Desert Dogs is a new film by George Syme and Tommy Butland. It follows their journey on a self-funded surf trip to the edge of the desert and beyond.
The pairing of George and Tom in this collaborative surfer-filmmaker style is breaking new ground for New Zealand surf filmmaking. In Desert Dogs they’ve stepped it up again with sublime surfing from Tommy himself along with Aki Smith and Oscar Harre.
The combination of light, playful and at times hallucinatory sequences mesh superbly with a well-paced soundtrack.The quality of surfing hits the perfect notes to elevate this film into the very top echelon of New Zealand-produced surf films.
Hit play and be transported to the edge of the desert …
