Beyond Litmus was produced by Andrew Kidman and Jon Frank, it premiered at the Byron Community Centre in 2018, this was the only public screening of the film. Beyond Litmus was released on DVD with a 100-page Hardbound Book, with a limited pressing of 1500. To date, there have been 986 copies sold worldwide. So, very few people have seen the film.

On the 8th of November at 7pm in the M/Arts precinct, Murwillumbah, Andrew Kidman will host a screening of Beyond Litmus. Derek Hynd, the films main protagonist, will take the stage with Andrew for a pre-screening conversation. Andrew will also play some of his music from his films. Following the screening, the original film Litmus will screen for the after party.

Andrew recently opened a small gallery in M/Arts to exhibit artwork and surfboards from the making of his films, including Litmus, Andrew’s first major release from 1995.

Heading towards Christmas, Andrew will be hosting two events at the venue, Beyond Litmus on the 8th of November and Into Your Imagination 2 on the 13th of December. Last November, in the same venue, the Into Your Imagination show went down. A night of film, live music and over 20 artists exhibiting their work. The show sold out. Details on IYI 2 will be released shortly.

“If you are familiar with Andrew Kidman's work, the films, the books, the music, this is his best. The most accomplished. The most beautiful. The most moving. An immersive, psychedelic trip of a movie, focussed as much on the “human-ness of becoming” and the nuances of history than the performance of riding a wave.” – Steve Shearer

“It’s been over twenty years since Andrew Kidman, Jon Frank, and Mark Sutherland made Litmus, pointing their camera at the people and places that sung to their hearts: Hynd highlining at J’Bay while riffing on life, Lynch giving a late night chautauqua in a teepee, Curren post-tour, the frontier of Ireland, the style of Occ, the staying power of Fitz.

"The story of its impact is almost as fascinating as the film itself. 'Litmus' was ignored upon release until it was picked up by key players such as Steve Pezman, then-editor of 'The Surfer’s Journal', who clicked with the message, strongly suggesting the movie was medicinal aid for conformist times. Kidman, Frank, and Sutho showed us that the clean-living, uber-jocks of the 'Momentum' generation weren’t the only gang in town.

"Viewed in hindsight, 'Litmus' was the vehicle that linked early-90s orthodoxy with the alternative explosion.” – Stu Nettle/Swellnet

• Where: M/Arts Precinct Murwillumbah
• When: Saturday 8th November 7pm
• How: Tickets through Humanitix