The Rider and the Storm
World Premiere

The Rider and the Storm

Shorts in Competition: Documentary
| USA | 15 MINUTES | English | English subtitles
Sports, Documentary
A surfer, New Yorker and Freedom Tower ironworker, Timmy Brennan lost everything in the Breezy Point fires during Hurricane Sandy. Through the kindness of strangers, he is given a new board and finds hope riding the same ocean that shattered his community.

Screening in Shorts Program: Character Witness

Cast & Credits
Directed by
David Darg and Bryn Mooser
DAVID DARG spent ten years as a first responder and frontline contributor for Reuters, the BBC and CNN and was vice president of Operation Blessing International. BRYN MOOSER has spent the past three years in Haiti for Artists for Peace and Justice. This is their third film in TFF.
Director
David Darg, Bryn Mooser
Screenwriter
David Darg, Bryn Mooser
Producer
Martha Rogers, Gareth Seltzer
Editor
David Darg, Bryn Mooser
Cinematographer
David Darg
Executive Producer
Olivia Wilde

Contacts
Print Source
David Darg
RYOT
Los Angeles, CA 90094
Phone: 310 740 1914
david.darg@ryot.org
International Sales Contact
David Darg
RYOT
Los Angeles, CA 90094
Phone: 310 740 1914
david.darg@ryot.org
Press Contact
Brooke Blumberg
Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: 480 206 9185
blumberg@ssmandl.com
Press Contact
Whitney Kuhn
Hill + Knowlton Strategies
Whitney.Kuhn@hkstrategies.com
US Sales Contact
David Darg
RYOT
Los Angeles, CA 90094
Phone: 310 740 1914
david.darg@ryot.org
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