Trails Film announces 47 Official Selections showcasing unique trail stories from 35 countries. With themes of climate change, human spirit, and community, the festival highlights powerful narratives across diverse challenges...
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When the land inspires your work — and reminds you why it needs protecting.
Postcards from the trail
We’ve been quietly cooking up something special—our very first line of Trail Film merch is officially live! 🎉 Think comfy tees, cozy hoodies, and sweatshirts that feature our original festival poster artwork. It’s trail-tested, wanderlust-approved, and 100% inspired by the spirit of storytelling on foot.
We’re excited to launch Trail Film Nights—pre-packaged, 90-minute film lineups you can host right in your own community!
The World Trails Film Festival is heading Down Under! For the first time ever, our globe-trotting celebration of trail stories will premiere in the southern hemisphere, as part of the World Trails Conference 2026, hosted by Outdoors WA in Perth, Western Australia.
After screening 500 Days in the Wild at our 2024 World Trails Film Festival Premiere, Dianne Whelan joined us for an audience Q&A. In it, she shared the highs and lows of making her film (which — don’t let the title fool you — took over 6 years!), a mix of logistics and how she got it done, and some of her biggest lessons learned.
Announcing the World Trails Film Festival 2024 Award Winners — Best Feature, Best Short Feature, Best Short, Best Micro, & Emerging Filmmaker Award.
Our filmmakers don’t just tell trail stories—they live them. Here’s how we’re making sure they’re paid for that work.
Started in 2018 at the World Trails Conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Trails Film returns to showcase an exciting line-up of trail stories to celebrate trails, the global communities that take care of trails and enjoy them, and to advocate for the future of trails.
From our premier event of the World Trails Film Festival, the following awards were granted in recognition of powerful storytelling in trail films.
Postcards from the trail
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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.
