The Melbourne 2008 Bicycle Film Festival celebrates the bicycle and its role in society through film, art, music and fashion. Originating in New York, the festival began when director Brendt Barbur, having been hit by a bus while riding his bike, started a festival with his compensation money to promote the place of cyclists on the road.

The five day festival, running from Wednesday 19 til Sunday 23 November, will bring together Melbourne's diverse range of cycling communities and lonesome riders.  Festival screenings will dink audience members around the world with films that engage with an array of political, environmental and social issues, all collectively working to see the bicycle on the overtake.

On its second visit to Melbourne, this year's program will also showcase a range of local films reflecting and encouraging our strong cycling culture, pushing Melbourne’s bike lanes into the periphery of drivers - with the possibility of converting a few along the way.

The 2008 festival, with its CBD scattering of venues, will endeavour to see bicycles surging the streets and circulating Melbourne's grided heart.