
Skaterdater
The film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes interested in her. This causes a rift with the other boys, who challenges him to a skating duel that goes down a hilly street. The young boy loses. However, he gets the girl, and shortly, a few other girls are seen and become interested in the boys, too. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
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- English
- california
- skateboarding
- short film
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)11 Nov 1965
PolandPL
- Theatrical (limited)Cracow Film Festival1 Jun 1966
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Skaterdater was released on 11 November 1965.
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1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
2/1/2026
If you imagine a sort of preppy version of the “Jets” or the “Sharks”, only with skateboards instead of flick-knives then you’ll be on the right track for this really quite unremarkable short feature. A group of early teen lads show off their balancing skills around town until one of them espies - quite clumsily - a girl, then he becomes something of a jelly and a teased one at that. He looks at her, she looks at him…
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