By Sean Moriarty

A documentary on Killarney ice racer Kevin Leahy’s exploits in the Arctic will premiere at the Wander Wild Festival on March 24.

'1000km of Chaos' charts the Killarney hostel owner's adventure races above the arctic circle this time last year.

Last March he completed the 500km Lapland Arctic Ultra in Sweden after five and half days in the frozen wilderness.

A few weeks previous he finished the 500km Yukon Ultra in Canada.

Alongside him for both journeys was local filmmaker and director Adrian McCarthy of Grandview Media whose production company has edited footage from both races and Kevin’s preparations over the last two years. This has now been turned into a feature length 90-minute movie.

It will get its first public airing at St Mary’s Church of Ireland in Kenmare Place on the opening Friday night of the Wander Wild Festival.

“I have seen the edits as they get finished,” Kevin told the Killarney Advertiser.

“Adrian follows me training in Kerry too and there are some spectacular shots of Kerry scenery. That is the whole ethos of the festival; get out there and a have an adventure.”

Alan Corcoran’s 'Unsinkable' will also make its screen debut at Wander Wild.

In 2019, Corcoran completed a swim of the east coast of Ireland from Giant’s Causeway to his native Waterford.

Footage from that adventure has been turned into a 52-minute film called ‘Unsinkable’.