The outdoor adventure film festival took movie-goers on a journey through some of New Zealand's and the world's most breathtaking hotspots on Saturday 1 August, with money raised from the festival helping to fund the Ashburton Youth Council's (AYC) upcoming event, Bite Nite: Reimagined.

AYC Chair Kavan Faoagali said it was a real pleasure to bring the film festival back to Ashburton for a second year.

"There was a really great turnout for the festival again this year. It's wonderful to bring our community an experience that you'd usually only be able to see in other parts of the country, so we hope everyone really enjoyed the screenings.

"We're very excited to announce that ticket sales and sponsorship from the festival has raised more than $2000 which will help us to put on our next Bite Nite community event in October.

"We'd like to thank everyone who came along and supported the event and hope that the films inspired your sense of adventure," he said.

Bite Nite: Reimagined is tipped to be bigger and better than ever this year when it kicks off on Friday 2 October, and Kavan adds it will be an event not to be missed.

The NZ Mountain Film Festival Ashburton screenings were made possible thanks to the support of Plains Power, NBS, Heartland Design & Print, Formosa, NZ Sock Co., Talleys, Mitre 10 Mega Ashburton and Netherby Meats.​