2023 Program

RUNNING WITH EMILIO

Five years ago, Richard embarked on an amazing journey in memory of his son Emilio and in honor of all children with cancer. This epic run was captured by Executive Producers, Sholom & Lynn Ellenberg, making it into a short documentary called Running With Emilio. This beautiful and inspirational film has participated in and won several film festival awards around the world, including the Brooklyn International Short Awards, the Big Apple Film Festival in New York, Santa Monica Film Awards, Seattle Filmmaker Awards, Austin International Art Festival.

CARNAGE AT HYSTERICAL

Directed/filmed: noéko (Marco Noe)
Edited: Untamed Media (Alex Clapin)

The Hysterical Carnage backyard ultra is set in Loxton, South Australia on the banks of the Murray River. This film follows 3 runners as they complete continuous 6.71km loops every hour and compete to be the last one standing. Johan Botha, Holly Ransom and Tamas Lorincz all have a different story to share as they battle this endurance challenge and what mother natures has to throw at them.

NO LOST SHOES

Each year, 22 billion shoes are produced, with 90% ending up in landfills and oceans. Kilian Jornet’s NNormal brand champions “Your Path No Trace” and “The No Trace Program” to recycle and repair running gear. The documentary “No Lost Shoes” by Matt Romey spotlights the shoe crisis in Alaska’s Katami National Park. RoadTrailRun donates lightly used shoes to aid those in need. This film drives home the urgency of change, urging us to minimize our shoe impact and preserve our planet’s beauty.

STARTING OVER: SAGE CANADAY’S RETURN TO RACING

Starting Over follows mountain-ultra-trail runner Sage Canaday over the course of a year as he grapples with a life-threatening illness, personal tragedy, and an uncertain future for his running career. Motivated by a love of trail running, the ultrarunning community, and the support of his partner, Sandi, Sage works to overcome these setbacks and make it to the starting line of a competitive ultramarathon, the Canyons 100K.

IF YOU DON’T GO YOU’LL NEVER KNOW

With only one six day ultra marathon in Australia, occurring in Adelaide for its last time (2022), young endurance athlete and adventurer Ben Lavery (from the Gold Coast) attempts to break the record of being “the youngest athlete in the world to complete an ultra marathon”. Watch as Ben attempts to cover 400km in the 6 days…

A story about pushing your body to the limit, setting important goals and giving life a crack, this film will inspire you to keep moving!