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26th Annual Bicycle Film Festival

Ticketing:

Before 9/6: $15 | Advance: $20 | Day-of-Show: $25

You may purchase tickets in advance online for will-call pickup, by phone, or fee free at one our box office on the day of the event.

Day-of Event:

Box Office: 5:00 PM | Doors: 5:30 PM | Films Begin : 6:30 PM

Madison Bikes Hosts:

26th Annual Bicycle Film Festival

October 1 @ 6:30 pm

A new short film program featuring curated documentaries, narratives, animations, award-winning directors, and emerging talents.

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Reels on Wheels!

Bicycle Film Festival is coming back to Madison at the Barrymore Theatre with a curated screening of short films that celebrate the bicycle on October 1, 2026. 

It’s Bicycle Film Festival’s 26th year celebrating bicycles through art, film, and music. Over the past 26 years, the BFF has spanned the world to an audience of one million people in over 100 cities worldwide and is now back in Madison. 

BFF Madison is hosted by Madison Bikes. Supervised Bike Parking will be provided. 

BFF Madison presents international short film programs that appeal to film connoisseurs, avid cyclists, and everyone in between. Curated documentaries, narratives, animations, award-winning directors, and emerging talents all share equal billing. 

The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) is a global celebration of movement, creativity, and contemporary culture, anchored in cycling and expressed through film, art, music, and immersive experiences. Since 2001, BFF has toured over 100 cities, from Tokyo and Paris to New York and Istanbul, engaging more than a million attendees in person and millions more online.

BFF partners with leading institutions such as the Sydney Opera House, the Andy Warhol Museum, and the Barbican. Artists like Erykah Badu, Daft Punk, Kaws, and Spike Jonze have attended and/or participated. The festival features curated films, exhibitions, performances, and culinary events that reflect a sophisticated lifestyle.

This year, BFF Madison features curated stories about:

  • Two rival cyclists face off in a grueling and surreal cross-Canada cycling race, Le Tour De Canada!

  • América, a 10-year-old girl from a remote Andean village, dreams of buying a bicycle so she’ll never be late to class again. Oscar-Qualified Film.

  • An Iranian teenager has her beloved bicycle taken away as she reaches puberty. She fights her family and society to get it back.

  • Behind abandoned warehouses, BMXers transform forgotten industrial land into world-class trails for community. Sanctuary, Battleground, Redemption.

  • Bayden Barrett-Hay, a world class freestyle MTB rider reflects on his journey: “I would rather fail at something I’m passionate about than find success in a career I hate.”

  • Lea Davison, a two-time Olympian and one of the most decorated American women in mountain biking, has helped drive MTB beyond the inequities and barriers she encountered.

  • And more!

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