I have now shot and edited my first ever music video clip! In June 2011 I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to tour Brazil with Mat McHugh from The Beautiful Girls. It was certainly an experience I will never forget, especially now that I have this!

I am working on a film on women's big wave surfing, BIGGER THAN ME. The project started in October 2010. I had just been at the Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu screening First Love for the very first time, I literally picked up the finished product on my stopover in Sydney airport on my way to Hawaii. After the screening, I went up to the North Shore. I was starting to wish for another project to come up while sitting on the beach at V-Land, getting itchy feet (or fingers? eyes?) So I made a list of ideasÉ Women's big wave surfing was on the top of the list. I googled some the the girls and sent out an email to Mercedes Maidana. I got a reply that afternoon and an hour later I was sitting on her balcony discussing the film with her. She told me that there was going to be the first ever women's big wave contest in Nelscott Reef Oregon, and that there was a big swell hitting there in a week. I could see it was an opportunity not to be missed and booked my flight. That was the first commitment to the film and I haven't looked back. The Pyramid Rock Festival have come on board again as a sponsor and to support me as a local Phillip Island artist, which has been a huge help in getting me around the world to film, and I am talking with a few big brands about getting on board. Check the Facebook page below!

Grab yourself a collectors edition of First Love on DVD. With special features, including 'Behind The Scenes' with interviews of the cast and crew about making the film and a beautiful colour booklet. Click on the link below to purchase from VAS Entertainment!

First Love was a huge success at the 2011 X-Dance Film Festival. We received the award for Best Documentary and I won the Emerging Filmmaker award!It was a jammed packed 5 days of snowboarding, watching films, hot tubbing and meeting other filmmakers. There were heaps of inspiring films, my favourites were Like a Lion, Deeper, Stoked and Broke and of course Life Cycles, with it's incredible cinematography. Thanks VAS Entertainment for putting us up in an amazing house amongst the snow and thanks to X-Dance for the unforgettable experience.

Tomorrow I make my way to Salt Lake City in Utah, for X-Dance, the Action Sports Film Festival of Sundance. First Love will be screening on Monday the 24th of January.

My short film 'EDDIE' is premiering at the North Shore Surf Film Festival tonight, Saturday 4th December.

'EDDIE' captures some of the action and the magic from last years Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau at Waimea Bay. December 9, 2009, was a day to be remembered, with waves up to 60 feet, the worlds best big waves surfers and over 25,000 spectators.

Winner, Greg Long says, "The respect and camaraderie in the lineup you don't find in too many places in the world, and this event really encapsulates everything that's great about surfing: the friendships you make in the water and looking out for one another."

EDDIE | 7 min | Director: Claire Gorman.

Right now, I am on the North Shore of Oahu, editing the Behind The Scenes of 'First Love'.

Drawing inspiration from a trip I made through Central America, I put together an animation for Liquid Pictures.

Liquid Pictures from Claire Gorman on Vimeo.