Queen City Bike presents
Cincinnati
Saturday, November 21, 2026
Three screenings: 3pm · 5pm · 8pm
Cincinnati Public Radio · Evanston
Cincinnati’s first Bicycle Film Festival
For 25 years the Bicycle Film Festival has packed theaters around the world with people who love bikes. This November it rolls into Cincinnati for the first time. With support from the Devou Good Foundation and other partners, Queen City Bike is hosting three screenings of short and feature-length films from BFF’s 2026 program, with stories of racing, adventure, activism and everyday riding from around the globe.
The schedule
3:00 PM
Program 1
Films announced soon
5:00 PM
Program 2
Films announced soon
8:00 PM
Program 3
Films announced soon
Each program runs about two hours. Come to one, or make a day of it and catch all three.
Where
Cincinnati Public Radio (home of WVXU & WGUC)
2117 Dana Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45207
Screenings are in the brand-new public radio headquarters in Evanston, just off I-71 near Xavier University. It’s a bike film festival, so ride there if you can!
Tickets
Tickets go on sale soon. Follow @queencitybike or check the QCB calendar for updates.
About the Bicycle Film Festival
Brendt Barbur founded the Bicycle Film Festival in New York City in 2001, after he was hit by a bus while riding. His answer was to celebrate the bicycle through film, art and music.
Since then BFF has reached more than one million people in over 100 cities, including Paris, Tokyo, Mexico City, Cape Town and Istanbul. It has screened at venues like the Sydney Opera House and London’s Barbican. The 26th festival opened in New York this September with more than 45 films from around the world.
On the 2026 tour
A preview of films from this year’s festival. The Cincinnati lineup will come from the 2026 program and will be announced soon.
Cycles of Resilience
USA · dir. Ya’Ke Smith
Hundreds of cyclists join Talib Abdullahi on Black History Bike Ride’s 6th annual Juneteenth Ride to learn under-told stories of Black history.
The Cycle of Love
UK · dir. Orlando von Einsiedel
PK, a 23-year-old from an “untouchable” Indian family, sets off on a 7,000-mile ride across continents to find the woman who captured his heart.
Niokobokk “We Are Together”
Australia · dir. Ben Herrgott & Laura Wilson
Two cyclists ride 8,000 km of Atlantic coastline from France through Morocco, the Sahara and Senegal to The Gambia.
Contact
USA · dir. Jonathan Walley
Part of the festival’s Cinematic Shorts program, featuring filmmakers from Spain, Iran, Mexico, Peru and beyond.
MMFG
USA · dir. John Watson Rutland
From the Urban Bike Shorts program: messengers, street riders and city cycling culture.
Adventure Shorts
Chile · Italy · Canada · USA
Bikepacking journeys, frozen kids who ride anyway, and the feature Best Day Ever.
Support the festival
Queen City Bike is a nonprofit devoted to making Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky a great bicycling region. Your donation helps bring events like this one to town.