Dir. Rebecca Coley
2024 | 89 mins
Bonnie Gea, John Geisel, Kevin Lovett

Stumbling across the ‘perfect wave’, two surfers start a chain reaction of unintended consequences.

An island community dramatically changed forever by the discovery of a perfect wave in the 1970’s. Point of Change chronicles the first surfers to ‘discover’ this point break on Nias Island, Indonesia, and the unintended dramatic consequences that followed. Perfection comes at a cost.

In this true story the new colonials are surfers, innocent travelling hippies with no idea of the culture they are walking into. They find their Holy Grail but the dark side is malaria, sickness, culture clashes and the case of a missing girl from their group. Point of Change is the story of an island community changed forever by surfing.

A creative hybrid documentary told with archive, super 8mm from the time, with animation and live action. Original score by Academy Award winner Stephen Warbeck with exclusive music tracks by Paul Oakenfold, featuring local musicians and Time and Space Machine and tracks by Dick Dale, the Surf Punks + WAR by Edwin Starr (covered by The Temptations).

Director Rebecca Coley will join us after the screening for an in person Q&A hosted by Sarah Campbell, Associate Director for Arts and Culture at the University of Exeter.