500 Days in the Wild is a 2023 Canadian documentary film directed by Dianne Whelan,"500 Days in the Wild: Walking the Trans Canada Trail with Dianne Whelan". Canadian Geographic, November 28, 2023. chronicling Whelan's multi-year effort to travel the entire length of the Trans Canada Trail.Janet Smith, "Dianne Whelan's 500 Days in the Wild captures her epic trek along 24,000-kilometre Trans Canada Trail". Stir, November 29, 2023.
The film premiered at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Documentary Award juryTaimur Sikander Mirza, "Atikamekw Suns wins best Canadian feature at WFF". Playback, December 5, 2023. and was the winner of the Audience Award.Emily Lyth, "At Whistler Film Festival, 500 Days in the Wild wins this year's Audience Award". Stir, December 12, 2023.
Critical response Reviewing the film for Exclaim!, Hogan Short wrote that "although it could have benefited from a tighter edit, 500 Days in the Wild remains a remarkable endeavour. From serene vistas to encounters with wildlife, starkly contrasted with the hustle and bustle of city life, Whelan perfectly showcases this great country."Hogan Short, "'500 Days in the Wild' Is a True Canadian Experience". Exclaim!, March 1, 2024.
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