Explore Films 2025 | Love Trails Wales (10-13 July 2025)

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From the mountains to the big screen, the Love Trails Adventure Film Programme brings you the very best in adventure, running and sustainability storytelling.

Alongside inspiring talks and workshops, we’ll be screening a curated selection of award-winning documentaries and short films, from high-octane races across rugged terrain to powerful solo missions and environmental journeys that matter.

The film programme runs Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 20:00 in Lan-y-Môr - Settle in, get inspired, and let the stories move you.

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Alongside the film, there'll be a special Q&A with Tom Reynolds (Producer & Protagonist) and Dan King (Director). Dan is a documentary photographer and cinematographer, focusing on human achievement, passion and dedication. Based between the UK and Europe Dan’s professional and non imposing manner has seen him work closely with some of cycling and running’s elite athletes and teams.

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A story about running, mental health & one person’s search for sanctuary in one of the harshest environments on earth. Caboose is set against the backdrop of an unsupported, unsanctioned 500km team relay running race across the Atacama Desert called The Speed Project. For Tom Reynolds – a self-confessed slow runner from Manchester, UK – it reflects a reckless desire for adventure following a tumultuous 12 months full of loss, grief and mental health struggles. Is entering an underground event based around speed, created by maverick race organiser Nils Arend, the perfect next step towards healing and recovery? Or, will a knee-jerk decision to attempt to run 500km across the driest desert on earth, surrounded by high-speed trucks and hostile police, end in tears?

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DOWNSTREAM is a joint science and film project that explores these far-reaching effects. The film follows Dr Juliette Becquet, a French Hydro-Ecologist who grew up in the shadow of Chamonix's retreating glaciers. She embarks on a global journey, from the vineyards of Switzerland to the slalom culture of Native American tribes, learning how glacier loss touches all of us—because we all live downstream.

The story expands to New Zealand, where Juliette investigates how forward-thinking businesses address these challenges. The film explores regenerative agriculture’s potential to mitigate climate change and offer resilience in the face of glacier loss.

Supported by icebreaker, a brand committed to regenerative agriculture, "DOWNSTREAM" also examines how partnerships with NGOs like Protect Our Winters (POW) can bring scientific insights to life and elevate awareness of these critical environmental changes beyond the outdoor industry.

The film is produced by Protect Our Winters with support from icebreaker and VF Foundation.

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Llanberis is the diamond at the heart of the rugged North Wales scenery, hunkered down below Yr Wyddfa and Elidir Fawr it's the epicentre of adventurous climbing in the UK. This small village and its surroundings have shaped the lives of many, and a climbing culture as historic and iconic as to rival Chamonix or Yosemite has grown from the mountains, quarries and sea cliffs that harbour some of the best traditional rock climbing in the world. Local climbers Zoe Wood and Lewis Perrin take us on a nostalgic journey exploring how this place has impacted the lives of those who have lived, worked and played in this beautiful corner of Cymru over the last century.