The 2019 Irish Adventure Film Festival and Irish Adventurer of the Year Awards takes place in Westport and Castlebar , Co. Mayo, Ireland. When: March 29th - 31st Where: Westport and Castlebar, Co.Mayo Find out more at www.irishadventurefilmfestival.com Where

2016 Why Not? Adventure Film Fesitval Oct 1st & 2nd | Galway City | Ireland www.whynotadventurefilmfestival.com Reflections - A Talk by Leo Houlding Leo Houlding has been a professional climber and adventurer since leaving school. World renowned for audacious ascents on epic faces documented in award winning movies including The Asgard Project, The Wildest Dream and The Last Great Climb. Twenty years of extreme adventure have taken him from Top Gear to the top of Everest, from devastating injury to major world firsts and from terrifying BASE jumps to glorious summits of the most remote and difficult peaks on every continent. In 2014 Leo fronted a major Discovery TV adventure series, Lost Worlds. The following summer he led a successful expedition to a magnificent and massive cliff in Arctic Greenland know as the Mirror Wall. His first major expedition since becoming a father and the loss of his great friend and partner Sean ‘Stanley” Leary. In this show he discusses the contrast between adventure TV and adventure film and reflects on the conflict between a life of extreme adventure, the responsibilities and homely joys of fatherhood juxtaposed against undying drive for the next great quest through the narrative of his aptly named Mirror Wall expedition. Follow him on:www.leohoulding.com Original Footage - Cold House Collective Editing - William O'Connor Sponsors - Landon Carver | Portwest Clothing | Independent Brewery

2016 Why Not? Adventure Film Festival - Ireland Oct 1st - Town Hall Theatre Galway Oct 2nd - The Loft Festival Programme - http://bit.ly/2auWs3r Buy Tickets - http://bit.ly/29J6PPY www.whynotadventurefilmfestival.com Edit - Will O'Connor Music - LMRNC Supported by Landon Carver (www.landoncarver.com), Portwest Clothing Ireland (www.portwest.ie) and the Independent Brewing Company of Ireland (www.independentbrewing.ie)

Prepare yourself...for the cinematic experience of a lifetime. 2016 Why Not? Adventure Film Fesitval Oct 1st & 2nd | Galway City | Ireland www.whynotadventurefilmfestival.com Editing - Amrei Bronnenmayer e: amreibronnenmayergti-at-gmail.com Sponsors - Landon Carver | Portwest Clothing | Independent Brewery

The Why Not? Adventure Film Festival - Ireland Castlebar Oct 8th |Galway Oct 10th | Sligo Oct 17th | Dublin Oct 18th | Cork Nov 7th www.whynotadventurefilmfestival.com

A sneak preview for our upcoming 'Why Not?' Adventure Film Festival 2014 coverage. We spoke to adventurer Leon McCarron about his trip across the Empty Quarter.

Why Not? Adventure Film Festival 2014 11 award winning adventure films including 10 Irish Premiere Sat Oct 25 An Taibhdhearc Theatre, Galway 8 Inspirational speakers & films from 5pm Thurs Oct 30 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar Films from 7.30pm www.whynotadventurefilmfestival.com

On the occasion of Galway Bike Festival, Why Not? Adventure Film Festival teamed up with Galway Cycling Campaign to present 'A Night of Cycling Shorts' in Kelly's Bar, Bridge Street on Wednesday June 18th. The event showcased the best of Irish and International Bicycle Cinema as up to 2 hours of a diverse, exhilarating and award winning mixture of short films selection in order to celebrate bike culture! *Trailer by Christopher Tierney*