By Rosalind Russell – Your next adventure could well be the 5th Annual SOAR film festival, which opens tonight and runs until Sunday at Sudbury Indie Cinema.
SOAR brings Northern Ontario the best and latest in adventure and wilderness travel film.
Opening the festival, on an added Thursday night, is Kielyn Marrone from the Espanola area.
She is many things including an Arctic survivalist, wilderness guide and History Channel’s Alone Season 7 finalist.
An Espanola local and Laurentian University outdoor adventure leadership alum, Marrone will join Beth Mairs, a veteran of outdoor travel herself, in conversation about her recent adventures, her one-of-a-kind expedition company, Lure of the North and what it was like to be on TV out in the wild.
What started as a unique partnership between Sudbury Indie Cinema and Laurentian University’s Outdoor Adventure Leadership Program, SOAR has grown into the largest outdoor adventure film festival in Eastern Canada.
The festival features personal documentaries about adventurers and enthusiasts and uniting the 25 films is a passion for the wilderness and a sense of belonging in the outdoors.
Headlining feature films include the three-time award winner Road to Patagonia, Iron Winter coming straight from Banff Mountain Film Festival (‘25), and Snow Leopard Sisters (Hot Docs ‘24), and the free-climbing barrier-breaking story, Girl Climber.
“SOAR is proud to deliver these award-winning films to a city and region with a great culture of love for the outdoors and all that it offers,” said festival director Simone Widdifield of SOAR’s fit to its host region. “Through SOAR, we are able to inspire the many adventures to be had and sights to be seen in Northern Ontario.”
Photo: Kielyn and Dave Marrone – photo FB
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