Winnipeg, Canada <\/strong>in November.<\/p>\nShowcasing our 2023 collection has everything a cycle-centric audience could want \u2013 action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration; the evening is unashamedly and utterly, utterly, utterly designed and devised for the two-wheel devotee!<\/p>\n
This year’s treasure chest of films includes a delightful young Australian bikepackers learnings from her adventure- completing a scenic trip to Hell;\u00a0\u00a0a visually commanding film set in postcard Tuscany following a 74-year old bicicletta rider whose spirit personifies cycling; a team who have spent five years of embarking on a dream\u2026and only one way to get it- via packraft and mountain bike, on a pursuit of a first descent on the gnarly lines of Dillon Cone in the rugged coastal Kaikoura ranges of New Zealand; two schools share their insights into how they promote active transport within their school community; the tale of a rider with a searing thirst for adventure, exploring interior Iceland; putting the \u2018mountain\u2019 into mountain biking – a Scottish highlands rider’s eyes are opened to the healing power of the bicycle; an uplifting film that celebrates a humble volunteer whose community spirit is inspiring and so are the majestic winter views of the trail where he lives in rural heartland Central Otago; a moving movie that follows a family that chooses to live life to the fullest in the face of adversity; and rounding out the night, find out what happens when you combine an ultra-distance 320 km gravel race and parenting together over a 24-hour period (which is tougher?); ALL in the mix!<\/p>\n
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THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>our 2022 tour went across\u00a0<\/span>New Zealand<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>from February until late June and\u2026<\/strong> visited\u00a0<\/span>Australia<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>over August to October.\u00a0<\/p>\nOur 2022 treasure chest of films included one rider\u2019s colourful adventure through dramatic landscapes to the illumination of hot air balloons; a small School\u2019s ambitious plan to create a sustainable way to increase students hauora (a M\u0101ori philosophy of health and well-being); three friends mission to the centre of South America on a treacherous 2500-kilometre bike and raft trip; a camp designed for female athletes to ride together and progress together; a group of young rowdies expressing their individuality through uni-cycling; a bicycle that is transformed into a work of art; a trail builders\u2019 creative expression coming to life before your very eyes; AND one man\u2019s journey from India to Germany on a tandem bike, who on his way picks up strangers to inform them about modern day slavery; ALL in the mix!!<\/p>\n
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THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>2021 and 2020 tour \u2013 WOW!! What a set of covidcoaster rides THAT was across New Zealand and Australia.<\/p>\nOur 2021 tour was the largest undertaken to date visiting new places across Australasia to helping to spread the bike stoke.<\/p>\n
The 2021 treasure chest of films included one man\u2019s mission to ride EVERY street across New Zealand, an unusual Victorian pastime taking place in modern London; an Australian female rider who goes back in time to carry the stories of the past into the future; a rider who has a burden of blindness and its vulnerabilities to contend with while undertaking a gruelling self-supported fat bike race across the frozen tussocks of Finland; four adventurers bikerafting and exploring historical trails to and from one of New Zealand\u2019s most significant rivers; a humble BMX Club with big dreams of becoming the number one Club in the UK; a film that celebrates the growing, sustainable type of tourism where everyone is a winner, and a unique bike builder who builds off-road cycles that help change people\u2019s lives; ALL in the mix!!<\/p>\n
We also brought a\u00a0<\/span>\u2018SOUTH\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>\u2018THE OLD WORLD\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>to a number of locations in NZ with two super awesome uplifting and inspiring feature length documentaries.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”2019″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” toggle_font_size_tablet=”” toggle_font_size_phone=”16px” toggle_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” open=”off”]<\/p>\n
THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>2019 toured across New Zealand with our short film line-up from 8 March and visited a whole lot of places around the country until 26 May.<\/p>\nSeptember- October \u2013 Visited Australia with screenings in Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Canberra, Hobart, Launceston, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney.<\/p>\n
We were also privileged to present for our\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Feature Series\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>audiences\u2019 the inspiring NZ made cycling documentary\u00a0<\/span>ONE DAY AHEAD\u00a0<\/strong>on 8 ordinary Kiwis journey taking on all 21 stages of the Tour de France one day ahead of the event, raising moneys for the Mental Health Foundation of NZ. The \u201cWORLD Premiere\u201d took place on Friday 25th January at Cambridge, and then visited Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch over 27 Feb-1 March.<\/p>\nWe also found time to have a one off screening in Auckland of a classic film- \u2018A Sunday in Hell\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>which lived up to its reputation as one of the best cycling films ever!<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”2018″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” toggle_font_size_tablet=”” toggle_font_size_phone=”16px” toggle_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” open=”off”]<\/p>\n
We kicked the year off showcasing our\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Feature Series\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>screenings of the stunning Freeride mountain biking documentary \u2018THE MOMENT\u2019;<\/strong>\u00a0which was embraced and enjoyed by bike fans across the country over February and March.<\/p>\nMay and June \u2013 Touring with\u00a0THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT<\/strong>\u00a02018 line-up across New Zealand.<\/p>\nJuly-August \u2013 a new adventure with the 2018\u00a0<\/span>Cycle Chic Film Tour.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nAugust- October \u2013 To Australia with screenings in Melbourne, Bendigo, Canberra, Hobart, Launceston, Brisbane, and Sydney between the two collections.<\/p>\n
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2017 was a heck of a ride and we stretched things big-time! This moveable feast- a travelling bike-themed short-film festival went full tilt through 2017.<\/p>\n
Brett had a strong desire to make the event bigger and better and introduced several new\u00a0initiatives to the event.<\/p>\n
The initiative that Brett was most proud about over 2017 was his desire to have a partner film event to go alongside\u00a0<\/span>THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>2017. Introducing the\u00a0<\/span>Cycle Chic Film Tour<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0with a range of short cycling movies to inspire, encourage and celebrate women who love to bike was the biggest challenge he had faced from curating various collections\u2019 over the last three years. Seeing the response from the audiences\u2019 made it all worth while and satisfying.<\/p>\n2017 also saw us take the two collections \u2018across the ditch\u2019 to a select few cities in Australia. Starting slowly in Canberra, Hobart and Melbourne with the intention of returning in 2018 to these locations and others on a larger scale tour.<\/p>\n
An opportunity to showcase feature length documentaries saw\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0Big Bike Film\u00a0Night \u2018Feature Series\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0introduced,\u00a0catering for those that crave even more bike action. In 2017 there were two outstanding feature length documentaries touring.<\/p>\n\u2018ALL FOR ONE\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 from humble beginnings to the international circuit, the Australian cycling team -GREENEDGE became an unlikely inspiring story, and this film followed their incredible journey.<\/p>\nLONDON. EDINBURGH. LONDON<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 This is one of Britain\u2019s great cycling challenges, and the cyclists were not only tested physically, but faced a mental challenge that forced them to look inside and find\u00a0 resolve they never knew they had.<\/p>\nHaving top quality films shown in top quality cinema environments is paramount to the vision of\u00a0Brett and by the end of 2017 there was a multitude of events all under The Big Bike Film Night\u2019s\u00a0banner.<\/p>\n
Striving to have more fun, more screenings, bigger audiences and creating great events is what it is\u00a0about, all this- dedicated to the humble bike.<\/p>\n
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A new year and a new idea. With the Giant bike back up, Brett saw an opportunity to build a small business \u2018pedaling films\u2019 and curated a new collection of short cycling films and took them around the country.<\/p>\n
During 2016 we visited new places, made some new bike friends and for several hours pedal patrons were in their happy place.<\/p>\n
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February 2015 saw the inaugural screening of THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT, in the exciting Rotorua\u00a0Bike Festival programme. Several months later Starlight Cinema was chosen as the venue for Taupo;\u00a0it didn\u2019t disappoint with a SELL OUT crowd on hand to support this great cause. The stylish Tivoli\u00a0Cinema in Cambridge was selected for the final 2015 viewing and once again patronage and\u00a0enthusiasm was high.<\/p>\n
Organising THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT was a way of putting the \u2018fun\u2019 into fundraising and from the\u00a0successful screenings $2300 was raised towards the Giant bike\u2019s restoration.<\/p>\n
Sharing the best cycling short films from around the world with our audience succeeded, and fans of\u00a0the event eagerly enquired about when it was returning.<\/p>\n
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In early 2014, there was an event that shook the bike community in Brett Cotter\u2019s home town of\u00a0Taupo, New Zealand- a newly installed Giant 3 metre Bike Statue had been viciously vandalised.<\/p>\n
From this, an idea, an ambition, and a crusade to help have Taupo\u2019s Giant Bike repaired and back up\u00a0again unfolded.<\/p>\n
The genesis of THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT was born.<\/p>\n
A collection of generous film makers, film production companies and organisations were approached and\u00a0they whole heartedly supported this creative idea, along with them came a willing and caring local\u00a0bike community.<\/p>\n
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