Albert Lea Community Education is hosting the 14th annual Paddling Film Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday at Marion Ross Performing Arts Center, according to a press release.

The Paddling Film Festival is an international adventure film tour presenting the world’s best paddling films of the year — whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, stand up paddle boarding, action and lifestyle — in more than 120 cities and towns across Canada, the U.S. and around the world. This is the second year the festival will be in Albert Lea.

With 26 paddling films shortlisted for the world tour, including the 10 festival category winners, audiences will see hairy whitewater action, sea kayakers exploring remote coastlines, northern river canoe expeditions, international river travel films, motivating environmental documentaries and grueling kayak fishing battles.

Attracting paddlers and outdoor enthusiasts, film festival audiences can expect a fun, social and entertaining event inspired by films like:

• “100 Miles” (a fishing kayak adventure in Alaska)

• “Finding Flow” (shares the importance of water)

• “Waterway Jay” (a Minnesota film)

• “Big World” (stand up paddle board adventure film

More films will be released the night of the event.

The Paddling Film Festival World Tour is produced by Rapid Media and presented by the Shell Rock River Watershed District, Albert Lea Lakes Foundation and Farmers State Bank.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. All proceeds go to the Brookside Boathouse. For tickets and information, call 507-379-4838 or visit AlbertLeaCommunityEd.org.