he movie tells the story of Mira Rai, a spirited Nepali village girl who is now well on her way to becoming one of the world’s best mountain runners. The stunning line-up also includes the touching short “The Last Time I Heard True Silence”, winner of Best Short at the Trail Running Film Festival 2015. Alongside these, “Life on the Fells”, “Wind Drinkers”, and “Dedicated” (about trail runner Sage Canaday) are some of the other shorts to get the space they deserve on the big screen. For full details on the line-up.The festival will start on Friday evening, with a very special screening of FIFTY, the documentary about the biggest feat of endurance ever achieved on New Zealand soil, which saw Kiwi Mal Law climb 50 mountains and run 50 marathons on 50 consecutive days, for mental health. A long-time supporter of Reel Wild, Mal Law will be attending the event as a speaker and special guest and will also lead the Reel Wild Run on Sunday morning. After a sold out inaugural event last year, with a full house at the Hopetoun Alpha, Reel Wild has now found a new home at the Academy Cinema. This is a rare opportunity for trail runners to come together as a community outside of organised trail events, leaving the muddy shoes at home and having the chance to share trail tales with friends. “Feedback from last year’s event proved that trail runners want these opportunities to come together outside of races. We’re either too nervous at race starts or too tired at race finishes to revel in the wonders of our shared passion so it’s good to don some clean clothes and have the chance to talk about it over a beer and some movies with people who love it just as much as we do,” says Steven Blackburn, co-director of Reel Wild. “We are really excited to be bringing these films to New Zealand, especially ‘Run Free’ and ‘Mira Rai’, which have been collecting international awards and recognitions all over the globe. New Zealand really deserves these films on a big screen,” he adds.
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