Bike film festival in Edinburgh
Tickets have gone on sale at the Filmhouse for the films in next month's Edinburgh Bike Week Film Festival. The programme looks great - worth a trip to the Scottish capital if you don't live there already!
The cycling theme coincides with other Scottish Bike Week activities and the range of films on offer is likely to seduce anyone interested in cycling, whether actively or not.
The films include:
- a pre-release screening of The Flying Scotsman, about record-breaking cyclist Graeme Obree, which opened last year's Edinburgh International Film Festival;
- the documentary In search of Robert Millar which looks into Britain's most successful yet mysterious Tour the France cyclist preparing for the 1986 Tour de France;
- a short which recreates the classic New York gang film The Warriors with more than 800 bicycle riders follows B.I.K.E. - "Destined to be a cult classic";
- Beijing Bicycle, where one bicycle ends up having to fulfil the desires of two different youngsters - a rather different take on dealing with a stolen bike;
- the world premiere of Extended Family, celebrating Scotlands best riders in anticipation of the World Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships at Fort William in September;
- cyclists building Critical Mass in Vancouver, reclaiming public space in You Never Bike Alone;
- Jacques Tati, as village postman, doing his rounds on his bicycle in Jour de Fête;
- the remarkable story of The Flying Scotsman: Graham Obree who came out of nowhere to smash the world one-hour cycling record on his self-constructed bike.
The first screening is on June 15 at the Filmhouse on Lothian Road. Now, I wonder how far that is from the airport....
Posted by Caroline
