500 DAYS IN THE WILD

500 Days in the Wild is an award-winning feature documentary that weaves intimate moments of reflection with adventure and stories of the people and communities that she encountered along the way.

Award-winning director and cinematographer Dianne Whelan is the only person to complete this epic journey of discovery—hiking, biking, paddling, snowshoeing and skiing across the country.

For a woman in her 50s who is not an extreme athlete, it was sometimes gruelling, occasionally harrowing, often exhilarating and always surprising. She started out alone, disillusioned with the state of the world and worried about climate change, to look for different ways of caring for the land and each other. She ended the journey a bit wiser, more hopeful, in love, and with a passion to share this story.