Metro Cinema Society: Bikeology: Movie Mondays

Bikeology: Movie Mondays

Bikeology: Movies are co-hosted by reps from a local cycling organization. Expand your knowledge about the services, friends and fun available to Northern Alberta cyclists. There's also tons of bikealicious door prizes to be won - courtesy of Edmonton bike shops - so hang on to your tickets.

Every feature begins with Barb's Bike Shorts, a 22-min bikelectic arrangement of short films, sent with velo-love from Edmonton to the world and back again. Barb's Bike Shorts are sponsored by Bikeology TV. Watch it on RBCC.ca.

June is Bike Month in Edmonton! Visit bikeology.ca for all the events, blogs, and more. Free admission.

Filmed by Bike 2008

Director: Various

USA 2008, 70 min

Jun 1 (2009) @ 7pm

Filmed by Bike is the West Coast's premier bike-themed film festival. The festival embraces the art and innovation of bikes through the eyes of imaginative storytellers who use moving images to celebrate the world's most efficient and creative form of... view more

Off Road to Athens

Director: Jason Berry

USA 2005, 105 min

Jun 8 (2009) @ 7pm

This feature length documentary follows the top US pro mountain bikers as they travel around the world in order to determine who will represent the United States at the 2004 Olympics. Off Road to Athens presents an unparalleled glimpse into... view more

Monkey Warfare

Director: Reginald Harkema

Canada 2006, 75 min, 35mm

Jun 15 (2009) @ 7pm

Director Reginald Harkema takes us to a ramshackle house in Toronto, where bohemians Dan (Don McKellar) and Linda (Tracy Wright) eke out an existence scavenging in garbage dumps and rummaging through yard sales. Their evenings are spent getting listlessly baked... view more

Canadian Bike Shorts

Director: Various directors

Canada 2008, 111 min

Jun 22 (2009) @ 7pm

The Bike Shorts Film Festival started in 2004 at the Van East cinema in East Vancouver. This compilation of short films is from their 2008 festival. For more info, visit bikeshorts.ca The audience gets to vote for a ‘People’s Choice’... view more

Nebraska Supersonic

Director: Jeremy Lerman

USA 2001, 75 min

Jun 29 (2009) @ 7pm

In Omaha, Nebraska, three buddies - all sub-par French majors - start a business that should not succeed on the vast Great Plains: a bicycle courier service. Through absurd adventures, personal challenges, and while charging only two dollars per 120-mile... view more