Stop Playin’ With ‘Em (2022)
What was filmed over the course of 2 trips totaling 28 days, and born out of a right-place-at-the-right-time circumstance, ‘Stop Playin With Em’ is a surf film project following Quest Soliman and Paul Godette, two skaters turned surfers based in Rockaway Beach, New York relocating to Bocas Del Toro, Panama for 5 months to get the most out of the island's peak surf season (and admittedly escaping the Northeast’s brutal winter season). Along the way, the two meet and surf with not only other travelers, but locals of all different backgrounds. Over the course of the trip, they experience all that the islands have to offer, as well as represent New York City's diverse surfing community in Rockaway Beach.
SCREENING EVENTS
July 28th, 2023 | Honolulu Surf Film Festival, Hawaii
PAST
July 27th, 2023 | Montauk Film Festival, New York
June 7th, 2023 | Lighthouse Film Festival, Beach Haven
May 27th, 2023 | Skate & Surf Film Festival, Milan
May 6th, 2023 | Dana Point Film Festival, California
Nov 9th, 2022 | Patagonia BRKLN - Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Aug 24th, 2022 | APYC, Asbury Park
July 30th, 2022 | Rockaway Beach Surf Club, Far Rockaway
July 27th, 2022 | Pet Shop, Jersey City
PRESS
