500 Days in the Wild

{{Short description|2023 Canadian documentary film}}

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| name = 500 Days in the Wild

| image =

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| director = Dianne Whelan

| producer = Betsy Carson

| writer = Dianne Whelan
Tanya Maryniak

| starring = Dianne Whelan

| music = David F. Ramos

| cinematography = Dianne Whelan

| editing = Tanya Maryniak

| studio = Elevation Pictures
Rebel Sisters Productions

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| runtime = 120 minutes

| released = {{film date|2023|12|1|Whistler}}

| country = Canada

| language = English

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500 Days in the Wild is a 2023 Canadian documentary film directed by Dianne Whelan[https://canadiangeographic.ca/podcasts/500-days-in-the-wild-walking-the-great-trail-with-dianne-whelan/ "500 Days in the Wild: Walking the Trans Canada Trail with Dianne Whelan"]. Canadian Geographic, November 28, 2023. film chronicling Whelan's multi-year effort to travel the entire length of the Trans Canada Trail.Janet Smith, [https://www.createastir.ca/articles/dianne-whelan-500-days-in-the-wild-whistler-film-festival "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, [https://playbackonline.ca/2023/12/05/atikamekw-suns-wins-best-canadian-feature-at-wff/ "Atikamekw Suns wins best Canadian feature at WFF"]. Playback, December 5, 2023. and was the winner of the Audience Award.Emily Lyth, [https://www.createastir.ca/articles/whistler-film-festival-2023-audience-award-500-days-in-the-wild "At Whistler Film Festival, 500 Days in the Wild wins this year's Audience Award"]. Stir, December 12, 2023.