If you have ever had the chance to attend an adven­ture film fes­ti­val, you know just how inspir­ing they can be. Beyond the screen­ings of incred­i­ble out­door adven­ture films, the com­mu­ni­ty that comes togeth­er brings tan­gi­ble excite­ment to the air. Work­shops, speak­ers and prize give­aways are just some of the bonus activ­i­ties often asso­ci­at­ed with adven­ture film fes­ti­vals, and all add even more to the moti­va­tion to get out­side. Chances are if you live near a decent­ly pop­u­lat­ed city, one of these adven­ture film fes­ti­vals will stop by you, so check it out your­self to see what all the excite­ment is all about.

Banff Cen­tre Moun­tain Film and Book Festival
The offi­cial Banff Moun­tain Film and Book Fes­ti­val takes place each fall in Alber­ta and includes nine days of inspir­ing adven­ture sto­ry­telling. For those that can’t make this epic fes­ti­val in Cana­da, Banff also hosts one of the most impres­sive world tours out there. Hit­ting near­ly every state in the U.S. and numer­ous inter­na­tion­al loca­tions rang­ing from Antarc­ti­ca to Wales, there’s plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ties to catch a show near you.

Reel Rock Film Tour
Whether you con­sid­er your­self a climber or not, the Reel Rock Film Tour can eas­i­ly inspire you to find new adven­tures. Found­ed in 2006, the Reel Rock Film Tour vis­its a long list of U.S. cities and inter­na­tion­al venues each year—and can often be a defin­i­tive gath­er­ing of the climb­ing com­mu­ni­ty of those areas. A com­bi­na­tion of spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tions, ath­lete cameos, and prize give­aways usu­al­ly accom­pa­ny each show­ing, and for the full expe­ri­ence, Reel Rock also hosts a spe­cial Reel Rock Fest in select cities.

Euro­pean Out­door Film Tour
Seen by over a quar­ter-mil­lion peo­ple each year, the Euro­pean Out­door Film Tour (E.O.F.T.) is one of the biggest gath­er­ing and cel­e­bra­tions of the out­door com­mu­ni­ty in Europe. For the last 17 years, the E.O.F.T has screened heart-pump­ing fea­tures one after anoth­er, and it’s not uncom­mon for patrons to leave a show believ­ing they can do some­thing they have nev­er done before. Just the trail­er alone is enough to make you want to pack up your bags.

Adven­ture Film Festival
Touch­ing on all types of adven­ture-focused films, includ­ing con­ser­va­tion based, adren­a­line entic­ing and cin­e­mat­i­cal­ly appeal­ing, the Adven­ture Film Fes­ti­val looks to inspire and bring togeth­er the adven­ture com­mu­ni­ty. With 2017/18 dates includ­ing Boul­der, Boze­man, Seat­tle and New York, as well as inter­na­tion­al loca­tions such as Chile, Rome and Israel, there is plen­ty of chances to catch the speak­ers, sem­i­nars and showtimes.

The Adven­ture Trav­el Film Festival 
Host­ed and orga­nized by out­door jour­nal­ist and advo­cates Lois Pryce and Austin Vince, the 2017/18 sched­ule for the Adven­ture Trav­el Film Fes­ti­val includes loca­tions in Eng­land, Scot­land and across Aus­tralia. Fea­tur­ing inde­pen­dent trav­el-focused films, includ­ing vin­tage mate­r­i­al dat­ing back to the 1930’s, half the fun of this laid-back fes­ti­val is the com­mu­ni­ty and camp­ing that takes place between the two days of screenings.