CELEBRATE THE GRAND DEPART 2014 ON SCREEN
‘Veloroma’ & ‘From Trike to Bike’
At the 20th Bradford International Film Festival
The opening event will take place on Friday 28th March at the Bradford Cathedral with the World Première of two archive-based commissions – ‘Velorama’,which celebrates the Century of the Bicycle, made by Leeds based filmmaker Daisy Asquith with BFI and Yorkshire Film Archive footage, and ‘From Trike To Bike’ made by the Yorkshire Film Archive to celebrate the enduring pleasure of cycling throughout our lifetimes. The opening event is part of the Bradford International Film Festival in partnership with Virgin Media.
Velorama, is a specially-commissioned new feature-length documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker Daisy Asquith. Created using over 100 different titles from the BFI National Archive (including footage from Mitchell & Kenyon, Topical Budget, COI and British Council), and footage from the amateur and home movie collections housed at the Yorkshire Film Archive, it shows a Century of the Bicycle on film, from the invention of the modern bike to the gruelling pursuit of Le Tour, all set to dreamy electronic music by Bill Nelson and the legendary Yorkshire tones of Chumbawumba. Velorama will take you on an unmissable two-wheeled journey.
From Trike to Bike unearths a wealth of film footage from the Yorkshire Film Archive, capturing the joys of our personal cycling journeys. From our very first tricyle to the nervous wobbles of the two wheeler, cycling proficiency tests, local road races and competitions, and Yorkshire’s own champion rider, Beryl Burton, the team at YFA have been delving into their archive collections to create a moving montage of cycling memories. You’ll also catch glimpses of familiar Yorkshire landmarks – the towns, cities, villages and landscapes that mark out the Yorkshire route of Le Tour.
Cine Yorkshire will bring ‘Tour De Cinema’, presented in partnership with Sheffield Doc/Fest, into the heart of communities across the region as part of the Yorkshire Festival, during 100 days preceding the Grand Départ 2014 of the Tour de France in Leeds on 5th July. For venues, screening times & booking, go to http://bit.ly/tour-de-cinema
‘Tour de Cinema’ was commissioned by Yorkshire Festival 2014 with support from Arts Council England, Yorkshire Water, Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Local Authorities.
