International Cycling Film Festival
The International Cycling Film Festival ( Polish: Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Rowerowych ), also the International Festival of Bicycle Films, is a festival for short films that have the bicycle as their theme or as an important subject . It takes place annually at six permanent venues in Germany, Poland, Austria and the Netherlands and gives numerous guest performances in Europe. His film award, the Golden Crank, is considered the oldest award for bicycle films worldwide.
history
Early years
The ICFF was founded in December 2005 under the name "International Festival of Cycling Videos". The debut took place a few months later, on September 1st and 2nd, 2006, at the Bochum Club Goldkante. On two evenings, 17 short films about bicycles from five countries were shown and the first Golden Crank was awarded. Due to the increase in the number of visitors in the early years, the ICFF moved in 2009 to the much larger Flottmann halls in neighboring Herne . They still form the central location of the festival today. A year later, the festival was renamed to the current name “International Cycling Film Festival”.
Cooperation with Poland and the Netherlands
In 2011, the ICFF began a cooperation with the Silesian Bicycle Initiative ( Polish: Śląska Inicjatywa Rowerowa ), Czestochowa , and later with the Miasta dla Ludzi Foundation, Katowice. Various guest performances in Poland resulted from this cooperation. The city of Krakow has been a permanent location for the festival since 2013 , which has been supported by the local Goethe Institute for several years . In 2015 and 2016, the German Consulate General in Krakow acted as patron of the entire festival.
Due to its contribution to cycling culture, the festival was awarded second place in the competition for the German Bicycle Prize in 2016 ; The German Bicycle Prize is considered to be the highest award given to projects promoting cycling and cycling culture.
Other partners of the festival are the Oude Rooms Katholieke Ziekenhuis, Groningen, Netherlands and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation , Wiesbaden, in whose cinemas the ICFF's annual program is shown.
In addition to its permanent locations, the ICFF has numerous guest performances at home and abroad. In 2017 the festival will be guest in various German cities, including Munich , Mainz , Wiesbaden , France ( Lille , Roubaix ), the Netherlands ( Amersfoort ) and Poland in Katowice . Over the summer of 2017, the ICFF is on a tour through Russia, which opened at the Goethe-Institut Moscow and the German Embassy in Moscow at the end of June . Other venues for the tour include St. Petersburg , Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk .
Awards
The Golden Crank is the festival's highest film prize, which is awarded annually by a jury of film and bicycle experts for the best bicycle film. The Golden Crank is considered to be the Oscar for bicycle film, it is the world's first prize that was awarded for bicycle films.
In 2018, the Souvenir Albert Richter Prize was awarded for the first time for the best cycling film.
Winner of the Golden Crank
| Golden crank | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Filmmaker | Movie title | Filmmaker | Movie title | Filmmaker | Movie title |
| 2006 | Sylvia Winkler, Stephan Köperl (AUT / GER) | doored in downtown | Sören Büngener (GER) | Big Bang in Bavaria | Chas Nairn (GBR) | accomplish |
| 2007 | Sören Büngener (GER) | A look in the mirror | Holger Zepper (GER) | Vein full? | Thomas Ploder (AUT) | Up, where else? |
| 2008 | Mike Tereba (LUX) | Psyclist | Antonio Poce (ITA) | Coppi, un uomo solo | Ingo Fucking (GER) | Karma Riders |
| 2009 | Jörn Staeger (GER) | wheel | Adrian McDowell, Finlay Pretsell (GBR) | Standing start | Alistair Oldham (GBR) | Bristol Bike Project |
| 2010 | Alexei Gubenco (ROM) | Vive La Crise! | David Paede, Barbara Sas (AUT / GER) | Bikekitchen - a filmic approach | GRACQ (BEL) | Duel in le sul |
| 2011 | Catherine Marshall (USA) | Cycle of love | José Pedro Lopes (POR) | O Risco | Lorenzo Veracini, Nandini Nambiar, Marco Avoletta (ITA) | A bicycle trip |
| 2012 | Michaël Dudok de Wit (NED) | Father and Daughter | Marie Ullrich (USA) | Faster! | The Deadly Nightshades (CAN) | Fabric bike |
| 2013 | Felipe Bustos Sierra (GBR) | Three-Legged Horses | Zina Papadopoulou, Petros Papadopoulos (GRE) | Eight-minute deadline | Mathias Eberle (GER) | Entrance folding bike style |
| 2014 | Pijus Mickus (LTU) | The Bell | Michael Klöfkorn (GER) | i can ride my bike to the edge of the atmosphere in half an hour | Amir Porat, Mor Israeli (ISR) | Cycle |
| 2015 | Wytse Koetse (NED) | De Benen van Amsterdam | Jossie Malis (ESP) | Bendito Machine IV - Fuel the Machines | Romy Steyer (GER) | Peace driver Lothar |
| 2016 | Emilia Stålhammar, Veronica Pålsson, Elsa Lövdin (SWE) | Cycologic | Manuel Becho Lo Bianco, Mariano Bergara (ARG) | Inercia | Matt Dennison (CAN) | How to Make a Sick Edit |
| 2017 | Steven Subotnick (USA) | Little girl | Eric Jobs (GER) | Made in Langendreer | Amanda Zackem (USA) | Georgena Terry |
| 2018 | Boaz Kaizman , Peter Rosenthal, Marcus Seibert (GER) | Tiger leap | Fritz Tietz (GER) | The slow cyclist | François Fournier (CAN) | Edouard |
Souvenir Albert Richter
| Year | Filmmaker | Movie title |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Jasmijn Cedee (BEL) | Toer |
Audience awards
- Public Prize, 1st ICFF, Bochum 2006: Andre Grunert, Peter Ittermann, Alles bon
- Public Prize, 2nd ICFF, Bochum 2007: Sören Büngener, Germany: A Look in the Mirror
- Public Prize, 4th ICFF, Bochum 2009: Jörn Staeger Germany, Rad
- Public Prize, 5th ICFF, Herne 2010: Timo Liedtke, Fiete Isfort, Germany: Robot
- Audience Award, 6th ICFF, Herne 2011: Beatrix Wupperman, Richard Grassick: Beauty and the bike ; Tom Malecha, Ten Things I Have Learned About Mountainbiking
- Audience Award, 7th ICFF, Herne 2012: Michaël Dudok de Wit, Father and Daughter
- Trzy złote szprychy 2013 - Prize of the public in Częstochowa: Konrad Lewandowski, Michał Kluska
- Public Prize, 8th ICFF, Herne 2013: Felipe Bustos Sierra, Three-Legged Horses
- Trzy złote szprychy - Public Prize in Krakow and Public Prize in Herne, 9 ICFF 2014: Lea and Gregor Speth, Panamerican Childhood
- Trzy złote szprychy 2015 - Award of the audience in Kraków: Jabuk Ribicky, Baikal Ice Trip
- Public Prize, 10th ICFF, Herne 2015: Lucas Camps, Groen
- Audience award in Herne, 11th ICFF 2016: Zenga Bros, Tall Bike Tour
- Trzy złote szprychy (Three Golden Spokes) - Krakow Public Prize 2016, 11th ICFF: Emilia Stålhammar, Veronica Pålsson, Elsa Lövdin, Cycologic
- Public Prize in Herne 2017, 12th ICFF: Eric Jobs, Made in Langendreer
- Public Prize in Herne 2018, 13th ICFF: Melissa Schaust, On the move
Honorable mentions
11th ICFF 2016/2017
- The Alley Cat , Marie Ullrich, USA: Best Feature Film.
- Rocket Frankfurt folding bike collective: Honorable Mention for life's work
10. ICFF 2015/2016
- Groen , Lucas Camps, Netherlands: Best Comedy Bicycle Comedy
- Ride , Coffus Hoffmann, Germany: Best film adaptation with a bicycle
- Baikal Ice Trip , Paweł Wichrowski and Jabuk Ribicky, Poland, best documentation of a bike trip
- Advancement through research , rocket folding bike collective, Frankfurt, Germany: Best folding bike film
4th ICFF 2009
- Wildbachtoni - history is alive , Richard Westermaier and Moses Wolff , Germany: Best film with a bicycle in the supporting role.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Goldene crank goes to Sweden' In: REGIE.DE of November 3, 2016, last accessed on July 3, 2017
- ↑ 'International Bicycle Film Festival wins second place at the German Bicycle Prize' In: metropoleruhr.de on March 2, 2016, last accessed on July 12, 2017
- ↑ 'Nothing works without the bike' In: Frankfurter Rundschau of February 10, 2016, last accessed on July 10, 2017
- ↑ 'The Bochum Bicycle Film Festival is touring Russia' In: Informationsdienst Ruhr (usually) from June 21, 2017, last accessed on July 12, 2017
- ↑ International Cycling Video Festival . August 14, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
- ↑ Ranally, Kyle: Graduate student's movie to compete in International Cycling Film Festival . October 6, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.