A three-day festival celebrating sport, outdoor culture and adventure documentary films with special emphasis on stories from Western Pennsylvania, Northern Appalachia and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Hosted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the historic Harris Theater, we aim to showcase athletes, teams and outdoor clubs alongside the passionate filmmakers telling these stories locally and nationally.

**Mission of Allegheny Sport + Outdoor Film Festival**

1) Reorient the sports narrative in Rust Belt towns, like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo, that define sport as being a rabid fan of the Steelers, Browns, Bills and the other professional sports teams.

2) Re-orient the narrative that Appalachia and the Midwest is a place of outdoor adventure and sport not only reserved for the mountain playgrounds and curators of outdoor film festivals, such as Colorado, Utah and California. We too play outside.

3) Showcase conservation and environmental films made in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio highlighting the clean-up efforts of dedicated citizens and communities in steel and coal country.

**Highlights in Year 1**

- 15 films screenings over two days at the Harris Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh. 4 sessions in total curated by running, cycling, general and water sports.

- 3 regional filmmakers in attendance for Q & A
1) Alden Roth (Climb for Hope film)
2) Rishi Sethi (Watermarks film)
3) Stefano Ceccarelli (Attila film)

- Q & A session hosted by Will Zavala of Doc Salon and U. of Pitt Professor

**Premieres**

- USA Premiere of Long Distance Swimmer (international debut at Hot Docs in Toronto)

- Pennsylvania Premieres
1) No Other Lake
2) Climb for Hope
3) Small Town Strong
4) Hellbender in the Blue
5) High Road
6) The Engine Inside
7) Into The Well
8) Spine Race
9) Solo
10) Rural Runners

Please join us in Year 2 of the ASOFF for a fall weekend of adventure storytelling and networking for the sport, outdoor and filmmaking community across Appalachia, the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast!

Awards & Prizes

1) Audience Choice Best Feature Film
4) Audience Choice Best Short Film

Rules & Terms

1) You warrant that all copyrighted-material (videos, music, content and graphics) is owned by you, your company or employer that you have rights to distribute/promote.

2) The individual or company submitting the film shall indemnify and hold harmless Allegheny Sport + Outdoor LLC (owner of Allegheny Sport + Outdoor Film Festival) from and against any claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses (including attorney's fees and costs of court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss or damage to the screening films entered into ASOFF.

3) If your film is accepted into the 2024 Allegheny Sport + Outdoor Film Festival, you agree to to give ASOFF a nonexclusive license to use and screen your works of submission at these potential Allegheny Sport + Outdoor Film Festival events:

- 1 to 2 times in-person at the Allegheny Sport + Outdoor Film Festival (November 1-3, 2024)
- 0 to 5 times in-person at ASOFF Tour 2024-2025 (November 15th, 2024 to March 15th, 2025)

4) You grant permission to Allegheny Sport & Outdoor Film Festival to use any submitted material in the festival's promotion; including festival trailer, social media posts, email newsletter and festival program. Producer is giving ASOFF permission to use up to three minutes of submission to promote the festival.

5) You agree that the entry fee is non-refundable, regardless of acceptance or participation in the festival.

6) The film should have been completed and released after January 1st, 2020.

7) If accepted into the Allegheny Sport + Outdoor Film Festival, producers must be able to provide MPEG-4 (.mp4) multi-media container format, preferably in 1080p resolution in stereo.

8) Short form submissions are for those films under 20 minutes. Long form (features) are for those films twenty minutes and over in length.

9) Festival submissions should be sent through a private, secure video server. Vimeo is our preferred platform, but Dropbox, Filemail, WeTransfer and others are accepted as well. Include screener link and password in your submission or other special download instructions.

10) All films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English.

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  • Alden Roth

    Had a great time screening my film and seeing some other fantastic films. Loved the Q&As with filmmakers after the screenings.

    November 2024
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  • Luke Keibler

    A great little up and coming festival in South Western Pennsylvania. They curated some very good films that had something for everyone in every viewing! Will be back next year and years to come!

    November 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks so much for participating, Luke. We loved having both Survive to Drive and Richard Hamilton documentary screening at Harris. It was great hearing about the films and your creative process in the Q & A's afterward. Look forward to seeing your next projects!

  • Tina Kakadelis

    Such a great festival! Really communicative team and a great experience.

    November 2024
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