On The Trail

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On The Trail
  • Streets to the Peaks

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    12 young athletes changing the world, here to defy the odds and show that nothing is impossible. Only 43% of young people in inner cities complete the weekly recommendation of physical activity. This is reflected in the sport of trail running which is still largely the domain of middle-class whit...

  • What Matters / Ce Qui Compte

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    Anne-Lise Rousset lives in the Haute-Savoie with her husband Adrien and Faustin, their 1 year old son. She divides her time between her work as a rural veterinarian, her passion for running and her family life. Adrien plans Anne-Lise’s training sessions and organizes the preparation of her next o...

  • 1000km of Chaos

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    1000 km of Chaos is a feature documentary about an Arctic Ultra-Marathon Runner, Irishman Kevin Leahy, and what it takes to prepare for and complete two 500 km non-stop foot races in the Arctic, three weeks apart. Filmed over two years and limited by the pandemic, this test of body, mind and spir...

  • Molinaro

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    Molinaro charts the journey of amateur turned professional runner Carla Molinaro as she navigates her first year as a professional athlete, having achieved her newfound success later in life. Following on from her gold medal performance at the South Africa's 2018 Comrades Ultra marathon, Carla's ...

  • Project Run Forever

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    Tom Batrouney sets out on one of the wettest days on record to run 10km loops of his local trail with the only plan to quite literally, run forever, and raise funds for critical environmental groups For Wild Places and Seabin. The community rallied behind Tom physically and digitally and pushed h...

  • Patagonman

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    Patagonman – Triathlon’s Wild Giant. This film documents Caroline Livesey’s racing (and winning) the ultimate triathlon experience at the bottom of the world in Chilean Patagonia. This race has caught the imagination of the triathlon world and its mystical draw attracts triathletes and adventurer...

  • Dragon's Back Race

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    Only run once before in 1992, the Dragon’s Back Race became legendary for its 300km of relentless, brutal mountain running. Back for it’s twentieth anniversary this film takes you into the heart of an inspiring adventure as the race once again weaves a precipitous path down the mountainous spine ...

  • New Zealand 9

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    In a race against time, three adventurers will set a new speed record by completing New Zealand’s Nine Great Walks faster than they’ve ever been done before, using human power alone. It’s the ultimate adventure race. They’ll kayak 145km, ride 80km and run over 300km in just nine days.

  • The Hard Way

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    The Hard Way is the inspirational story of Bob Hayes, an 89-year-old who runs 30 races each year, cuts his firewood by hand and does things the hard way to remain active and alive. The film follows Bob as he trains for the Bighorn 50k ultramarathon. As Bob pushes 90, the longer races take a large...

  • Twenty one Twelve

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    Twenty One Twelve: A Human Powered Adventure Across Australia. In 2019, in pursuit of a life-long dream, American ultrarunner, Katie Visco, sets off on foot across Australia with her husband, Henley Phillips, as support on a bicycle. Starting out on the coast in Darwin, Northern Territory, the co...

  • Totally FKT

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    Totally FKT is centred around the Pennine Way fastest known time (FKT). Great Britain’s oldest – and arguably toughest – National Trail, incorporating around 37,000ft of gruelling ascent. In 2020 two friends and elite ultra runners John Kelly and Damian Hall take on Mike Hartley’s intimidating re...

  • Underdog

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    Underdog is a film about British journalist, father, tea-lover and athlete Damian Hall as he returns to the world’s biggest trail race, the 105-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. Against the world’s best trail runners, full-time athletes, 10 years younger and without the pressures of supporting a fa...

  • Wrath

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    Follow the journey of GB Ultra runners Damian Hall and Beth Pascall as they attempt to set a new fastest known time (FKT) on the most remote, long distance trail in Great Britain. “If you’re coming up here tomorrow, you’d better bring a body bag,” one of the local Gamekeepers commented to Beth an...

  • Confessions of a Runner

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    Ultrarunning evokes notions of insanity, dedication, and the pursuit of mind over body. A blend of eye-popping scenery, extreme human achievement, and revealing personal stories, Confessions of a Runner features Patrick Vaughan—an accomplished trail runner, small business owner, parent, and survi...

  • Normal People Would Drive

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    A team of middle-aged women, who have never considered themselves athletes, head to the remote Australian outback to test their physical and mental limits in a desert ultramarathon. Back-of-pack endurance athlete, Cath, has found training for and taking part in ultramarathons to be life-changing....

  • The Corris Round

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    Initially during the first lockdown, twelve year old Tom was content with local walks, some climbing and watching videos on YouTube. As the days he passed and it was clear that lockdown was not going to end quickly he decided he needed a project – his own version of The Bob Graham Round that he c...

  • Caribou

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    Caribou - The Great Project of Anne Bouchard. One of the best trail runners in Quebec, Anne started the most important projects of her life. Trail running has become a daily adventure for Anne, her energy turbine in the morning, an essential way of life for which she applies rigor and discipline ...

  • Peak of Possibility

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    From the award winning New Zealand film maker, Ben Wallbank, comes the story of one woman’s second chance, against the odds. The intimate and challenging story of Tanya Bottomley, her past in a relationship marked by domestic violence, and the discovery of ultramarathons as her saviour. In 2020 T...

  • 100 Head Heart Feet

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    ’100: Head/Heart/Feet’ follows Ultrarunner Zak Wieluns as he attempts to run The Vermont 100 Endurance Race. The film focuses on Zak’s intensive training regiment and its impact on his relationships while exploring the reasons he is singularly dedicated to completing the Vermont 100 Endurance Rac...

  • 300 KM to Everest

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    From the Alps to the Himalayas, living legend of mountain sports, Dawa Sherpa, has left his mark on the trail running world and the Olympic games. A top-level sportsman, yak keeper, mason and Buddhist monk, Dawa now organizes races for humanitarian purposes in the heart of his native mountains. O...

  • A Few Steps Further

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    When Kevin Davis first began running, he was overweight and out of shape. He tried, but failed to finish a 1-mile run. Now, years later, he runs 100-mile races. He uses that fitness to support his other passion – backcountry hunting. In 2017, Davis was selected to run the Hardrock 100. Two months...

  • Alone Through Iran

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    ‘Alone Through Iran – 1144 Miles of Trust’ – Kristina Paltén, a lone Swedish woman, began her run through Iran on September 5th 2015. She was to become the first woman ever to run across Iran. Kristina, with her two world records in both 12-hours and 48-hours running on a treadmill, chose Iran fo...

  • A Mile an Hour

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    Packing on the pounds after writing a PhD, Beau’s running again. He’s also back in the shed; fixing stuff, making things, tinkering. No longer bound to a computer, his practical running life resumes. In this hair brained, yet simple and fun idea, based around the potentials of one long-day, Beau ...

  • Aussie 8

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    3 athletes, 8 mountains, 8 states in 8 days. A world first documentary that follows this unprecedented journey of three regular guys as they attempt to be the first to accomplish this staggering of tasks. Live and breath first had all the epic moments, stunning scenery and drama as this adventure...