The Trail Running Film Festival 2024
Running Riot Running Club presents
The Trail Running Film Festival 2024
The Trail Running Film Festival is back on tour and coming to your town for a great night of films, inspiration, and community.
You're invited to celebrate with us running as a universal practice. Come explore our collective and individual potential, and let's pursue our wildest dreams.
We're excited to bring you stories from around the world by filmmakers sharing their work of adventure, inclusivity, wilderness, art, and diversity across the trail and ultra community.
Length: Films will run about 90 minutes.
Our Sponsors
This event is brought to you in part by our generous sponsors:
-Santa Cruz Triathlon Association
-Santa Cruz Mountain Trail Stewardship
-Mount Madonna Challenge
-The Foot Doctors
-SWCHBAK
-Inside Trail
Teaser Trailer
The Films
Official 2024 TRFF Film Selection:
Izta
Directed by Rabbitwolf Creative
Duration: 10 minutes
Laura Cortez is a trail runner born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. 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.
Know To Run: Yatika
Directed by Jordan Marie Whetstone, Devin Whetstone
Duration: 10 minutes
Know to Run focuses on themes of “what are land acknowledgements” and the inclusion of local Indigenous communities being part of the trail running community, making running and outdoor spaces more accessible and equitable.
Red Needle
Directed by Dom Bush and Simon Sylvester
Duration: 6 minutes
Ultra-runner Sarah Gerrish lost one ovary to cancer at 15 and the second to surgery at 36. Red Needle explores the stigma, trauma and lessons learned from Sarah’s life-changing experience as she uses trail running to help her on her journey.
Brian Reynolds: The Leadville Trail 100
Directed by Michael Grasela
Duration: 16 minutes
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 film, 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
Directed by Guy Tucker
Duration: 1 minute
This short film explores what running means to one child and reveals lessons all runners can take to the trail.
Girls Run Ultras
Directed by Ellie Windham and Christine Rivera
Duration: 15 minutes
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
Directed by Daniel Mitchell and Trent Sugg
Duration: 6 minutes
Dani Reyes-Acosta is 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
Directed by Steven Mortinson
Duration: 20 minutes
Long-time ultrarunner Yassine Diboun confronts the shadows and turmoil of his past while preparing to take on the Hardrock 100.
Each of these films offers a unique and compelling narrative, showcasing the resilience, passion, and diversity within the trail-running community.
"We are incredibly excited to present this exceptional lineup of films for the 2024 Trail Running Film Festival," said Mathias Eichler, Executive Director of TRFF. "These films capture the essence of trail running and will undoubtedly inspire audiences worldwide. We can't wait to share these remarkable stories with our community."
The Schedule
Doors will open at 6:30pm and we will have a brief word from our sponsors before we begin the films. There will be giveaways before the films so please don't be late! We will start the films at 7:05pm.
Event's current local time: 6:30 AM PT
