Paddling Film Festival World Tour

Since 2006, the Paddling Film Festival and World Tour has been showcasing the very best paddling films. The World Tour was screening in 130 cities around the world. So far it’s screened 984 times to more than 296,864 audience members. The Paddling Film Festival has awarded $76,500 in cash prizes to paddling filmmakers and World Tour hosts have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local charitable projects. The Paddling Film Festival World Tour has grown to become one of the largest paddling events in the world. For 2021, as a direct result of the pandemic lockdown and restricted public gatherings, we’re adapting and evolving the Paddling Film Festival World Tour. This year our local hosts will offer both live theatre shows—where possible—and virtual online streaming programs to viewers who can’t make it out or in communities where it is not viable to host live theatre screenings. We’re committed to supporting our local outdoor communities with engaging live shows in theatres, school auditoriums and church basements. We believe the best place to see the year's best paddling films is on the big screen surrounded by friends and family. But in the meantime, local hosts can provide their viewers with virtual programs in the comfort of their homes. To offset smaller live screenings and further support local fundraising efforts, local hosts will share in the virtual screening ticket sales revenues. We hope to pack cinemas again soon. In the meantime, our new hybrid World Tour format will continue to inspire more of us to explore rivers, lakes and oceans, push extremes, embrace the paddling lifestyle and appreciate wild places.