WORLD TRAILS FILM FESTIVAL — JOURNAL

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Bring Trail Magic to Your Community with Film Night!

We’re excited to launch Trail Film Nights—pre-packaged, 90-minute film lineups you can host right in your own community!

Choose from three ready-to-go programs:
🎒 The Global Trail Mix
🚴 Together We Ride
🏃 Together We Run

Each one is packed with stunning trail stories, joyful adventures, and a world tour of trail stewardship and culture—just what Trail Film is known for. Plus, we’re offering them at a special discounted rate for hosts.

Ready to bring the trails to your town? Visit Host a Film Night!

Postcards from the trail

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Postcard from Tumalo, Oregon

When the land inspires your work — and reminds you why it needs protecting.

Trail Film Merch Is Here! (And It’s Lookin’ Good)

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.

Bring Trail Magic to Your Community with Film Night!

We’re excited to launch Trail Film Nights—pre-packaged, 90-minute film lineups you can host right in your own community!

World Trails Film Festival to Premiere in Perth, Australia, October 2026

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.
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Filmmaker Dianne Whelan talks 500 Days in the Wild

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.
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World Trails Film Festival 2024 Award Winners

Announcing the World Trails Film Festival 2024 Award Winners — Best Feature, Best Short Feature, Best Short, Best Micro, & Emerging Filmmaker Award.
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Support the World Trails Film Festival

Your one-time or recurring donation will support the ongoing programing and fiscal accessibility of our events for trail non-profits around the world.

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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.

Bring Trail Magic to Your Community with Film Night!

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