The Big Bike Film Night returns for 2022, and is pedalling across the Bay of Plenty.
The event visits Rotorua on Tuesday, February 22, despite red traffic light restrictions.
Celebrated and described as "a feast of short films devoted to the bicycle and all who ride", The Big Bike Film Night is an annual event that presents an array of international and New Zealand movies.
The movies are selected by Taupō-based curator/"film peddler" Brett Cotter.
"Not many people would be proud to have their event defined as 'weird, wacky and wonderful', however that is one of the best ways of describing this celebration of the humble bicycle.
"Our 2022 collection contains 12 mesmerising films that are as varied and diverse as you could hope for.
"Each year it is a privilege and an enormous thrill formalising a programme that revolves around bicycles; collectively, these films speak to us about determination, passion, overcoming challenges and, at its heart offers quirky, uplifting, adventurous, inspiring stories."
This year's treasure chest of films includes one rider's colourful adventure through dramatic landscapes to the illumination of hot air balloons; a small Hawke's Bay school's ambitious plan to create a sustainable way to increase students hauora (a Māori philosophy of health and wellbeing); and three friends' mission to the centre of South America on a treacherous 2500km bike packing and raft trip.
