World Trails Film Festival Film Collection
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If your boots are on and ready, these films are all available for you to watch now — just bring your own popcorn!
Photo: The Long Way Home
Follow the journey of three Black men, from across the globe, united to empower and de-stigmatize urban communities of color and their participation in the great outdoors.
Award Winning, Backpacking, Long-Distance Trails, Urban Trails, Walking
A journey through the contrasting urban and natural spaces within San Francisco's 49 square miles.
Running, Urban Trails
A footprint from all of us! The longest long-distance trail in Brazil is now open in Rio de Janeiro
Urban Trails, Walking
A shout out to all those who stoke our stoke—trail builders like Hylton Turvey of South Africa
Bikes, Dogs, Trail Building
Hike Clerb founder Evelynn Escobar and friends explore New Mexico’s mountains, rivers and desert and connect with the local community of changemakers.
Women
This is not a beautiful hiking video. It's more about heat, pain, hunger, mountains, lakes, sweat, dirt, freedom and friendship. Actually, it's about walking. A long distance, for a long time.
Award Winning, Backpacking, Long-Distance Trails, Walking
Three hikers make a 400-mile journey across the high route across the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Backpacking
Ultra runners Clyde Berning and Damien Schumann decide to run on behalf of all species that once followed an ancient elephant migration route in South Africa.
Nature, Running
A visual and emotional exploration of the human connection to the wilderness and the profound impact of the natural world on the human soul
Backpacking, Long-Distance Trails, Walking
83-year-old Nimblewill Nomad is on a journey to become the oldest person to thru-hike the entirety of the Appalachian Trail, starting at Flagg Mountain in Alabama
Backpacking, Long-Distance Trails
Journey with local Bedouin guides across the newly developed 450-mile Jordan Trail
Backpacking, Long-Distance Trails, Walking
Three intimate stories: how community, recovery, and joy can be found walking on the community paths that connect England.
Mental Health, Urban Trails, Walking, Women
A 110-mile run highlighting environmental issues of proposed mining developments adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe WIlderness Area
Running
Beach of Dreams is a poetic meditation on walking, the changing landscape and the effects of climate change.
Art, Long-Distance Trails, Nature, Walking
A group of friends challenge themselves as they mountain bike the Stoneman Trail along the edge of the Sexten Dolomites
Bikes, Long-Distance Trails
Runner Karel Sabbe aims to set a record-shattering new Fastest Known Time record on the Via Alpina
Long-Distance Trails, Running
Founded in 2015 by a collective of three Bedouin tribes, the nearly 250km Sinai Trail is Egypt’s first long-distance walking path.
Award Winning, Indigenous Peoples, Walking
A stunning journey through the sacred mountains and temples surrounding Kyoto, ‘Seasons on the Kyoto Trail’ takes audiences through the spiritual heart of Japan.
Art, Award Winning, Pilgrimage, Walking
20 years after his involvement at a school shooting one man wrestles for answers while bikepacking the Colorado trail across Colorado.
Bikes, Mental Health
Two friends, one a kayak guide and the other having never paddled before, embark on a 600 km kayak journey in Sweden.
Water
An ultra runner's story of stigma, trauma and lessons learned from their recovery from cancer
Running, Women
Adaptive cyclist Quinn Brett explores the Great Divide, 2,450-miles on the US Continental Divide by handcycle, and other great divides separate us.
Adaptive Recreation / Disability, Bikes, Long-Distance Trails
Archaeological heritage along an international trail network meets performance arts with the participation of local villagers and art enthusiasts.
Art, Walking
Spanning over 1,200 kilometers of untamed wilderness, this outdoor film showcases the beauty and challenges of one of the world's most pristine and remote trails.
Backpacking, Long-Distance Trails
Walking Journalist Paul Solopek reflects as his historic 3,600-mile walk clears the first hurdle—the eastern Himalayas.
Long-Distance Trails, Walking
For the first time in their lives, five amputees from 19 to 64 -Jérôme, Sarah, Christophe, Luca and Michel – will climb a 3000m peak in the Alps.
Adaptive Recreation / Disability, Walking
After 30 years on the harrowing and hallowed trails of Southern British Columbia, Betty Birrell still thinks life is one big playground—and that you’re never too old to send.
Bikes, Women
Poet and storyteller Adam Skerret retraces stories and myths along the South West Coast Path.
Art, Backpacking, Walking
A 3000 km walk along River Ganga in India explores the idea people’s responses to a walking traveler in this fast paced era and an evolving relationship with the natural world.
Walking, Water
Trans trail runner Perry Cohen forms a team with fellow trans men to compete in trail races in states proposing and passing hateful anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
Running
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
Nature, Trail Building
A team of community members and passionate mountain bikers come together to use trails to connect local towns in Northern California.
Bikes, Trail Building
Five passionate women share their stories of ups and down navigating carving their own space in the biking industry.
Bikes, Women
Indigenous porters who make up the backbone of Inca Trail trekking services discuss improving working conditions at Peru's famous Machu Picchu.
Award Winning, Indigenous Peoples
I'll Push You is an extraordinary documentary of two best friends, Justin and Patrick, one pushing the other 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain.
Adaptive Recreation / Disability, Pilgrimage
Three girls trek 50 miles from Florida’s Rainbow Springs State Park to the Gulf of Mexico to explore the hidden rivers, springs, and forests in their backyards.
Long-Distance Trails, Nature, Water, Women
Follow Melissa Simpson's barrier-breaking journey to climb a 13,000-foot peak in her wheelchair — to conquer the mountain within and to Elevate the world around her.
Adaptive Recreation / Disability, Women
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.
Bikes, Nature, Women
Mario Mendoza, Jr. confronts what climate change means to him not just as a professional athlete, but as a coach, pastor, and father.
Nature, Running
An all-women community attempt to hike the length of the UK as a relay
Walking, Women
Only a few months into remission from breast cancer, three friends set Marine on a new challenge: run nearly 100 km in the heart of the French Alps in four days.
Long-Distance Trails, Running, Women
What does adventure mean? A group of four strangers with varying hiking experience embarked on a journey of a lifetime trying to find out
Walking
Volunteers from around the world maintain trails on the four southern Penghu Islands through the “eco-craft trail” method.
Trail Building
Ultra-runner Emma Hazeldine explores the Cornish coast and discovers how people face climate change impacts such as sea level rise, storms and coastal erosion.
Long-Distance Trails, Nature, Running, Women
An accomplished trail runner as he shares his story of healing and redemption while pursuing the record for completing the 470-km (290 mi) Lebanon Mountain Trail.
Award Winning, FKT, Long-Distance Trails, Mental Health, Running
Caroline tells her story of her journey to recovery along the South West Coast Path following a tragic motorcycle accident.
Adaptive Recreation / Disability, Mental Health, Walking, Women
What does it take to create a long-disatance hiking trail in one of the most remote mountain ranges in the world?
Trail Building
A short film by the ‘Bush Walruses’ who worked through wind, rain, snow, and mud to build the Pike 29 Memorial of New Zealand.
Bikes, Trail Building
This film features three different ultra runners that discuss their personal experiences with mental health related issues. The purpose of this documentary is to bring awareness and acceptance to mental health being an integral part of our overall wellbeing.
Mental Health, Running, Women
Beau Miles desends the sickly orage Queen river, considered the most polluted river in Australia
Nature, Water
In a little red kayak Beau Miles descends the 23km long Cooks River in Sydney Australia.
Nature, Water
An Accidental Life tells the story of climber Quinn Brett, who suffered a horrific fall in Yosemite at the height of her athletic career.
Adaptive Recreation / Disability, Bikes, Mental Health, Women
Two friends, Issac and Alex, embark on a journey by bike from their home in Montana to discover new places and reflect on their strengthened friendship.
Bikes, Long-Distance Trails
Embarking on an artist’s journey to look for lost wisdom on the world’s longest trail, Dianne Whelan spends six years traveling the entire length of the Trans Canada trail.
Award Winning, Bikes, Indigenous Peoples, Long-Distance Trails, Walking, Water, Women
Shorts (1-10 min)
Short Features (10-39 min)
Features (+40 min)
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