2013-10-03/06 - Tenth Anniversary Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) London 2013

The press release!

JOIN US FOR 4 DAYS OF FILMS, ART, AND EVENTS CELEBRATING BIKES!

OCTOBER 3-6 2013

Cycling fans from around the UK and Europe will flock to London this October for the Bicycle Film Festival's tenth season in London, to celebrate the worlds best invention: the bicycle.

The BFF is proud to be celebrating its 10th year in the UK, as we continue to see cycling championed across the country and abroad.

Feature film highlights include MOONRIDER (Dir. Daniel Dencik ) an honest and heart breaking picture of extreme and lonely life of a young championship rider, CICLO (Dir. Andrea Martinez Crowther ) in which two brothers retrace their cross-continental bike journey 56 years later in an exploration of memory, the cycle of life and the steady passage of time and JANAPAR (Dir. James Newton and Tom Allen79min.) a true story filmed over four years in thirty-two countries by one man on a bicycle.

BFF13 also showcases fabulous and emotive short films from around the world, including: RYOKOU (Dir. Davros) about the past and present of Australia’s fastest track cyclist Shane Perkins as he bares all in the sharing of his story during two racing seasons inside the Japanese Keirin and SOIGNEUR (Dir. Rih Van Der Linden) where twenty years after former Dutch cycling talent Simon van Beneden crashed in a junior race he returns to the scene of the accident.

The festival will also play host to a diverse programme of events including the annual bike polo tournament and a led road ride with starting at Athlon Sports both on Sunday October 6. The BFF will also partner with VeloJam, the all women’s track racing day at Herne Hill Velodrome on Saturday October 5. On Friday the 4th of October the BFF will be resenting in partnership with TFL it’s second Cycling Symposium, looking at a the future of cycling in London with unique viewpoints from broad speakers.

From its roots in New York, the BFF is now a multi-faceted, global event that travels to over 25 cities each year, from London to Tokyo, Moscow to Mexico City. It was created in 2001 to encourage global participation and awareness of cycling and to help promote cycling across all forms. The festival celebrates the bicycle by joining many creative communities, including fashion, music and art, with the bicycling communities in a shared passion.

For full program details and the most up to date information on the festival please visit www.bicyclefilmfestival.com

Tickets can be purchased at barbican.org.uk/film or through the Barbican box office.

Find us on facebook: facebook.com/bicyclefilmfestival and twitter: @bffworld

Press inquires, image and interview requests may be directed to
laura@bicyclefilmfestival.com

And in case anyone is wondering... YES!

LFGSS is going to be bringing the party!

Hope it will include some bike games?

At the party? Or at the festival as a whole?

Worth it for Ryokou if nothing else

Pisumo?

We haven't played that for a long time.

Needs the right venue, of course.

Hope it will include some bike games?

Perhaps ctuk could arrange this?

This is what I mean by bike games

Bicycle Bunji and

Jousting and

General Crazyness
I am quite happy to organise jus want some support

There will be bike games at the opening night party on the 3rd. at the Russet at Hackney Downs studios.

also, tickets are on sale here: http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=1267

are any of the forums finest submitting films ?

Aww yiss!

And in case anyone is wondering... YES!

LFGSS is going to be bringing the party!

Hope the venue this year will have functional decks and a mixer.

Hope the venue this year will have functional decks and a mixer.

It will.

It's also exclusive use, so the BFF + LFGSS crowd only.

vinyl decks and mixers. will we need CDjs?

Nope... just vinyl.

We're keeping it 1979

Is my memory right if it leads me to believe that last year there was only one screening a day? And we only paid for one ticket per day?

This time there seems to be loads of screenings across the long weekend. Is there any way to get a longer pass or must we pay £10.50 for each ~80min slot?

tickets are per screening, and always are! and always multiple screenings per day... of course, if you want free tickets, you can be a volunteer for the festival and help sell t shirts etc....

Gotcha. Thanks.
Would volunteer, but the last time I gave out t-shirts someone got set on fire.

2 Free tickets will also be given away for the Sunday via a Wake Up To Muff Willy Wonka-esque golden ticket, so look out for it.

Volunteering is always a good way to see some screenings.

Going to pick up tickets today from the barbican.
Wajdja sound interesting and the Urban Bike shorts.

are any of the forums finest submitting films ?

Aww yiss!

Who and what?

So who else (besides the one awesome DJ I already have lined up) would be interested in DJing?

Floor-fillers only please... soul and garage rock themes.

There is only 4 hours, and there are 4 slots:
8pm-9pm:
9pm-10pm: elguapo
10pm-11pm: elguapo
11pm-12am:

Vinyl only. There will definitely be decks!

garage rock?

in to play last slot

house and garage

ftfy