Paddling The Margins

After five years of planning, preparation and training, Jack sets out on his most ambitious kayaking project yet. Paddling The Margins follows the journey to paddle unsupported over 2,000 kilometers along some of Canada's most beautifully remote coastline, the Pacific Northwest.

Director and Producer: Jack River Hampton

The River

It starts at home scouring Google Earth, then putting a pin on the map and figuring out how to get there. Sometimes getting there means heli-rafting. The River documents a fly-fishing, river rafting trip of a lifetime in the remotest depths of the Selkirk Mountain Range near Revelstoke BC.

Directors: Dave Pehowich & Mitch Cheek
Producer: Mitch Cheek 
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Whatever Floats Your Goat

Winner of Best Short Paddling Film 2024.

Nico lives in her Sprinter van with two goats, three chickens and a dog. Spend a day with Nico goat-packing a raft up to a high mountain lake in this quirky short film. Take a dive into her lifestyle, the goats’ personalities, and Nico’s deeper mission to use her unique lifestyle for sustainability education.

Director: Jack Lewis Elder

There's Good in Everything

Winner of Best Whitewater Film 2024, sponsored by Ottawa Valley Tourism Association.

Join whitewater legend Aniol Serrasolses while he kayaks the rivers of Chile. In this short whitewater film, Aniol shows us how mindset on the river sets paddlers apart and allows us to find the good in everything.

Directors: Gonzalo Robert, Juan Garcia
Producer: Aniol Serrasolses 

The Stakeout (Behind The Scenes)

After a chilly day on the water, Ben Marr ponders the spirit of Stakeout, a grassroots whitewater gathering that has stood the test of time and keeps drawing him back, year after year.

Director: Caleb Roberts

The River Of Sorrows

River runners examine how the Dolores River is a flashpoint of environmental injustice and societal opportunity, how mismanagement and politics threaten Colorado’s undiscovered canyon country and the integrity of the entire river basin.
Directors: Cody Perry, Ben Kraushaar, Rica Fulton
Producer: John Weisheit

Save Solace

An environmental group embarks on a canoe trip to investigate the construction of a new logging road set to dissect the Solace Wildlands, the last unprotected and roadless forest in Ontario's Temagami wilderness.
Director: Matt Steeves

Surface - A Norwegian Ski Rafting Adventure

Follow an international team of three friends exploring the northern reaches of Norway on their skis. Putting their new packrafts to the test, they access their ski objectives under human power. This Arctic adventure culminates in a four-island traverse, testing their resolves with brutal storms, rough seas and ever-present avalanche danger.

Director: Aaron Rolph

Sleeping Giants

Sleeping Giants explores Iceland's coastline by paddle. Join two sea kayakers as they experience intimate wildlife encounters, paddling under dramatic towering cliffs, surfing in blizzards and gliding past icebergs.
Director and Producers: James Stevenson, Simon Osborne

Rods, Reels and Reality on the Soča

Winner of Best Kayak Fishing Filmf 2024.
Swapping paddles for rods, this crew of kayakers attempts to learn how to put the hook in the right spot. Under the emerald waters of Slovenia's Soča River hides an endemic trout, creating both a classroom and a playground for misadventure.
Directors: Rok Rozman, Rožle Bregar
Producer: Leeway Collective

Renovating A Canoe While Running A Marathon

Winner of Best Canoeing Film 2024 - Sponsored by Rheaume Canoes.

In between all the dust and rot and problem-solving of giving a banged-up fleet canoe a new lease on life, Beau Miles runs around his paddock to complete a marathon. "I did this non-stop for 24 hours, and by golly, it was a bloody great day," says Miles.

Director: Beau Miles
Producers: Beau Miles, Mitch Drummond

Paddle Tribal Waters ll: Bring the Salmon Home

After a successful summer program in 2022, the Paddle Tribal Waters initiative welcomes a new cohort of Indigenous youth into their beginner kayaking program.

Director: Rush Sturges
Producer: Weston Boyles

Origen

Pro kayaker Kilian Ivelic from Pucon, Chile, shares his life on the water.

Director: Gonzalo Robert
Producer: Kilian Ivelic

Near The River

In the tourism town of Livingstone, Zambia, a group of local men who make their living portering kayaks aspire to become safety kayakers on the Zambezi River. Meanwhile, the proposed Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station threatens to flood the famous Zambezi rapids and eliminate river-related jobs.

Director: Darby McAdams
Producers: Darby McAdams, Rush Sturges
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Mi’kma’ki Gwitna’q Land Of The Mi'kmaw Travel By Canoe

For the Mi’kmaq community of Miawpukek First Nation, reviving the birch bark canoe building tradition becomes a way to connect to the past and ensure cultural survival.
Director: Wendell G. Collier

Life Downstream: The Story of the Wabigoon River

At first glance, the Wabigoon River appears to be a playground for whitewater kayakers. But hidden beneath the surface lies a story of one of the worst cases of mercury contamination in Canadian history and its impact on the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation. It is said that throwing one stone into a river can change the course of that river forever. Dumping 10 tons of mercury into a river not only changes the nature of the river, but also all life downstream.

Director: Nolan Sawatzky
Producers: Nolan Sawatzky, Steven Walker

Driving Sweep

Winner of Best Rafting Film 2024 - Sponsored by AIRE.

Few river guides ever get the chance to drive Idaho’s iconic sweep boat. Driving Sweep follows Katie Veteto as she learns how to “drive sweep” down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. She’s learned the rapids and the river. Now, she learns how to drive a 4,000-pound sweep down steep, rocky rapids.

Director and Producer: Gregory Cairns

Coast Mountain Chronicles - The Bishop River Part 1

Join Todd Wells, Eric Parker and Chris Korbulic as they attempt a descent of the Bishop River to Bute Inlet. Nine days down 70 kilometers of steep, remote and minimally explored whitewater became exponentially more complex when, with 40 river miles left to go, Wells' boat plummeted into the river, taking food and essential gear with it.

Director: Todd W Wells
Producer: Todd W Wells

Checklist

For those who have never been on a kayaking trip, it may seem to be an unattainable task and only possible for professionals. This short informational series describes the simple steps to get yourself on a kayaking trip.
Producer: Pretam Gurung, Barra Liddy

Canada Vertical

Winner of Best Adventure Travel Film 2024.

Follow along on an eight-month ski, canoe and bike expedition covering an area equivalent to 19 percent of the Earth’s circumference. The journey travels from Ellesmere Island in Nunavut to Point Pelee in Ontario, and is one of the longest wilderness expeditions in Canadian history. Challenged by polar bears, freezing temperatures, injuries, equipment failure, windstorms, food shortages, 2,000km of mostly upstream paddling, and numerous reroutings, the AKOR expedition is a testament to resilience and creativity in the face of challenge.
Director: Laurent Poliquin
Producer: Nicolas Roulx

A Canoe Perspective

Jamie Barnes travels to Scotland with Canadian long-distance paddler Martin Trahan to paddle a small but formidable circuit in the Northern Highlands. However, a series of tribulations make their expedition even more challenging. This film documents their journey while exploring why canoeing is more than just a form of recreation; it is also a way of finding purpose, identity and perspective in an ever-changing world.

Director: Jamie Barnes

Bad River: Rafting The Most Polluted River In Australia

Deep within a midlife adventure crisis, Beau Miles finds himself in Tasmania descending a sickly orange, biologically dead river the locals call pumpkin soup. After 100 years of runoff from a mine, the Queen River is considered the most polluted river in Australia. Seeking out places that aren't always the prettiest, wildest or biggest, Miles' offbeat adventure stories entertain and inspire.
Director: Beau Miles
Producer: Jodi Evans