Two of the movies were actually filmed in Orange County: “Living It Forever,” a Newport Beach-based documentary that incorporates 1950s-era surf video with modern day interviews — and “Make it Count: The Element Story,” a four-part documentary on the Irvine-based Element Skateboards Co.
In “Living It Forever,” husband-and-wife team Rick and Ann Chatillon came upon a “treasure chest of vintage surf videos” more than a decade ago, the Newport Beach couple said in an earlier interview.
A few years ago, they decided to track down the young surfers who were featured in the 16 mm movies and interview them.
“We became sleuths. We searched far and wide for them, and in the end we found them,” said Ann Chatillon, 48, in an interview earlier Tuesday. “And the guys we interviewed were all in their 60s. Most are still surfing. What’s amazing is the majority of them, after 50 years, are still surfing the waves at 22nd Street at the Newport Pier.”
The movie, which runs 77 minutes, will be shown at what Chatillon called “a most appropriate theater,” the Regency Lido Theatre in Newport Beach — no more than a mile or two from the surf spot that the documentary showcases.
The film’s screening date is set for April 28. The 7 p.m. screening is sold out, but the 9 p.m. show still has some seats left. The cost is $12.
“Make It Count,” the second area-produced film, is about Element Skateboards in Irvine.
Johnny Schillereff is the owner of the company and the movie follows Schillereff’s trials and tribulations since he began manufacturing the skateboards.
Kirk Dianda, an Orange County native and co-writer and co-director of the film, promised 45 minutes of “nonstop roller coaster scenes ... visual eye candy.”
