Edinburgh’s
Bicycle Film Festival is all about showing the wide range of activities
that involve bicycles. Next month’s Bike Week Film Festival has films
for people who ride bikes - and those who don’t.
The programme has been assembled by Festival Organiser Maggie Wynn
and James McKenzie from Filmhouse. It’s a juggling act to create an
entertaining and exciting selection - a couple of films got away (this
time). It’s not just about selecting from a list and renting the DVDs!
There are a couple of films about Scottish racing cyclists. The
Festival opens with Robert Millar – The High Life a fascinating TV
documentary about one of the country’s most enigmatic and mysterious
sportsmen. It coincides with the launch of a biography by sports
journalist Richard Moore who has just been in Bolivia reporting on
Chris Hoy’s adventures.
The final film is The Flying Scotsman, the exciting tale of
troubled time trial and track star Graeme Obree. The film premiered at
the Edinburgh International Film Festival last year and will finally
get its UK release in July. This special preview screening is being
sponsored by Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative to mark its 30th birthday.
In between there are films about bicycle gangs in New York, the
latest from local filmmaker Chas Nairn, the drama Beijing Bicycle, a
Canadian Critical Mass movie, a Jacques Tati comedy, and also the
winners of the Wheel to Reel 2007 competition.
Tickets go on sale at the Filmhouse on Friday. |
