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The International Cycling Film Festival is a not-for-profit film festival held annually in the Ruhr Area, Germany, and in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. Its mission is to strengthen international cooperation in the areas of cycling, cycling films and bicycle culture. The festival promotes interaction between movie makers and cyclists from all over the world. It has screened more than 200 short movies from more than 30 countries since its debut in 2006. Each year around 20 films compete for the award Goldene Kurbel and the awards of the audience. The Neistat Brothers, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Lucas Brunelle, M. A. Numminen and other filmmakers and artists contributed to the ICFF.
The last International Cycling Film Festival 2015 screened 16 bike films from ten countries. Approximately 300 participants attended the festival in Germany, around 200 participated in the Polish edition of the ICFF. The 11th ICFF is scheduled for September 2016 in Kraków and Katowice, October 2016 in Herne and December 2016 in Groningen.
Every late summer the International Cycling FilmFestival takes place in Herne, Germany. What is the state of the art in the international cycling film scene? Answering this question and cleaning up the award - the Golden Crank - are the main objectives of the contest.