feature film
500 Days in the Wild
Award-winning director and cinematographer Dianne Whelan is the only person to complete this epic journey of discovery—spending six years hiking, biking, paddling, snowshoeing and skiing 24,000 KMs of Canada’s land and water trails from sea to sea.
For a woman in her 50s who is not an extreme athlete, it was sometimes gruelling, occasionally harrowing, often exhilarating and always surprising. She started out alone, disillusioned with the state of the world and worried about climate change, to look for different ways of caring for the land and each other. She ended the journey a bit wiser, more hopeful, in love and with a passion to share this story.
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Runtime: 2 hrs 4 min
Doors: 6:30 PM
Film: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Filmmaker Q/A: 9:00 PM
See the Entire The Trans Canada Trail
The 24,000 km Trans Canada Trail stretches across the continent of North America, connecting the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans. It is the longest trail in the world. From pushing 150 pounds of bike and a heavy backpack over rocks to hiking through flooded bogs, paddling one of the largest lakes in the world, snowshoeing through dense forest, skiing and biking along pristine trails in all seasons, 500 Days in the Wild weaves intimate moments of reflection with adventure and stories of the people and communities that she encountered along the way.
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
Dianne Whelan
Dianne is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, photographer, author and public speaker known for taking a multi-disciplinary approach to her subjects. Before turning her attention towards the Trans Canada Trail, she filmed documentaries in the Canadian Arctic and Mount Everest’s base camp.
Mayfair Theatre (Map Link)
1074 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON K1S 3X3
Please consider taking a public bus or carpooling to attend.
No outside food or drink will be allowed. There will be a concession with drinks (from Beyond the Pale), popcorn (with real butter!), candy and other non-alcoholic beverages.
