SHAFF, or Sheffield Adventure film festival, is returning for its 20th year with 105 submissions from all over the world.
The films chosen hope to shed light on both global adventures but also local ones.
Mathew Heason, founder of the festival, said: “It’s become evident over the years that there is a very strong adventure filmmaking heritage and community within Sheffield.”
“There’s quite a lot of local stories in there as well. I’ve had local adventures heading out to the Peak District and doing exciting things, but there’s also quite a lot of focus on climate and environmental issues.”
The festival is taking place from 20 to 22 March, with films being shown throughout the month.
The festival hopes to encourage all those who attend to get out and see the outdoors, no matter what age.
Mathew said: “it’s really inspiring to see people making films, it shows me that I can still go out and have adventures for many more years to come.”
“There’s actually quite a few films this year showing parents who are now taking their kids on adventures and making films about them.”
As well as this, Mathew said that the festival works alongside Sheffield Hallam University by helping them to provide them with something that’s a bit more realistic than a classroom environment.
He said: “They’re given a brief to make a poster for the films that they’ve watched. Those posters are then printed and displayed at the festival. The film-makers get to see these amazing posters that these design students have created, it’s a bit of real life coursework for them.”
The festival kicks off with a screening of “the best of ShAFF 2026 – Award winners” on Friday 13 March. You can find tickets for all the events on the ShAFF website.