Chivan Wang

The 2011 International Skateboard Film Festival took place in Los Angeles, CA with screenings at the Independent Theater in downtown and an awards ceremony at the historic Henry Fonda Music Box theater in Hollywood. The 2012 screenings were held at the Laemmle Royal theaters in Santa Monica and debuted the highly-anticipated documentary, Waiting for Lightning, chronicling professional skateboarder Danny Way's jump across the Great Wall of China. The awards ceremony took place at the W Hollywood Hotel.

Professional skateboarder Dylan Rieder presenting the award for Best Brand Video at ISFF 2011.

Professional skateboarder Geoff Rowley with ISFF 2011 "Best Documentary" winners James Holman and Alex Pasquini.

Filmmaker Jon Miner accepting his award for "Stay Gold" at ISFF 2011.

ISFF 2011 "Best Director" winner Philip Evans and friends.

For ISFF 2012, Filmmaker Jacob Rosenberg reunited the original members of the Plan B skate team for a special tribute to fallen team manager Mike Ternasky. His daughter, Michaela, was presented with an honorary award. This was the first reunion of the original team since the release of the "Questionable" skate video in 1992.

ISFF 2012 filmmaker winners. Sponsors included GoPro, Aquahydrate, IVI Vision and Stance. Award trophies were made by artist Kevin Ancell.

ISFF 2012 filmmaker Martin Persel and legendary skateboarder Christian Hosoi.

The ISFF 2012 awards included presenters Guy Mariano, IVI Vision's Brian Garofalow, filmmaker Jacob Roserberg and hosts Charlie Thomas & Sal Barbier. The 2012 Festival also featured an international filmmaker contest sponsored by GoPro, challenging 10 skateboard filmmakers form around the globe to create films using solely GoPro cameras to compete for cash prizes.

ISFF logo designed by artist Russ Pope.