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Mark is a Big Wave Surfer. He dreams of being the best.

Richie, Mark's best mate shares his love of Big Wave Surfing but has his own ambitions.

A carpet layer by day, Richie dreams of becoming a MMA Cage-Fighting Champion.
Both are fearless, living life on the edge, daring each other to surf bigger waves, party harder, take greater risks.

But when their adrenalin-seeking antics & hardened partying turns sour, it sets in motion a dramatic and life-changing series of events that threatens to derail everything they have worked so hard for. 
 
In an instant, Mark's Big Wave surfing career is in tatters & Richie is facing a jail term.
But for these two friends, giving up is not an option.

It’s not the mistakes you make but how you overcome them.

Their unwavering friendship gives them the courage to battle their demons, rise up from their troubled past & conquer their fears.

One good friend can change your life.
 

This feature-length docu-drama, told through the eyes of the two friends, Pro-surfer Mark Mathews and MMA fighter Richie Vaculik and filmed over three years, provides a unique and candid insight into the tumultuous life of two world-class athletes facing against-all-odds personal challenges. This is the second feature film by exciting new Australian talent, Macario De Souza, co-director of BRA BOYS, the highest grossing Australian documentary (non-imax) of all time. Aged just 27, Macario not only wrote, directed, edited, shot and produced FIGHTING FEAR but as Kid Mac wrote and performed five songs on the soundtrack.

With a rip-roaring soundtrack and featuring entertaining & insightful interviews from some of the world's most influential action sports athletes, including ten-time World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater, two- time World Surfing Champion Mick Fanning, Big Wave Surfer Bruce Irons, three-time Women's World Surfing Champion Steph Gilmore & two-time UFC World Champion BJ Penn, FIGHTING FEAR is a jaw-dropping action-packed documentary that is surprisingly emotional, powerfully uplifting & utterly compelling.
FIGHTING FEAR is inspirational, heart-stopping entertainment.