Trail Running Film Festival Tour Information
Trail Running Film Festival Tour Information
Edmonton, AB - Tuesday, June 4 - Garneau Theatre
Calgary, AB - Wednesday, June 5 - Globe Cinema
Canmore, AB - Thursday, June 6 - artsPlace
Crowsnest Pass, AB - Friday, June 7 - Frank Slide Interpretive Centre
*Not presented by Community Trail Running, just helping spread the word for the good folks of the Lethbridge Sport Council (Shoutout Chantelle Erickson)
Edmonton - Tuesday, June 4 - Garneau Theatre
Doors at 6:30 pm, show at 7 pm
Special Guest: Announcement soon
Sponsors:
Phase One Performance and Recovery
We can’t wait to kick off our Alberta tour in Edmonton! I’m so excited to hang out with more trail runners and I’ve heard incredible things about the community in EDM. So thank you for having us and let’s celebrate our amazing sport together!
Calgary - Wednesday, June 5 - Globe Cinema
Doors at 6 pm, show at 7 pm.
Special Guest: We’re working on it :)
Sponsors:
We are pumped to be coming to Calgary and we don’t even need to compete with Stampede! Bad jokes aside, it’s going to be amazing hanging out with the trail runners of Calgary. It’s a place where so many trail runners call home and we’re gonna have a great time celebrating together.
Canmore - Thursday, June 6- artsPlace
Tickets on sale for $25 March 13 (artsPlace members) and March 15 (general public)
Doors at 7 pm, show at 7:30 pm
Special Guest: We’re working on it :)
Partner:
Sponsors:
We’re excited to be partnering with artsPlace to bring the film festival to Canmore! It’s really cool to be showing the films in the Rocky Mountains and we are fired up to be working with artsPlace and coming to Canmore to hang out.
Crowsnest Pass - Friday, June 7 - Frank Slide Interpretive Centre. In partnership with Sinister Sports
Doors at 7 pm, show at 7:30 pm
Partner:
Sponsors:
We’re pumped to be working with Sinister Sports to bring the film fest to Blairmore! The folks at Sinister are so passionate about what they do and we’re thrilled to be working together to bring this celebration of community!
Trailer
Here’s something to get us all hyped for what’s to come!
OUR FILMS
We're proud and excited to present the Official Selection for the Trail Running Film Festival 2024 Global Tour presented by Brooks.
We're honored to bring amazing stories by these wonderfully talented filmmakers to theaters, trail races, running stores and community centers around the globe.
Itza - Stephen Kersh
Laura Cortez is a trail runner born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Despite being born into a Mexican-American family, she was never able to fully discover her Mexican cultural identity as her father, Richard Cortez, steered her towards embracing her American roots.
Richard’s passing in 2022 led Laura down a path of self-exploration that included a flurry of trips to Amecameca, the mountain town her father grew up in and home to two of the highest peaks in North America, Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl. In an effort to further discover the land and culture that shaped the generations before her, Laura set out to establish an FKT on a route from the city of Amecameca to the summit of Iztaccíhuatl — 17,129-feet above sea level.Her journey towards the peak led her in a direction she had always wanted to go but never knew which path to follow until she immersed herself within her family’s history.
Know to Run: Yakita - Jordan Marie Whetstone
Know To Run represents the opportunities for gaining knowledge, carrying that knowledge and implementing what you’ve learned and best, respectful practices into our own lives to be a good relative to ourselves, to each other, and with the lands. This film celebrates all the firsts (first land acknowledgement, first Indigenous made poster, first Indigenous runners panel) and continues this kinship into 2024. The Know to Run discussion will hit on themes of “what are land acknowledgements” and what it means to go beyond, their importance, the inclusion of local Indigenous communities being part of the conversations, making the running and outdoor community a more accessible and equitable place, and what the consultation process looks like.
Red Needle - Dom Bush, Simon Sylvester
Ultra-runner Sarah Gerrish lost one ovary to cancer at 15 and the second to surgery at 36, plunging her directly into surgical menopause and a bewildering world of HRT, brain fog and loneliness. Red Needle explores the stigma, trauma and lessons learned from Sarah’s life-changing experience.
Brian Reynolds: The Leadville Trail 100 - Michael Grasela
Brian Reynolds is a double amputee below the knee athlete who grew up overcoming many challenges in his life but never had a role model he could look up to. In this doc, Brian attempts the famous Leadville 100 Ultra Trail Marathon out in Colorado in order to advocate for all para athletes that nothing is impossible.
Run Like a Kid - Guy Tucker
This short film explores what running means to one child and reveals lessons all runners can take to the trail.
Girls Run Ultras - Ellie Windham, Christine Rivera
A journey that follows the all women’s running collective, Girls Run NYC as they push themselves individually and unitedly collectively through The Black Canyon Ultra Marathon in 2022.
Well Worn Life with Dani Reyes-Acosta - Daniel Mitchell, Trent Sugg
Meet Dani Reyes-Acosta: a mountain athlete, land cultivator, and storyteller whose path consistently seeks the limits of her possibility. Dani is a visceral example of how self-care and self-determination can harmonize via the outdoors.
Now - Steven Mortinson
Long-time ultrarunner Yassine Diboun confronts the shadows and turmoil of his past while preparing to take on the Hardrock 100.
Vancouver - Thursday, April 4 - Rio Theatre
Tickets are on sale now for $30
Bring your noisemakers!
I’m so excited to host all of you amazing trail runners once again here in Vancouver, BC! We’ll have some great giveaways and a secret show opener that you’ll want to make noise for. Bring your cowbells, tambourines, or whatever you have to get loud, and let’s rock the Rio together!
Doors at 6 pm, show at 7 pm
Opening Act: Sheena’s Burlesque
Special Guest: Deanne McDoom
Sponsors:
Coast Mountain Trail Running Conquer the Vedder
Native Women Running - NWR founder Verna Volker and NWR volunteer Jocelyn McIntosh are raising funds to participate in Germany’s biggest charity race and continue to spread the word and work of NWR, which Verna started on IG as a way to promote Native women running in both the US and Canada.
