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The Big Bike Film Night

Cycling buffs - this is one bike tour you won't want to miss. And now you can do this one from the comfort of your own home.

The Big Bike Film Night is 135 minutes of the best cycling short films the world has to offer.

>> After 82 days, it's now finished screening across Australia, however there is a way you can still watch the festival. For a limited time, the Big Bike Film Night is available for online viewing. Get access for just $12NZD and watch it at home over 48 hours. Watch it here. The online screen is available up until December 11. <<

The Big Bike Film Night hails from New Zealand and annual screenings are held there, Australia, Canada and Scotland (with further world domination on the horizon). It grew from an unfortunate incident that eventually garnered the best of the cycling community.

In early 2014, there was an event that shook the bike community in Brett Cotter’s home town of Taupo, New Zealand- a newly installed Giant 3 metre Bike Statue had been viciously vandalised. From this, an idea, an ambition, and a crusade to help have Taupo’s Giant Bike repaired and back up again unfolded.

The genesis of THE BIG BIKE FILM NIGHT was born.

A collection of generous film makers, film production companies and organisations were approached and they whole heartedly supported this creative idea, along with them came a willing and caring local bike community.

If you're yet to see it, be sure to get your cycling friends together and watch the online festival. Read on for an event synopsis and the festival trailer.

>> Get access to the Big Bike Film Night

Cyclists posing with their bikes on a supported cycle tour. | <i>Shawn Flannery</i>

The Big Bike Film Night Synopsis

The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission- bringing the best cycling short films from around the world together for you.

Showcasing our 2022 collection that has everything a cycle-centric audience could want - action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration; the evening is unashamedly and utterly, utterly, utterly designed and devised for the two-wheel devotee!

This year’s treasure chest of films includes one rider’s colourful adventure through dramatic landscapes to the illumination of hot air balloons; a small School’s ambitious plan to create a sustainable way to increase students’ 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' creative expression coming to life before your very eyes; AND one man’s 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!!

These short films are a great reminder of why we love to ride our bike; with stories that captivate us, stories that make us think, and most importantly of all- inspiring us to get out and ride. All celebrate the fun, adventure, and joy that cycling enables.

>> Get your tickets to the Big Bike Film Night