Wild Goat Surf – Canadian Film Fest 2024

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A teenage girl dreams of surfing from an Okanagan RV Park in . Rell Anderson (), who prefers going by the nickname “Goat,” is a 13-year-old skater girl, living at an RV Park in the Okanagan town of Penticton. While her mother Jane () works multiple jobs to save money for a better life on Vancouver Island, Goat gets into trouble with fellow RV Park resident Nate Owenes (). Goat also spends her time dreaming of surfing, which was her late father’s career.

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Wild Goat Surf Synopsis

Wild Goat Surf is a coming-of-age drama written, directed by, and co-starring Caitlyn Sponheimer. Sponheimer plays Jane, a down-on-her-luck single mother, who sublets her house during the summer, while she is allowed to live in an RV Park free of charge by the proprietor Sharon (). As Jane works as a hairstylist during the day and a waitress at a bar with her friend Erin () at night, her daughter Goat is often left on her own at the RV Park. Goat often commits petty crimes, such as shoplifting surfing magazines and stealing quarters from arcade machines, while hanging out with her friend Nate and pining over the “Hot Dude” Jason Beaus (), who is passing through Penticton on his way to Vancouver Island.

My Thoughts on Wild Goat Surf

Wild Goat Surf is similar to 2015’s Sleeping Giant, another teen-focused coming-of-age story set throughout a single summer. The film is built around the performance of teenage newcomer Shayelin Martin, who throughout the film often dreams of celebrity surfers giving her sage advice. The film also tackles poverty and social status issues, as Goat and Jane try to hide their impoverished status from the more wealthy tourists inside the RV Park. Overall, Wild Goat Surf is worth checking out.

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Wild Goat Surf (2023)
Runtime:103 minutes
Country:Canada
Actors:
Rell GOAT Anderson
Nate Owenes
Jason 'Hot Dude' Beaus
Whitnee Loeng
Clay Merik
Genre:Drama
Writer:
Plot:
Set in a rundown Okanagan RV park during the summer of 2003, Goat, a surfing-obsessed, twelve-year-old skater girl, navigates the unbridled, unstructured, summer days of youth, dreaming about becoming a surfer.

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