On May 28 the curtain goes up on the 8th annual edition of the Bicycle Film Festival with a five-day run in New York City. From there it takes off on a seven-month tour of the US, Europe, Australia and Asia before landing in Portland in December for this year's final show.
There's more to these events than films about people riding their bicycles. We're talking parties, bands, art shows and more parties.
But at its heart this festival is about bicycling films. The New York City program shows sessions that encompass everything from animated shorts, 5-minute films about bike advocates to feature-length documentaries such as Adventures for the Cure (see trailer above).
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While Adventures for the Cure chronicles a 6,000-mile cross-country bike tour to raise money and awareness about diabetes, Road to Roubaix (download trailer) tells about the classic bicycle race.
There are also films about bike messengers, track cycling, bike advocacy and more. There's even a 9-minute film about Portland's Sprockettes, the world's first all-female mini-bike dance team.
The 2008 Bicycle Film Festival Tour:
New York — May 28-June 1
Toronto — June 18-21
Minneapolis — July 9-12
Los Angeles — July 16-19
San Francisco — July 23-26
Chicago — August 6-10
Boston — August 13-16
Tokyo — September 5-7
Austin — September 19-20
London — October 1-5
Vienna — October 9-12
Zurich — October 16-19
Paris — October 30-Nov. 1
Sydney — November 13-15
Melbourne — November 19-23
Milan — November 26-29
Portland — December 11-13
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