ShAFF: Bike Packing Films 12A
Showing as part of ShAFF: Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 2025
Bike packing, gravel riding and adventure biking in all its forms; a session of the best new films celebrating a love of life on two wheels.
Cycling enthusiasts might also enjoy Bike Films, the best of this year's bike films from around the world, featuring makers and menders, riders risking it all, and cycling at the core of community.
Kids & Coastlines 6 minutes
Following the launch of komoot and Route YC’s Yorkshire Coast cycling and bikepacking routes, the ‘Along For The Ride’ crew planned their own two-day adventure between Scarborough and Whitby with komoot. Kids and Coastlines is a story about Kell, Phoebe, Vicky, CeCe, Sabine, Atlas and Torben as they team up to tackle some of Britain’s finest landscapes with opportunities to play, eat, build sandcastles and re-route along the way.
Equipped with trailers, mountain bikes, a gravel bike, an e-bike, and an ICE trike, the team explored Yorkshire’s countryside on and off-road, taking all the kit they needed for the perfect trip — including pyjamas, plenty of snacks and even some on-board entertainment for Torben and Atlas.
Kids and Coastline shows that adventure truly is for everyone — regardless of age, ability or experience.(R)ode To Joy 21 minutes
Towards the end of 2023, adventurer and photographer Anna Blackwell decided she wanted to get more into cycling. So, in true Anna style, she threw herself in at the deep end and decided to bikepack 1,000km across Sweden.
Joined by her good (and much more bike-savvy) friend Matt Buckley, the pair set off for ten days of cycling and wild camping. Their route took them from the south-west of Sweden, up the spectacular coast of beaches and copious ice cream, before heading inland for several hundred kilometres of enchanted forests and gravel tracks.
They finally rolled into Stockholm with tired legs, bellies full of cinnamon buns, and plenty of wonderful memories...The Present 18 minutes
An epic 18.000-kilometer (11.200 mi) ride for Huntington's disease from Mexico to Patagonia.
"The Present" is a 2023 award-winning adventure documentary featuring the story of Dimitri Poffé, a 34-year-old French traveler who left his native France to undertake a cycling trip from Mexico City to Ushuaia after he tested positive for Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is a rare neurodegenerative, hereditary, and incurable disease.
Dimitri's father passed away because of Huntington's 20 years ago, and his sister has been developing the symptoms for the past 13 years. According to studies, Dimitri should develop the symptoms between 35 and 40 years old.
On his adventure across South America, Dimitri visits researchers, associations, and people affected by the disease to raise awareness and share a message of hope.
"The Present" is an inspiring story of solidarity showcasing the importance of living life to the fullest. It was shot and directed by award-winning filmmaker Timothy Dhalleine, one of Dimitri's best friends. It was produced by Cascada Expediciones (Chile).Lenny's Legacy 18 minutes
Lenny’s Legacy is an adventure film made by bereaved parents Roy and Mim, in honour of their two sons Lenny and Bhai who tragically died as babies. Lenny's Legacy is now a registered charity (1201987), founded and run by Mim and Roy to support bereaved parents. The film follows their journey cycling from Auckland to Queenstown through breathtaking scenery, capturing their physical and emotional endurance along the way as they navigate physical challenges and the intensity of grief. It also reflects their experience of finding light and joy amongst their pain. The couple self-shot the film, organised the trip independently, camped, planned the route along the way completely self supported and unlike anything they had done before. They completed the trip during some of the most extreme weather conditions on record for New Zealand. The film is dedicated to all the babies and children who have tragically died - the end credits are dedications to hundreds of children of bereaved parents who the charity has made connections with. In making this film, the charity hopes to raise awareness of all forms of pregnancy, infant and child bereavement. For bereaved parents, this film provides hope and light in the darkness - something Roy and Mim felt was missing when they experienced their losses. Whilst child bereavement is thankfully not a universal experience, grief and loss is - there are themes within this film which we can all relate to especially how adventure and nature can be healing.
Bike Packing Iceland
In the summer of 2021, I traveled to Iceland with two friends for a 3-month, 3000-kilometer adventure. We explored much of the island, visiting iconic spots along Route 1, venturing into the West and East Fjords, and crossing the highlands from North to South and East to West. After that journey, one thought stayed with me: to return in winter, when Iceland reveals its rawest and wildest beauty.
Two years later, I set out to carve a path through the snow, from Seydisfjordur in the far East to Bjargtangar in the far West, passing north of the island’s three great glaciers (Vatnajökull, Hofsjökull, and Langjökull). A 1000-kilometer journey in full autonomy, right in the heart of winter, battling conditions of -25°C, fierce winds, and river cross.
- Director
- Various
- Duration
- 1 hour 5 minutes
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