LAKE PLACID — Canoe, kayak and SUP adventure films from around the world will be showing Saturday evening at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts as the Paddling Film Festival World Tour comes to town.

Hosted by Adirondack Lakes and Trails and the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, the event is intended to help participants build connections to the larger paddling community. NRS, maker of innovative paddling apparel and accessories, co-sponsors the event. There will be gear raffles and refreshments served.

Films this year include Big World, winner in the SUP category. This 13-minute film features Eddie Bauer athlete David Morton and his 7-year-old son, Thorne, who embarked on a week-long standup paddleboard journey down the Karnali and Bheri Rivers in western Nepal in April 2018.

“There’s a basic paradox to parenting,” Morton says. “You have to keep your kids safe, but you have to teach them to take risks and follow curiosity. Life is undeniably richer with a little bit of daring.”

In the 32-minute movie, Confluir, an international team of scientists and river experts spend 28 days rafting the Maranon in Peru while documenting the natural and cultural resources that would be affected by proposed dam projects. As the energy demands of Peru increase, the currently free-flowing Maranon River faces more than 20 proposed dam projects, two of which have already been approved.

Waterway Jay, a 7-minute, documents the efforts of Jay Gustafson, who launched Paddle for Progress, a two-year, 4,300-mile personal journey to reconnect humanity with one of its most precious resources: water. It took him to the most remote and least visited corners of Minnesota, as well as through nearly every major community in the state.

Proceeds form the festival benefit the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a 740-mile network that links the waterways of New York, Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire and Maine. The trail’s western end is in Old Forge, while its eastern terminus is in Fort Kent, Maine. It follows the traditional 90-Miler route in the Adirondack Park, before heading down the Saranac River to Lake Champlain. The trail then travels through Vermont and Quebec on the way to Maine.

Tickets are $12 in advance at www.northernforestcanoetrail.org, or $15 ($10 for students) at the show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and films begin at 7:30 p.m.