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Visit Peak District and Derbyshire - Women in Adventure 6th Nov 2014 Women in Adventure at #ShAFF2015, Visit Peak District and Derbyshire

Thanks to official travel blog, Visit Peak District and Derbyshire, for featuring news of our Women in Adventure film sessions, Q&A's, competitions and lectures at #ShAFF2015.

Trek and Mountain - Women in Adventure 6th Nov 2014 Adventure Women take centre stage at ShAFF, Trek & Mountain

Thanks to Trek & Mountain magazine for sharing our Women in Adventure session plans with over 2,000 people on their Facebook page. 

PinkBike.com - women in adventure 6th Nov 2014 Women in Adventure preview, PinkBike.com

Our thanks go to PinkBike.com for featuring the news of our plans for more Women in Adventure films at 2015's ShAFF.  ShAFF PR, Lissa Cook is quoted in the article. She said: "Over the past couple of years ShAFF has...

MyOutdoors - women in adventure 5th Nov 2014 Women in Adventure to take centre stage at ShAFF 2015, MyOutdoors

Thanks to MyOutdoors for supporting our campaign to see more women, behind and in front of the camera, on the big screen at #ShAFF2015.  They report: "Women in adventure sports will take centre stage at the Sheffield...

Outdoors Magic - Women in Adventure 7th Nov 2014 Adventure Women To Star At ShAff 2015, Outdoors Magic

Thanks to Outdoors Magic for featuring the news of our plans to bring Women in Adventure (both on and off screen) to the big screen at #ShAFF2015.  Festival Director, Matt Heason, is quoted within the article. He said:...

Sport's Liberated - women in adventure 24th Nov 2014 Women in Adventure preview, Sports Liberated

On 6th April 2014, @SportsLiberated tweeted: “Begone vacuous celebrities these adventurous life-grabbing women featured at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival are today's heroines. #Shaff”  An article on Sports...

Women's Sport Trust 6th Nov 2014 Women in Adventure Take Centre Stage at ShAFF, Women's Sport Trust

Women's Sport Trust reports on our push to bring Women in Adventure to the big screen at this year's ShAFF.  As well as roughly doubling the number of films featuring female athletes or by female directors or producers...

MyOutdoorsShAFFFringe 1st Nov 2014 ShAFF launches Fringe

  Outdoor adventure professionals are set to gather in Sheffield again next year as Sheffield Adventure Film Festival's Industry Hangout returns for a second year. After the overwhelming success of last year's event,...

ShAFF2015WomenAdventure 5th Nov 2014 Women In Adventure Take Centre Stage At SHAFF 2015

  Women in adventure sports will take centre stage at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (March 20-22) with organisers encouraging more women filmmakers and athletes to submit films to this year's festival as well...

ShAFF2015WomenAdventure 5th Nov 2014 Raising the Profile of Women In Adventure Sport

By Lissa Cook, ShAFF PR & co-organiser. Over the past couple of years ShAFF has been criticised for the lack of women on the big screen and in our trailer.  On the one hand, our response is ‘Don’t shoot the...