabic Film Festival in October, Gaza Surf Club will once again return to the big screen.

The resilience of Gaza’s population is revealed through this documentary, which focuses on the world of 15-year-old Sabah, who learned the sport as a girl but is now no longer allowed to practice in public.

On Sunday, director Ross Whitaker will participate in a Q&A following an encore screening of Between Land and Sea.

One of the biggest Irish films at the IFI this year, Between Land and Sea embeds itself in a community of surfers in Lahinch, Co Clare over the course of a sea-buffeted year and is described as an immersive portrait of a people and a place.

Tickets for these screenings are available now from IFI.ie or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477.