2026 Trails Film Best of Fest Showcase

World Premiere

Perth/Boorloo, Australia

Hosts

World Trails Network

Dates

Oct. 21, 2026

4th Joint Presentation

Since the 2018 World Trails Conference in Santiago de Compestella, Spain, the World Trails Film Festival has screened a powerful selection of films that speak to the heart of why trails matter.

Join us for the global premiere of an entirely new lineup of films, presented in dedication to those who build and maintain trails globally.

 

Best of Festival Awards & Showcase

FREE FOR WTC ATTENDEES

Oct 21, 2024, 4 PM

Golden Ballroom, Pan Pacific Hotel

Join us for a 90-minute program featuring a playlist of our new award-winning and favorite films.

Subtitles: English

FILM PROGRAM COMING SOON

24 min

Bad River: Kayaking the Sickest Urban River in Australia

Beau Miles

In a little red kayak Beau Miles descends the 23km long Cooks River in Sydney Australia.

1 min

Blaze

Aidan Sky Chang

As a time-lapse of every trail maker, also called a ‘blaze’, this film asks the viewer to ponder these strange yet beautiful man-made marks on the natural world.

3 min

Building the Pamir Trail

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?

13 min

Dolly’s Song

Sarah Hamilton

Retired trailbuilder Dolly Chapman works to pass on the art and appreciation for the humble crosscut saw.

20 min

Durga: Forging a New Trail

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.

11 min

From Biocrust with Love

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.

8 min

Mountains to Sea Greenway

Jean Robert Thomann

Journey across 177 kms across Taiwan, from the highest peak of Northeast Asia to the sea

12 min

Seeking Judhuri

Whitney Hassett

Ahmed embarks on the Lebanon Mountain Trail with his father on a journey of healing, understanding, and connection.

8 min

Sinai Trail

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.

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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.

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