RunNation Film Festival was formed to bring human interest stories to the wider community, using running as the medium of storytelling. It celebrates the power of running and how it inspires the community through the medium of film, thus providing a truly interactive and immersive experience.
The inaugural festival in 2015 was held in Sydney, Australia. It was a compilation of short films of various length. One of the pieces was the story of Kirrily Dear who ran 860km through the countryside of New South Wales, to raise awareness of Domestic Violence. The piece told of the physical and emotional toll it had on her while running and at the same time, the many disclosures from women while she was doing the charity event. Another story was of the 2012 Boston Marathon Champion and former University of Louisville runner, Wesley Korir, who not only won Boston, but also ran for parliament in Kenya as an independent candidate, and won. For fans of the sport, the film is also about why they run and what motivates them, and shows the Kenyan running phenomena up close and personal like never before. Both pieces truly epitomised what RunNation Film Festival is all about – the human spirit.
The festival has since been seen by more than 30,000 people globally and screened in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, the UK, USA and parts of Europe and continues to expand annually.
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