Bicycle Film Festival returns to London

Herds of bicycle enthusiasts from around the UK and Europe will flock to London this October for the Bicycle Film Festival’s eighth year in London to celebrate the world’s best invention: the bicycle.

The BFF’s immense popularity and continued growth has evolved alongside the unprecedented boom in urban cycling worldwide. From its roots in New York, the BFF has grown into a multi-faceted, global event that will travel to over 25 cities this year, from Milan to Tokyo, Minneapolis to Sydney. In 2001 Brendt Barbur, Founding Director, felt compelled to create the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. He was inspired to turn this negative experience into a positive one, and created a festival that merges many creative communities including fashion, music and art, as well as the various bicycling communities of road cycling, mountain biking, fixed gear, BMX and cyclocross – over a shared passion for cycling.

Film highlights include the UK Premiere of RACING TOWARDS RED HOOK (Dir. Jessica Scott & Hyde Harper), the story of three cyclists of diverse backgrounds competing in one of New York City’s biggest underground events, the 2011 Red Hook Criterium, and SUNCHASERS (Dir. Irvin Coffee), a documentary which explores the world of competitive cycling through the lives of three disabled women, each in distinct periods of their cycling careers as they prepare for the Paralympics.

View the full programme of screenings at London's Barbican Centre.

Tickets go on sale at the end of August, and can be purchased through the Barbican Box office or by calling 020 7638 8891.