Bicycle Film Festival 2010

Overview

Some great and iconic films have been made about cyclists. But if you want to see films made for cyclists, then get to The Bicycle Film Festival's Sydney run. The Festival has been running worldwide since 2001, showing films on cyclists and by cyclists. Unassuming founder Brendt Barbur put it together after a run-in with a New York City bus, and the Festival has gone on to screen annually in more than 30 cities world-wide. Sydney's chapter of the Festival kicks off with an opening night party this Wednesday at the Beresford Hotel.

Its films are kinetic. Spike Jonze-produced The Birth of Big Air tells the story of much-bruised BMX superstar Mat Hoffman, while Line of Sight is full of urban cycling not too far from two-wheeled, kerb-side parkour. The slower-paced Where Are You Go shows a dry, dusty African travelogue covering 12000 kilometres of the continent, from north to south. The main program runs Friday and Saturday at the Dendy in Newtown, moving to the Beach Road Hotel on Sunday for the final screening and wrap party.  As if that's not enough, there's also a street fair from midday Saturday by the Beresford and the Ride exhibtion of wood-framed bike-art at District 01 launching Thursday night.