Let the Good Times Roll Queensland

PRESS RELEASE
3 July 2025

The best cycling short films from around the world are coming to Queensland!

The screening sensation known as The Big Bike Film Night returns to Queensland for 2025 and is pedalling across the country over August with a programme celebrating cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms.

Proclaimed as “a feast of short films devised and designed for the two-wheel devotee” it has its humble beginnings in Taupō, New Zealand in 2015. The Big Bike Film Night is now a much-anticipated global Film Festival that brings a love of cycling to cinemas, presenting an array of international movies specifically selected by New Zealander Curator | “Film Pedlar”, Brett Cotter.

“Each year I set out with just one goal- to bring together the best short cycling films from around the world for our audiences- celebrating the fun, the adventure, and inspiration that bikes enable” says Mr Cotter.

“Our scintillating 2025 collection contains eight mesmerizing films that are as varied and diverse as you could hope for. With arguably the finest selection of cycling films yet, from the exotic location of northern Pakistan to the suburban streets of Santa Barbara in America, from the soaring mountain peaks of Austria to breathtaking Queenstown, New Zealand to the captivating Scottish Highlands” states Mr Cotter.

All In or Nothing – A classic Kiwi story set around the magnificent Nelson/ Tasman region in New Zealand, this film follows the young Kiwi 19-year-old trailblazer, Matt Fairbrother, as he participates in the multistage enduro event The New Zealand Mountain Bike Rally against 120 riders. We follow Matt as he chooses a different approach to this race, competing in a league of his own in his entirely signature unsupported style – fueled by a penchant for chocolate milk and a “can do” attitude in making it happen over the gruelling six-day schedule.

“Matt is known for doing things differently! This mind-blowingly awesome film not only showcases Matt’s grit, determination, and resilience over the 27 downhill enduro race stages, there’s also the additional 500km cycling that he did between the stages carrying his own kit, eating what he carried, sleeping rough in a bivy, kayaking 50kms across the ocean, and grinding up 18,000 extra vertical metres to get to the finish line, this human-powered adventure is epic in every sense!” exclaims Mr Cotter

Also in the treasure chest of films is

• an exhilarating film that redefines what’s possible on a gravel bike on technically challenging terrains
• an inspiring mountain bike ride through back country Queenstown, New Zealand, that is both poetic and meaningful
• a celebration of grit, camaraderie, and the beauty of “Type 2 Fun”; this bikepacking film is an ode to the ride, not the finish line a captivating film that promises to take you on a journey of compassion, community, and the joy of cycling
• an uplifting film that follows a group of adventurers who gather to cycle from town out to the local Ski Field and back, carrying all their gear, with the purpose to raise awareness about the climate impact that comes with travelling and adventuring
• a life-changing experience for a group of friends who undertake a trip to a bothie (hut) in the Scottish Highlands to show what can be achieved by people with disabilities in relation to having adventures
• and a film set in Pakistan that celebrates the art of “winging it”, and how travelling by bicycle and the power of exploration can obliterate preconceptions and contribute to understanding others

ALL in the mix!

“The power of storytelling is at the forefront of what we offer, and the belief that a bike is more than two-wheels, it can be whatever you want to be- it can help improve our health and inspire and uplift people with where it can take us. It’s a real honour connecting communities with stories that captivate us, move us, and most importantly of all- inspire us to get out and ride” says Mr Cotter.

The Big Bike Film Night Queensland tour commences in Brisbane on Tuesday 19th August and then visits 9 locations across the state, finishing back in Brisbane on Wednesday 27th August 2025.

For more information and to buy tickets visit www.bigbikefilmnight.nz

NOTES
The Big Bike Film Night (BBFN) Australian Tour runs from 3 August – 9 October 2025 with 36 locations and 40 screenings ·
This is the 11th BBFN curated collection

MEDIA KIT
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MEDIA CONTACT
Brett Cotter
info@bigbikefilmnight.nz
(+64) 21 748 441