2025 EVENT RECAP

Award Winners

Best Feature Film: André Is An Idiot
Directed by Tony Benna

Best Short Film: Then Comes the Body
Directed by

Audience Choice Award: Best Day Ever
Directed By

Spirit Award: The American Southwest 
Directed by

Stoke Award: Mountains of the Moon 
Directed by

WaveMaker Award: Comparsa
Directed by

Cultural Maverick Award: Gangster Gardener
Directed by 

MacGillivray Freeman Environmental Film: Out of Plain Sight
Directed by 

MacGillivray Freeman Environmental Film - Runner-Up:  Rock | Plastic | Salmon
Directed by Josh “Bones” Murphy

RJ SCARINGE and Wes Carter kicking off Coast Summit at Coast Film and Music Festival in Laguna Beach.

COAST SUMMIT ‘25

Coast Summit ‘24, the second annual thought leadership event within the Coast Film & Music Festival, convened leading environmentalists, athletes, entrepreneurs, and activists on November 14, 2024. Presented by A New Earth Project, the summit sparked powerful conversations on sustainability, conservation, and storytelling as a driver of change.

RECAP COMING SOON

LIST OF GUEST SPEAKERS

COMING SOON

Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors + Community Partners