Blog: Film festivals

Now open for new entries for our Brazil Premiere event taking place September 2023!

See our most recent festival trailer at https://trails.film

Trails Film celebrates trail stories to inspire a global community that loves trails. We consider all types of film media including feature-length, short, documentary, educational, animation, and others. Our awards recognize filmmakers for their work as storytellers, myth-makers, and advocates for trails.

We are happy to announce that the 2023 premiere will take place at the 2nd Brazilian Trail Congress in September 2023! As a nomadic festival, the selection of our exact premiere date and screening locations are determined collaboratively with local hosts and in partnership of global trail community gatherings. More information will be coming in 2023.

TRAILS
Trails weave through our lives in many ways, from spiritual pathways to recreational or everyday transit. They are political, transformational, connect us to nature, reveal history, fight climate change, bring healing, and bridge communities. We invite you to submit films that reflect any story or any relationship to trails.

No trail activity is off-limits—it could be traveling on foot, by bike, with horses, or in canoes! Or your film could feature creating trails, uncovering lost trails, or the history of places along trails. All we ask is you take us deep into your chosen story—we'll follow you all the way.

ABOUT TRAILS FILM
Trails Film is a worldwide festival and initiative of the World Trails Network. Trails Film is created by and for trail-loving communities. We are inspired by nature and culture and want to make an impact on the future of trails and our planet. We are in awe of the human spirit and all that is wild. To all of this, we dedicate our festival.

Trails Film is in its third iteration. Our second festival took place in Skiathos, Greece in September 2022 and our inaugural event took place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 2018. Through rich cinematography, selected films explored themes including trail creation, adventure, spirituality, healing, and diversity in nature and culture.

We all need trails. And trails need us.

WHERE WILL MY FILM BE SHOWN?
Accepted films will be shown at our premiere festival (location and date TBA) and have the potential to join the Trails Film World Tour, a traveling festival that screens films in theaters and along trail sides across the world.

WORLD TRAILS NETWORK & TRAILS FILM
The World Trails Network (WTN) is a global non-profit association of the world’s leading trails and trail destinations. Together, WTN advocates for the promotion, preservation, and enjoyment of trails for all people. Our partnership with WTN creates a dynamic gathering space for sharing and telling trail stories, meeting leaders in the field, and being inspired by remarkable trail projects.

For more information, visit worldtrailsnetwork.org.

Trails Film is produced by the World Trails Network’s Trails & Media Task Team with support from a dedicated group of professionals, volunteers, and global sponsors.

DISCOUNTED SUBMISSIONS
Discount coupons will be available to filmmakers based upon the economic conditions in which they reside. Email info@trails.film for more information.