In Harasawa, a tiny village located deep in the forest, single father Takumi and his eight-year-old daughter Hana live a simple life surrounded by pristine lakes, mountains and roaming deer.

 Their quiet lives are interrupted when agents from a Tokyo urban development company visit the town proposing a 'glamping project' - a resort for city vacationers looking for nature experience but not keen to get their hands dirty.

Sir Noël Coward grew up in poverty and left school when he was only nine years old. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the highest paid writer in the world, and a star on the Broadway stage.

Justine Triet's gripping and provocative Palme d’Or winning (Best Film award at Cannes Film Festival) (Best Original Screen Play,Academy Awards)  thriller puts the intimate complexities of a couple’s failing marriage on trial.

A film by Jonathan Glazer

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

Starring Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel & Ralph Herforth.

Venture into the chilling, intricate world of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." Explore the depths of psychological horror and suspense that have cemented this film as a cult classic.

Eugenie, an esteemed cook, has been working for over the last 20 years for Dodin, a fine gourmet. Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world’s most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugenie’s reluctance to commit to him, he decides to start cooking for her.

Hailed as the best-reviewed film of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival - where it topped Screen International’s prestigious critics’ poll - the beguiling new comedic romance from celebrated auteur Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, Drifting Clouds, The Other Side Of Hope) follows two lost souls who meet by chance in the Helsinki night and then try, in turbulent times, to find companionship.

Ansa (Alma Pöysti) works at a supermarket, where the job is so badly paid that she takes home expired sandwiches for dinner. Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) is a metalworker, labouring in a job so hazardous he’s sure it will kill him, so he drinks through the day, and then again at night. Meanwhile, the radio constantly carries news about the nearby war in Ukraine.

This touring festival of international short films explores our interior responses to many possible climate futures.

While climate change is front-page news, in our own back pages many are grieving. Or mutely frightened. Or numb. Or outraged. Or isolated and feeling hopeless. Others may be oddly celebrating a future of climate disorder.

This short-film festival explores the full range of human and artistic response to what may be coming next. Dramatic, comic, hopeful, despairing, absurdist, documentary, animated: one's heart and vision have a home at the Climate Future Film Festival℠.

BILL McKIBBEN, America's leading voice and author on climate, is the

Festival's Honorary Judge and introduces it on screen.

From Éric Besnard (Delicious) comes A Great Friend. Packed with laughs, A Great Friend lets audiences experience the stunning vistas of the Auvergne-Rhône Alps, in a charming tale of friendship.

Vincent (Lambert Wilson, De Gaulle) is a high-flying entrepreneur. One day single-handedly sailing his yacht, the next, being interviewed on national television. While driving on a rugged mountain road, Vincent’s car breaks down, temporarily interrupting his frantic lifestyle.

In this masterpiece from the Coen Brothers, William H. Macy stars as Jerry, a desperate Minnesota car salesman drowning in debt, who concocts a plan to have his wife kidnapped by two thugs, played by Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare, to extort a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. 

Our 2024 collection (would you believe our 10th collection!) has a breath-taking range of short movies that are original, informative, entertaining and most importantly of all – inspirational; all celebrating the fun, adventure, and joy that cycling enables, with human-powered stories.

So whether its road cycling, single-speed, mountain biking, downhill, BMX, uni-cycling, cargo bikes, bike touring, recumerent, bike trekking, commuter, cruiser, cycle-cross, penne farthing, tri-cycle, tandem, … phew…. ALL are embraced, ALL accepted, and ALL honoured in this tribute to the humble bike.

Looking forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming screenings!