CURRENT PROGRAMS
We’ve created these program line-ups to simplify the process of creating a festival event. All programs are ~90 minutes long. Choose a program that matches your community interest.
The Global Trail Mix: One Playlist, Many Paths
From the Pamirs to the Pacific, the Himalayas to the hills of the UK, this collection of short films is your passport to the world’s wild places — and the passionate people who walk, bike, run, and build the trails that connect them. Expect big views, bigger heart, and plenty of surprises (including dirt crust you didn’t know you’d care about).
- Michel Fakhoury & Miles Sedgewick
- What does it take to create a long-distance hiking trail in one of the most remote mountain ranges in the world?
- Tajikistan
- Emily Hopcian
- A story of defying expectations to pursue an independent life, Durga Rawal becomes the only guide of any gender from her village in northern Nepal.
- Nepal
- Sinuhe Xavier
- Dr. Kristina Young and John Watson embark on a bikepacking trip from Green River to Moab to get macro and look at the biocrust that holds the desert together.
- United States (USA)
- Noah Koski & Lex Carey
- A group of volunteers explore the Garden Isle of Kaua'i Hawaii learning that to cherish something you also have to be able to protect it
- United States (USA)
- Jean Robert Thomann
- Journey across 177 kms across Taiwan, from the highest peak of Northeast Asia to the sea
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Dom Bush & Simon Sylvester
- An ultra runner's story of stigma, trauma and lessons learned from their recovery from cancer
- United Kingdom (UK)
- Whitney Hassett
- Ahmed embarks on the Lebanon Mountain Trail with his father on a journey of healing, understanding, and connection.
- Lebanon
- Ahmed Elbashaly
- An urgent message from Sinai-trail’s Bedouin founders, as experts of surviving in nature, yet they are afraid of the new climate changes.
- Egypt
Together We Ride
Follow bikes and boots down winding trails and across cultural landscapes—where movement becomes a medium for healing, connection, and change. These stories span continents but share one powerful truth: trails unite us, no matter how we travel them.
- Matthew Clark
- A group of passionate Native American cyclists attempt to bring the sport of mountain biking to the Navajo Nation, where no bike shops exist.
- Canada
- Sinuhe Xavier
- Dr. Kristina Young and John Watson embark on a bikepacking trip from Green River to Moab to get macro and look at the biocrust that holds the desert together.
- United States (USA)
- Jean Robert Thomann
- Journey across 177 kms across Taiwan, from the highest peak of Northeast Asia to the sea
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Whitney Hassett
- Ahmed embarks on the Lebanon Mountain Trail with his father on a journey of healing, understanding, and connection.
- Lebanon
- Ahmed Elbashaly
- An urgent message from Sinai-trail’s Bedouin founders, as experts of surviving in nature, yet they are afraid of the new climate changes.
- Egypt
- Garrett Hubbard
- An uplifting story about people of color thriving in an underrepresented sport and doing so in an unlikely place, Arkansas.
- United States (USA)
Together We Run
A globetrotting sprint through powerful stories of endurance, connection, and transformation—from ultramarathons to trail-building families, with plenty of grit (and a few blisters) along the way. These films remind us that trails don't just take us somewhere—they take us deeper.
- Adam Wells & Ryan Scura
- Mario Mendoza, Jr. confronts what climate change means to him not just as a professional athlete, but as a coach, pastor, and father.
- United States (USA)
- Jonathan Goyette
- What does an ultramarathon runner feel when running 160 kilometers in 24 hours?
- Canada
- Jean Robert Thomann
- Journey across 177 kms across Taiwan, from the highest peak of Northeast Asia to the sea
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Dom Bush & Simon Sylvester
- An ultra runner's story of stigma, trauma and lessons learned from their recovery from cancer
- United Kingdom (UK)
- Paul Ingram
- A short, poetic adventure documentary highlighting the beauty of hiking Scotland’s East Highland Way in different seasons, through the lens of climate change.
- United Kingdom (UK)
- Richard Simko
- Founded in 2015 by a collective of three Bedouin tribes, the nearly 250km Sinai Trail is Egypt’s first long-distance walking path.
- Egypt
- Erik Nelson
- A 110-mile run highlighting environmental issues of proposed mining developments adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe WIlderness Area
- United States (USA)
Host Pre-Packaged Programs
Our Trails Film Night programs include ~90 minutes of films that transport you around the world. Meet trail builders, explore new trails, and see why trails matter.
Host a Film Night
Custom programs
Choose films from our entire library to match the interests of your community. This flexibility can help drive forward conversations, support specific fundraising goals, or better suit your organization's mission.
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Your one-time or recurring donation will support the ongoing programing and fiscal accessibility of our events for trail non-profits around the world.
The World Trails Film Festival is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of The World Trails Film Festival must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
