2026 Trail Running Film Festival Tour
The only place where you may see burlesque, magic, go go dancers and trail running at the same event!
The 2026 Community Trail Running Film Festival tour has wrapped, and holy shit, what a time. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Crowsnest Pass, Canmore, Calgary and Edmonton, and Vancouver! You can find the stories, photos, films and podcast conversations from the tour below. We’ll share what comes next right here.
Stories from 2026:
Can you believe we sold out the Rio?! Photo evidence!
What a night we had at the SOLD OUT Rio Theatre!!! Thank you to all of you who made it out and supported The Trail Running Film Festival. We continue to learn and have a great time celebrating this amazing community together. Jeannine and I are so honoured to do this and can’t wait for year 5 already. If you have any feedback, we’d love to hear it! We w…
That time we hosted the Trail Running Film Festival at The Orpheum Theatre
The Orpheum Theatre is a beautiful venue for bringing the community together in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. We were lucky enough to work with Des and her crew for the 2026 screening of the Trail Running Film Festival. And my friend Kira Aindow was there, and we’re all lucky enough that she’s a great …
Film Fest 2026 wrapped. With Jeannine Avelino and Mathias Eichler
Another year of awesome Trail Running Film Festival screenings has come and gone, and did we ever have a great time! My partner in crime, Jeannine Avelino, and the Executive Producer of the festival, Mathias Eichler, join me to wrap our season. It’s a blast chatting about what we got up to and how it all came together. I loved working with Jeannine and …
2026 Community Trail Running Tour Dates:
Vancouver, BC - Complete - Sold out Rio Theatre!
Crowsnest Pass, AB – Complete | The Orpheum Theatre
Entertainment:
Music! Kevin Smith
Magic! Karan Kashyap
Burlesque! Sheena, Melody Rysing, Chack Bare Again, Ravin Royal
Special Guest! - Tarrant Crosschild
Free small pop and popcorn!
Canmore, AB – Complete | artsPlace
Magic! MagicThatWill
Calgary, AB – Complete | Canyon Meadows Cinema
Entertainment:
Magic! Karan Kashyap
Burlesque! Sheena, Melody Rysing, Tomboy Selleck, Ravin Royal
Free small pop and popcorn!
Edmonton, AB – Complete | Metro Cinema
Entertainment:
Burlesque! Sapphire Blonde, Beth Bombshell, Tommie Rocket, Amelia de Ville, King Dom
Free small pop and popcorn!
Our sponsors this year:
5 Peaks - Stoked Ultra/Scramble
This tour wouldn’t be possible without these amazing sponsors. Because of this great support, we get to invite magicians, burlesque performers, musicians, and more to be a part of our celebrations. I’m so grateful to be able to make this tour what it is and I can’t wait to share it with all of you!
Filmmaker Interviews:
Becky Bates, Not a running story
It’s film fest week on the podcast. I’m always excited to chat with the filmmakers behind the stories we feature during the Trail Running Film Festival. This is a pleasure for me as I get to get excited for festival season and spread the word about what these great creations are all about! We’re starting with “
Dick’s-A-Thon
Dick’s is a burger joint in Seattle. One of those IYKYK burger chains, and the thought of running a marathon between their 5 locations while consuming something at each one is daunting. Dylan tells us why he wanted to tell this story and how it came together. It’s a silly run, but comes from a deep place of meaning, and it was great to hear more
We Belong
Milo wants to make sure we link to Born to Adapt, so that’s where we start, and I’m pumped to share our conversation about his film festival entry, We Belong. Milo was a part of the festival last year, so it was exciting for me to see him involved once again. I enjoy his insightful thoughts on what made the project exciting for him and why he wanted to …
Fellsman
Billy Barraclough has a deep connection with fell running and so he wanted to tell the story in a specific way. Everything came together for him with the production of “Fellsman,” and now he gets to tell the story that honours the style of running and the region that mean so much to him. It was great hearing about why he wanted to tell this story, and I…
Dipsea Generations
Patrick O’ Leary tried to get into the Dipsea many times, and once he finally did, his love only grew. The chance to make the race more diverse and showcase where the sport wants to go was one that he leaped at. It was great hearing about his motivation for the story and some of the challenges they faced along the way. It was great chatting with another…
Project Tombstone
Allie Mac had long thought about this project, but it took a while for all of the pieces to come together. Max Haimowitz was the right filmmaker for the job, and they teamed up to make the project as they envisioned. It was fun hearing about how it came to be and some of the pressure that came with creating it. I hope you enjoy the chat as much as I did!
Off Course
Carrie Highman is so passionate about telling stories that she and her partner, Tim, live the “van life” so that they can be mobile enough to tell them all the time. When the chance came to work with Stephanie Case and Sophie Grant, they were all over it. An emotional journey followed and Carrie is proud of the offering they’ve put out together. It’s pa…
The Romsdal Method
Hans Kristian Smedsrød Engdahl wanted to tell this story and managed to find a way to do so within his own means and on his own time. He loved that athletes were training in his hometown and how amazing both the terrain and the runners were. It was a passion project that people are loving, and Hans is thrilled that it’s out there.