POINT OF CHANGE

The story of an island community changed forever when a ‘perfect wave’ is found in the 1970’s by travelling surfers hoping to find their holy grail... POINT OF CHANGE chronicles this ‘discovery' of the magnificent Point break on Nias Island, Indonesia, and the dramatic chain of events that followed. The true story of the first surf pioneers to find and surf ‘the Point’ and the consequences for them on a personal level and the people and place on a social and ecologicial level. We travel through time and revisit the megalithic island, taking a trip with the first surfers and the never before seen super 8 footage, taking us on an unexpected journey through time and examining what happens when we discover ‘paradise’.

~ Perfection comes at a cost ~

Stumbling across the perfect wave, two surfers start a chain reaction of unintended consequences…

In this story surfers are the new colonials… Innocent travelling hippies with no idea of the culture they are walking into or the baggage they unintentionally carry. They find their holy grail but the dark side is malaria, black magic and the case of a missing girl from their travelling group. They also unwittingly open the door to the devastating destruction of the pristine paradise they ‘discovered’ as the secret travels fast, far and wide... this odyssey through time looks at the big picture from the history of the island of nias to the first surfers arrival in the 1970’s and then the development of the point through time... the point serves as a microcosm, with a universal story that applies to many places around the world and asks the question of what happens after you discover paradise?

a unique documentary told through archive, live action and animation.

this creative hybrid documentary takes you on an adventure and leaves you with questions about how we journey through life, the footprints we leave and most importantly as the world changes - what change do we want to be a part of?