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The Last Great Climb credit Alastair Lee:Posing Productions 18th Dec 2013 Al Lee Headlines ShAFF 2014 Photo Exhibition

The line-up for next year's Sheffield Adventure Festival Photo Exhibition has been announced with multi-award winning video producer Alastair Lee headlining the show with a rare exhibition of prints.   The Lowepro...

Film Strip And Money 16th Oct 2013 The Cost Of Film Festival Submission

I just wrote a blog on the cost of submitting films to festivals. Check it out.

ShAFF2013winner 200 23rd Oct 2013 Best Of ShAFF 2013 - 3 Programmes Announced

We've just announced three Best Of ShAFF programmes featuring some of the best films from the 2013 festival, to be held at the Showroom Cinema on:   Thu Nov 21st 2013 - Best Of ShAFF Screening 1 of 3 - Showroom Cinema...

ShAFFonAwesomeSheffWall 24th Oct 2013 Awesome! ShAFF logo on Sheffield's latest climb wall

How cool is this?  The ShAFF logo on Awesome Sheffield's new wall...

North Of The Sun 12th Nov 2013 See Award Winners at Best of ShAFF Night Thurs 21st

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival organisers are on the look out for a soundtrack BY local Sheffield/Peak District bands for the 2014 ShAFF TRAILER.  Plus, 2 weeks until 2014 film submissions deadline closes and a...

CycleToCinemaRed200 7th Jun 2013 ShAFF winner returns to Sheffield for Cycle to the Cinema, BBC Radio Sheffield

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 'Best Spirit of Adventure Film' winner Tom Allen returned to Sheffield last night for the screening of his film Janapar at the first 'Cycle to the Cinema' night - the latest venture by...

SheffDocFestlogo 9th May 2013 The Summit: Screening in A Cave

Venue
Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire

We're really excited that ShAFF is co-presenting The Summit: Screening in a Cave with Sheffield's Doc/Fest the stunning Peak Cavern. Wednesday 12 June / 21:00 / Peak Cavern Join Sheffield Doc/Fest and ShAFF at Peak...

Screen Shot 2013-02-14 at 21 51 02 6th Apr 2013 ShAFF Walking Films Night, Sheffield Telegraph

Thanks to the Sheffield Telegraph for their reminder about our Best of ShAFF Walking Films Night on Friday 27th April at Castleton Youth Hostel.  Our running night was packed so please do book.    CLICK HERE TO BUY...

SportSisterWomen 200 5th Apr 2013 Lack of women in adventure sports films

This is a longer version of a discussion article I wrote for the women's sport magazine Sportsister talking to Jen Randall (Light Shed Pictures) whose debut film ‘Push It’ focuses on the story of her and a friend...

ShAFF-logo-strap 28th Mar 2013 ShAFF 2013 - Biggest and best yet

Thank you to all our sponsors and partners, film-makers, volunteers and the staff at the Showroom Cinema and Workstation for helping us make the 2013 Sheffield Adventure Film Festival the biggest and best yet.  We've...

ShAFf round Up Video 26th Mar 2013 ShAFF 2013 Round Up Video

Produced by Matt Kerfoot, here's a short round up of the festival in 2013. We had a blast. Hope you did too!

TWITTER-SHAFF 19th Mar 2013 Congrats to our twitter and facebook DVD winners

Belated congratulations to our facebook and twitter competition winners Dean Smith who liked our pic on the Heason Events facebook page of Red Bull's Cityscape being set up and Harriet Roberts who tweeted: Awesome,...

ShAFF2013winner 200 19th Mar 2013 Best Of ShAFF Screening

  April 27th - Castleton Youth Hostel, The Peak District. 19.30 Crossing The Ice & Journey On The Wild Coast. More details and tickets.

Cityscape 180 13th Mar 2013 A Grand Review And Some Amazing Photos

So it's over for another year. ShAFF that is. Life goes on and planning is well underway for Cliffhanger (Jul 5th and 6th) and the Buxton Adventure Festival (Nov 2nd and 3rd). Actually work is alreday underway for ShAFF...

TelegraphTravellogo200 1st Mar 2013 Is this Britain's most scenic long distance race? Daily Telegraph Travel

The Daily Telegraph Travel gets a sneak peek video preview ahead of the sell-out premiere of 'Chasing the Dragon' at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival.  You can also view their image slideshow here:

ShAFF-logo-strap 6th Mar 2013 Simon Read's Mountain Bike pic scoops ShAFF Single Shot top prize

Thanks to everyone who voted over the weekend for our inaugural ShAFF Single Shot photography competition.  We're indebted to Dave Mycroft, Managing Editor at MyOutdoors for organising the photography competition as well...

146 1 3rd Mar 2013 EXTRA TICKETS FOR ADRENALINE & BEST OF SHAFF

WE'VE MOVED OUR 20.30 ADRENALINE SHOW AND 19.30 BEST OF SHAFF PROGRAMME TO LARGER SCREENING ROOMS SO THERE ARE NOW MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE.  (BOTH ARE CERT 18)   TICKETS:  £7.90 full / £5.70 CONcessions (or CHECK OUT...

HalleyVI Antony Dubber BAS ShAFF webres 1st Mar 2013 ShAFF Goes To The Antarctic!

  News of the 8th Sheffield Adventure Film Festival which kicks off today at the Showroom Cinema has reached the ends of the earth - quite literally.  Scientists at Britain’s latest Antarctic Research Station -  the...

Screen Shot 2013-02-14 at 21 51 02 28th Feb 2013 Free Cityscape Cinema Saturday Night, Sheffield Telegraph

Read all about our new outdoor cinema hosted by RedBull up at the amphitheatre above the train station and the record number of British films at ShAFF in today's Sheffield Telegraph...

Screen Shot 2013-02-14 at 21 51 02 28th Feb 2013 ShAFF judge Nik Cook previews festival, Sheffield Telegraph

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Judge Nik Cook previews his pick of the films that didn't make the top spot but which you should still go and see...read more in the Sheffield Telegraph.

The Dragons Back - Jon Brooke 28th Feb 2013 Extra Run Films Tickets Available

If you tried to buy tickets to the Running Films session at 18.45 on Sunday n the last 24 hours you may have been disappointed to learn that it had sold out. However we have managed to release an additioal 30 tickets. :-)

IMG 3185 27th Feb 2013 Extra Young Adventurer Screenings

THE 11am screenings of our Young Adventurers' showing on Saturday and Sunday - organised in partnership with the YOUTH HOSTEL ASSOCIATION -  have both already sold out.  Thank you to the Showroom for allowing us to put...

planetfearlogo200 26th Feb 2013 ShAFF judge Nik Cook reveals all, PlanetFear

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival judge and PlanetFear Adventure Racing Channel Editor Nik Cook takes us behind the scenes of the ShAFF judging panel.  Read more...  

ShAFF2013winner 200 26th Feb 2013 Best of ShAFF screening announced

Every year we hold a 'Best of' the Festival* film screening on Sunday evening which we decide once the judges have made their decisions.  Here's the Best of 2013...book early, it's always a popular screening and sold out...

146 1 23rd Feb 2013 WIN FREE ShAFF TICKETS!

    With less than a week to go until the 8th Sheffield Adventure Film Festival opens on Friday 1st March and tickets selling fast, why not have a go at winning free tickets?  Good Luck!   SHEFFIELD STAR - WIN...