IF4™ Announces 2024 Official Selections

Producers of the International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) are excited to announce official selections; the most coveted collection of new fly-fishing films from around the world.

IF4, presented by Bajio and Orvis, will touch down in 175 cities, feature nine official selections and is a well-formed excuse to get together with friends. Among the official selections are Pinawaca, a jungle adventure, led by popular angler and guide, Jako Lucas, in search of legendary and oversized peacock bass; Vivid Dreams, a breathtaking film about a group of friends in search of oversized sea-run brown trout in rugged landscapes; Tunulik, a northern adventure to Nunavik in search of trophy brook trout, arctic char and Atlantic salmon; The Runaround, a high-energy film following a group of friends on an adventure from Walker’s Cay to the famed everglades; Tension, a cinematic tale celebrating legacy, conservation and the American West; and A Ride with Clyde, an unforgettable, unconventional and memorable trip with salty friends into the Tennessee hills. Others include Kendjam, a tale of Bolivian adventures and; The Golden Ride, an unforgettable fly-fishing trip centered around a community of friends as they travel south to Argentina in pursuit of aggressive Golden Dorado.

Tickets can be purchased through the IF4 Online Box Office or at participating fly shops. Fly shops wishing to participate can e-mail info@flyfilmfest.com. For more information on the film festival, featured films, filmmakers, dates and locations, visit flyfilmfest.com.

About: IF4™ is the world’s leading fly-fishing film event, consisting of films produced by professional filmmakers from all corners of the globe and showcases the passion, lifestyle, and culture of fly fishing. It is the gathering place of the fly-fishing community and a celebration of friendship, fly-fishing stories and stoke.

TUrnaround

For the first time ever, Fly Fusion and IF4 have partnered with Trout Unlimited via the National Chapter to offer the film “TUrnaround” as a bonus feature for all 2022 Screenings of The International Fly Fishing Film Festival. This is a story of how “a group of men and women of varying ages banded together and brought an organization back”!  This group is now proving positive that TU Chapters can lead strongly into the 21st century with passionate anglers focused on the important work of local conservation and community service.

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Home Water | 2022 IF4™ Official Selection

Home Water follows professional skier and lifelong outdoorsman Riley Leboe as he travels back to his childhood region of British Columbia. Connecting with his brother Jess, they share an unforgettable fishing adventure, realizing their Home Water holds opportunities to create new anglers and resource advocates in a sustainable way. In addition, they seek out the trophy rainbow trout the region is famous for.

Catch Home Water in the 2022 International Fly Fishing Film Festival.  Grab your tickets HERE!

Filmmakers: Riley Leboe, Hungry For Adventure

4 Weeks of Daylight | 2022 IF4™ Official Selection

The Kola Reserve has recently gathered a cadre of professional fly fishing pioneers led by Stephan Dombaj of Fly Fishing Nation on a mission to determine whether rumors of the existence of two phenomenal, lost and completely private Atlantic Salmon fisheries on the northern coast of the Kola Peninsula in Russia were true. Adding to the intrigue and speculation was the fact that both rivers flow north into the Barents Sea at a point only slightly southeast of the trophy-laden Yokanga and to the northwest of the prolific Ponoi. They are dead-center in the heart of a region famous for trophy-sized Atlantic salmon, numbers of grilse, and large Osenka (fall run) Atlantics. The rivers are completely private and have been designated catch-and-release, fly fishing only fisheries that will remain shielded from poaching, commercial harvest, and exploitation.

Join the exploration team to the Kola Peninsula and get a glimpse of the secret of their craft and a first inside look of the Lumbovka and Kachkovka rivers. Filmmaker: Fly Fishing Nation Media
4 Weeks of Daylight is a 2022 Official Selection in the International Fly Fishing Film Festival! Visit flyfilmfest.com for locations, tickets and or book a screening near you! 
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A Season on the South | 2022 IF4™ Official Selection

This film follows a few mates on a season of fly fishing through the different regions of New Zealand’s South Island, exploring a hand full of remote and pristine back country rivers, travelling on foot, mountain bike and pack raft.

Filmmaker: Wilderness Lens

A Season on the South is a 2022 Official Selection in the International Fly Fishing Film Festival!  Visit flyfilmfest.com for locations, tickets and or book a screening near you!

Casting Maya | 2022 IF4 Official Selection

Casting Maya tells the story about the world famous Ascension Bay that is located on the peninsula of Yucatan/Mexico. The Sian Ka’an biosphere reservation is know for its richness in gamefish like Tarpon, Permit, Bonefish, Snook and many more. Travel to Punta Allen, a small fishing village also know as “The permit capital of the world“ with the goal of catching a Palometa on the fly.

Filmmaker: Pure Films

Casting Maya is a 2022 Official Selection in the International Fly Fishing Film Festival!  Visit flyfilmfest.com for locations, tickets and or book a screening near you! 

A Fly Fishing Refugee | 2022 IF4 Official Selection

Pressured out of Poland as a dissident in the early 1980s, Mariusz Wroblewski set out for freer territory, with his family, a yearning for wild rivers, and not much else. Four decades later, he’s become a conservationist and advocate for wild rivers – and discovered the true reason rivers figure so prominently in his

life. Filmmaker: Brian Film

A Fly fishing Refugee is a 2022 Official Selection in the International Fly Fishing Film Festival! Visit flyfilmfest.com for locations, tickets and or book a screening near you! 

Into Blue | 2022 IF4 Official Selection

The crew from FOSH is familiar with skinny-water, weed-beds and trout. But it’s a first as they take a trip up to the salt of Far North Queensland. Wading and wandering the flats while watching for a flash as the rain buckets in from every angle. Hold on tight – these aggressive and streamlined little Geets fight hard!

Filmmaker: FOSH

Into Blue is a 2022 Official Selection in the International Fly Fishing Film Festival! Visit flyfilmfest.com for locations, tickets and or book a screening near you!

2020 IF4 Viewer’s Choice Winner | Travels with Charlie

We are thrilled to announce that “Travels With Charlie” from Todd Moen is the winning film of the 2020 IF4, based on votes cast by viewers across the world. “Travels With Charlie” follows Moen and his 11-year-old son, Charlie, as the duo embarks on Charlie’s first-ever destination fly-fishing trip – to Kimsquit Bay Lodge in British Columbia, where big rivers and big fish require Spey casts and a lot of patience

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The Wanderer | IF4 Original

Our world is constantly changing, moving from one beat to the next like a massive and unceasing machine. How do we find respite from the noise? Where do we go to escape? The Wanderer, the 2021 IF4 Original, takes us to an unspoiled, natural sanctuary in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West, full of high-mountain lakes, eager fish, and endless beauty. Take a breath, relax, and enjoy the solitude.

Be sure to get your tickets to your local IF4 viewing and check out the trailers for all the IF4 Official Selections!