Director: Dianne Whelan l Country: Canada l Length: 1:20:00

Trailer: https://500daysinthewild.com/#single/0

Planet in Focus presents 500 DAYS IN THE WILD — a Fundraiser Screening June 15, 2025, with filmmaker Dianne Whelan in attendance!

*Reception 6:00PM-7:00PM. Film will begin at 7:00PM followed by a conversation with filmmaker Dianne Whelan.

500 DAYS IN THE WILD chronicles Dianne Whelan’s incredible six-year journey traversing the entire 24,000 km of the Trans Canada Trail – the longest trail in the world.

From pushing 150-pounds of bike and packs over rocks, to hiking through flooded bogs, paddling the largest lake in the world, snowshoeing through dense coniferous forests, skiing across wind-blown plains, the trail beckons. Dianne travels the ‘Old Way’, the slow way of the turtle, seeking wisdom from those that live close to the land, asking the questions “What have we forgotten?” “What do we need to know?”

500 DAYS IN THE WILD is the continuation of an old story – the artist dropping out of society and reconnecting to nature – but it is also a new story, a realization that we will not survive traveling solo. 500 Days is symbolic of the 500 years settlers have been on this land. The film challenges us to revisit our past, our connection to the land and its people, to find our inclusive story that will carry us into the future.