Posts Tagged ‘Bicycle Film Festival’

Mark your calendars! I just happened over to the Bicycle Film Festival site today and noticed the 2011 dates for Austin have now been set: December 1-4. The international festival is a multi-day mix of short and feature length films dedicated to the bicycle. We’ll share more details as they come but plan on attending [...]

Today, the Bicycle Film Festival kicks off in earnest in Austin with 2 programs of feature length bicycle films. Here are the details. Program 1: The Birth of Big Air 7 PM at SUPER! ALRIGHT!, 301 Chicon Ave. Ste. A It’s about time Mat Hoffman’s story was told and now it has been done by [...]

Here’s the overview of the Bicycle Film Festival Austin this weekend. The full list of films and tickets can be purchased from their website. BFF10: Bicycle Film Festival Austin, December 2- 5, 2010 Its the Bicycle Film Festival’s third year in Austin, and the tenth anniversary of the international Bicycle Film Festival. In tandem with [...]

After over a year of silence, I was starting to think the Bicycle Film Festival stop in Austin won’t make this year. Well, worry no more. The BFF site now has the Austin stop scheduled for December 2-5. There are no further details yet, but mark your calendar. Also if you want to help volunteer [...]

2009 was a momentous year for cycling in Austin with several mile stones passed and the volume of people moving on two wheels growing. Here is a quick run down of what I think are the top ten Austin bike related stories in order of importance. If 2010 is anything like this year, Austin’s cycling [...]

Sunday was the last night of the Austin leg of the Bicycle Film Festival. The organization and support of the local cycling community this year far surpassed last years hastily put together stop. Five days of activities offered something for everyone from music to rides to alleycats to bike polo to a whole lot of [...]

My wife and I attended the 6pm showings at the Bicycle Film Festival Saturday and had a great time. This particular program had two shorts and one feature. The crowd size was really impressive – we got there plenty early and were waaay back in line to get in. Glad to see the festival draw [...]

The Bicycle Film Festival will be winding down its Austin stop today but there is still plenty to see if you’ve missed out so far. Watching the Bike Polo Tournament at Metz Park is free and film sessions are at 501 Studios. Tickets are $10/session. Sunday’s sessions are repeats of sessions earlier this weekend. Bicycle [...]

Friday was the third day for the Bicycle Film Festival, and now we are into the meat of things. There were two film sessions Friday night. The first featured the full length “Where are you go.” The film documented the 4 month long 2008 Tour d’Afrique, a ride that goes from Cairo to Cape Town [...]

Brian Davies from the Bicycle Film Festival is still looking for volunteers for this weekends events. The biggest shortage right now is for working checkpoints for Saturday mornings’ Triple Alleycat race, but they probably will need help elsewhere. If you want to help, contact Brian via e-mail or (512) 576-5849