Our Film Selection

This short film explores what running means to one child and reveals lessons all runners can take to the trail.

Run Like a Kid

1 min

Official Selection 2024

Stay in touch

We never spam.

Join us

The Trail Running Film Festival is thrilled to ann

The Trail Running Film Festival is thrilled to announce that Simone Martin-Newberry, a visionary artist, digital illustrator, and essayist, has been selected as our 2025 Poster Artist. Simone’s work is the visual embodiment of the 2025 festival. Her vibrant art, thoughtful storytelling, and dedication to uplifting marginalized voices align with the festival’s commitment to expanding representation and accessibility in trail running and outdoor spaces.

Visit our website for the full press release. The official poster will be announced soon. And yes, folks, there will be merch!

After a tough week over here we decided to extend

After a tough week over here we decided to extend our Online Watch Party and Fundraiser through the end of the month. Lots of wonderful inspiring films await you to dream, escape, and find new focus and peace.

And filmmakers - don’t forget to get your projects submitted to us. Film grant application window will close Nov 14 but submissions to be included in our upcoming global tour will be open until Nov 29. Let’s go!

Looking for an inspiring distraction these next co

Looking for an inspiring distraction these next couple days?

Our Online Watch Party & Fundraiser is on and today we’re featuring:

Footprints Running Camp @footprintsrunning @thatdakotajones
A film by @maxromey

Footprints brings trail runners together for a running camp like no other. Join us for a week in Colorado’s San Juan mountains to see how Footprints empowers trail runners to learn, build connections, and become leaders for climate action in their communities.

Gather your friends, give to our filmmaker fund and get inspired. And, please go out and vote for our future and the future of our planet.

And filmmakers: our grant submission period is still open!
And we’re accepting submissions to for our 2025 Global Tour. Get your projects submitted now.

Our Online Watch Party & Fundraiser is still going

Our Online Watch Party & Fundraiser is still going strong, featuring a crowd favorite from this year’s festival tour:

Girls Run Ultra by Ellie Windham @elliewindham, Christine Rivera @princesspizza

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.

Hop online, gather your friends, give to our filmmaker fund. Get inspired.

And filmmakers: our grant submission period is open!
And we’re accepting submissions to for our 2025 Global Tour. Get your projects submitted now.

It’s weekend. Time to sit back and watch some tr

It’s weekend. Time to sit back and watch some trail stoke. From our archive and part of our Fall Online Watch Party and Fundraiser:

*Faith in the Future* - Adam Wells @ajwells and Ryan Scura @doosterfilm

As wildfires continue to damage his home trails in Oregon, pro runner Mario Mendoza Jr. @mendozarunner confronts what the climate crisis means to him not just as a professional athlete, but as a coach, pastor, and father.

Watch this and many more on our website all month long.

Our Online Watch Party & Fundraiser is on, featuri

Our Online Watch Party & Fundraiser is on, featuring another gem from our archives:

*Finding Her Stride* - by Nicole Amyx @nixamyx9

Mexican-American filmmaker Nicole Amyx grew up watching her mom run Ultra-Marathons. Now as a young woman, Nicole is trying to find out why so many women are becoming ultra-runners. Is it a feminist thing, or are long distance runners just plain crazy, what is it really about? In “Finding Her Stride”, Nicole embarks on a trail marathon herself to try and catch a glimpse of the ultra-running world and to try and figure out if maybe this is the answer to the inner anxiety that she has lived with most of her life.

Watch this and many more on our website all month long. Join us!

Partner with Us: As we’re gearing up for the 20

Partner with Us:

As we’re gearing up for the 2025 Global Tour of the Trail Running Film Festival coming back in the Spring we’re inviting filmmakers, hosts, and brands to reach out to us and partner with us.

Film submissions are open.
Film grant submissions are open.
Hosts can book their screenings for their city.
Brands, join us in bringing the trail community together and celebrate the trails.

We’d love to partner with you!
Let’s chat.

Our Online Watch Party & Fundraiser is on, featuri

Our Online Watch Party & Fundraiser is on, featuring a treasure deep from the archives:

*Desperate Dreams I* – the first Western States @wser film shown on National TV, covers the 1982 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Race. The documentary was voiced by Hoyt Axton and directed by Daniel J. Blackburn and Maria Centrella.

Hop online, gather your friends, give to our filmmaker fund. Get inspired.

And filmmakers: our grant submission period is open!
And we’re accepting submissions to for our 2025 Global Tour. Get your projects submitted now.