The Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club in conjunction with Up North Adventures will present the 6th Annual Reel Paddling Film Festival at the Yukon Arts Centre tonight at 7 p.m.

The Reel Paddling Film Festival is an international film tour presenting the world's best whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, SUP and kayak fishing action and lifestyle films of the year on screens in 100 cities across the Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe.

With 34 inspiring paddling films short-listed for the World Tour, including the 10 festival category winners, audiences can expect to see stand-up paddle surfing, hairy whitewater action, sea kayakers exploring remote coastlines, headwater canoe expeditions, international river travel films, motivating environmental documentaries, grueling kayak fishing battles and

hilarious short films capturing the lighter side of paddling life.

With a $17 ticket to the Reel Paddling Film Festival screening, audience members can enter the Yakima Take It Easy Sweepstakes for a chance to win a roof rack package.

Fans can also receive free digital subscriptions to Rapid, Adventure Kayak, Canoeroots and Kayak Angler magazines – a $24 value.

Tonight, audiences can expect to see some of these great films: Awakening the Skeena, wherein Ali Howard swims the 610-kilometre Skeena, taking a stand for her river and its future; in Halo Effects, Fisher seeks new whitewater runs in Iceland and Norway when in the blink of an eye something goes horribly wrong; Islands of Fire, a celebration of good food and good humour as Justine Curgenven's sea kayaking film showcases the warm turquoise waters of Sicily's volcanic Aeolian Islands; Mammalian, featuring the return of Frank Wolf, this time on a 2,000-km Arctic canoe journey from Yellowknife to Rankin Inlet; Solo, a heartbreaking true story of Andrew McAuley, who set out to be the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand – his kayak was found 30 days later, one day away from completing his journey.

The Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour is produced by Rapid Media and presented in Whitehorse by the Yukon Canoe and Kayak Club and Up North Adventures.

For tickets and information call Up North Adventures at 667-7035.