Diverse Voices at ShAFF 2026
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF) is nearly here! From 20th - 22nd March, this weekend film festival brings together adventure films, speakers and activities. All The Elements community member, Frit Tam, a filmmaker whose work focuses on telling the stories of underrepresented people within the outdoors, has been involved in the festival since 2022 and is now co-director.
There are a range of sessions related to diversity in the outdoors and we are excited to see many of our community members participating in talks and featuring in films. We’ve put together this short guide featuring sessions related to diversity and representation across the festival.
As always, this list is not exhaustive: if we’re missing something that highlights diversity in the outdoors then let us know by emailing hello@alltheelements.co
All The Elements at ShAFF
Frankie from our team will be attending the festival - If you see us make sure to say hi! We have some zines and stickers to give out!
We will be running an informal All The Elements Social on Saturday morning 11:00-12:00. If you’d like to join us please drop an email to hello@alltheelements.co
Diverse Voices at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 2026
Friday 20th March
17:00 Adventure Bites - An hour-long loop of eye-catching short adventure films including “Three Wheel Drive” featuring Adaptive Riders Collective.
17:15 Bike Packing Films - Bike packing, gravel riding and adventure biking in all its forms including “Three Wheel Drive” featuring Adaptive Riders Collective.
17:30 Wild Swim and Water Films - A session showing water-based adventure films from around the world, including “Body Of Water” with Theodora van Duin swimming Scotland’s lochs and rivers to better her mental wellbeing and “Swim Sistas” a film about sisterhood, and the enduring strength of Black women across generations.
21:15 Made In Sheffield 1 - A selection of adventure films Made In Sheffield including “Alpha” featuring Ed Jackson, Niall McCann, and Darren Edwards, three men with spinal cord injuries who attempt to cross Vatnajokull, the largest ice cap in Western Europe.
Saturday 21st March
10:00 Adventure Bites - An hour-long loop of eye-catching short adventure films including “Three Wheel Drive” featuring Adaptive Riders Collective.
11:00 Powered by Cake: Ultra Cycling, Motherhood & Misadventure - Join Hetty Kingston as she shares her journey into motherhood and how it has reshaped her sense of adventure.
13:15 From Crying in Supermarkets to Ageing Joyfully, Bravely and Creatively in the Outdoors - Join paddle boarder Jo Moseley for an uplifting and relatable talk charting from her late 40s to her 60s.
14:00 Access Adventure - Breaking Down the Barriers - Join Debbie North for a talk about the story behind Access the Dales.
15:00 You’re Not Too Old and It’s Not Too Late - Jo Moseley brings together inspiring adventurers and writers Debbie North, Nikki Love and Johnny Hartnell to discuss how being outdoors enhances their lives in their 50s and 60s.
15:30 UN[PARA]LD: Collective Action and Rethinking Outdoor Clothing - Alice Sainsbury and Gavin Fernie-Jones discuss the power of collective action in challenging systems that exclude disabled people. The conversation explores how listening, collaboration, and shared responsibility can reshape the outdoor clothing industry, and how small, collective shifts can lead to meaningful structural change.
15:45 Mountain Films 2 - A selection of mountain films from around the world including “Alpha” featuring Ed Jackson, Niall McCann, and Darren Edwards, three men with spinal cord injuries who attempt to cross Vatnajokull, the largest ice cap in Western Europe.
17:45 Made In Sheffield 2 - A selection of films Made In Sheffield, including “Love Notes to Nature” with writer Dal Kular who explores how reconnecting with nature can be a powerful act of healing and resistance.
Sunday 22nd March
10:00 Adventure Bites - An hour-long loop of eye-catching short adventure films including “Three Wheel Drive” featuring Adaptive Riders Collective.
10:30 Made In Sheffield 1 - A selection of adventure films Made In Sheffield including “Alpha” featuring Ed Jackson, Niall McCann, and Darren Edwards, three men with spinal cord injuries who attempt to cross Vatnajokull, the largest ice cap in Western Europe.
11:00 - All The Elements Social - If you’d like to join us please drop an email to hello@alltheelements.co
12:00 Changing The Narrative: Storytelling At The Intersections Of Race, Disability And The Outdoors - more details coming soon!
14:45 Who Gets To Be Seen? Representation In The Outdoors - In this talk Dr Sabrina Pace-Humphreys explores the power of representation in shaping who feels welcome in outdoor spaces.
16:30Bike Packing Films - Bike packing, gravel riding and adventure biking in all its forms including “Three Wheel Drive” featuring Adaptive Riders Collective.
You can view more events on the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival website.
