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Santiago Burin des Roziers/courtesy Bicycle Film Festival

A bicyclist silhouetted against a dusk sky.

A still image from "The Nine Wheels," directed by Santiago Burin des Roziers.

This evening of bicycling film shorts includes documentaries, narratives and animations. Slated are films about a Diné mountain biker and a family that travels from bike park to bike park across Europe. This is the festival’s first trip to Madison, though it's been around since 2001, promoting the bicycle as eco-friendly good fun (and exercise). There will be a pre-show social hour with vegan food options at Working Draft Beer Company at 4:30 p.m. All local proceeds support cycling advocacy group Madison Bikes.

media release: Bicycle Film Festival is coming to Madison for the first time with a new curated screening of short films that celebrate the bicycle. Hosted by Madison Bikes at the Barrymore Theatre on October 3, 2024, with a pre-show social hour with vegan food options at Working Draft Beer Company beforehand.

BFF Madison offers an international point of view of the cycling movement. The stories appeal to a wide audience from film connoisseurs to avid cyclists and everyone in between. Documentaries, narratives, animations, award-winning directors, and emerging talents – all sharing equal billing.

This program will take you on a journey around the world featuring: 

Kailey Kornhauser and fellow “fat cyclist” Marley Blonsky are on a mission to change the idea that people with larger bodies can't ride bikes

A family gives up everything to be together in their motorhome, traveling from bike park to bike park across Europe

The 1900 mile bicycle journey by Erick Cedeno (Bicycle Nomad) retracing the original route of the Buffalo Soldiers

A charismatic Ghanaian immigrant in Amsterdam teaches refugee adult women how to ride bikes

Cycle sport as relief from genocide (Oscar nominated director)

A Diné mountain biker hosts the first ever Enduro race in the Navajo Nation

And more…

This is a fundraiser for Madison Bikes. There will be a pre-show happy hour starting at 4:30 pm at Working Draft.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/948490409

About BFF: Founded in New York by Brendt Barbur, Bicycle Film Festival has been celebrating bicycles through art, film and music for the last 23 years. BFF has spanned the world in up to 100 cities, to an audience of over one million people. The international locales included Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, Cape Town, and Istanbul and more at some of the most important venues such as Sydney Opera House and the Barbican or an old factory in Zurich. The subcultures of cycling have shared equal billing with the most exciting innovators in music, art, design and film. Past participants have included: Erykah Badu, Karl Lagerfeld, Francesco Clemente, Shepard Fairey, Albert Maysles, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Alex Katz, Kaws, Gavin Turk, Mike Mills, Paul Smith, the Neistat Brothers, Tom Sachs, Ridley Scott, Kiki Smith, Swoon, and Ai Weiwei. Website: www.bicyclefilmfestival.com