The Big Bike Film Night 2026

Wednesday 14 October 2026 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Let the good times ROLL in Bristol!

The screening sensation known as The Big Bike Film Night is riding into town with your bike film fix for ’26!!!

What’s it all about??? We’re on a mission- bringing the best cycling short films from around the world together for you. This film fest is unashamedly and utterly, utterly, utterly designed and devised to delight the two-wheel devotee!

Showcasing 2.5 hours of dazzling bike films that have everything a cycle-centric audience could want – action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration, they’re going to spin your wheels, crank your dial, and ring your bell!

These short films are a great reminder of why we love to ride our bike. All celebrate the fun, the adventure, and the joy that cycling enables.

So…listen to the voice inside you; it’s telling you to go. Grab your mates, GO ON… grab your bike and come along for the ride!!

ATTENDEE’S COMMENTS:

“Inspiring | Breathtaking | Heartwarming | Quirky | Bonkers | Funny as F##k“

“If you haven’t experienced the cinematic excellence of The Big Bike Film Night – then YOU MUST!!!”

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival: The Big Scream 2026

Grab your passport, pack your bags and get ready for three nights of some of the most lurid, blood-soaked, sexually-charged and visually enticing cult horrors from the past 60 years courtesy of our European brothers, sisters and friends beyond the binary, as we take you from the dark shadowy streets of Rome, to the blood-drenched beaches of the Spanish coast and into the seedy underbelly of Dutch literary society (it’s more sordid than you think!)

This year’s sanguinary selection includes the film that cemented the giallo genre into the minds of audiences, Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace (1964), Paul Verhoeven’s sexual thriller The Fourth Man (1983), gory French body horror Baby Blood (1990), the taboo-breaking thriller Who Can Kill A Child? (1976), the insanely entertaining theatre-set slasher Stagefright (1987), a rare opportunity to see the film that made giallo queen Edwige Fenech an international star, The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) and Dario Argento’s masterpiece Deep Red (1975).

So get ready for impossibly bright, crimson-red blood, neon-lit sets, gratuitous levels of nudity and lots of prog rock.

Let’s turn those blue passports red again.

Alfred Hitchcock Double Bill

South West Silents throws you into the paranoid world of the great Alfred Hitchcock this autumn.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the making of his breakout silent film thriller The Lodger (1927) starring Ivor Novello, June Tripp and Malcolm Keen. The SWS team is pairing this gem of the British silent era (with live music by Neil Brand) with his most profound Hollywood calling card, Vertigo (1958) starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.

The Lodger (1927): With his third feature film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, Alfred Hitchcock took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut.

This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boarding house just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director’s formal and thematic obsessions.
Live music by writer, broadcaster and composer Neil Brand.

Vertigo (1958): Considered one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest cinematic achievements, Vertigo is a dreamlike thriller from the Master of Suspense. Set in San Francisco, the film creates a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder after an acrophobic detective (James Stewart) rescues a mysterious blonde (Kim Novak) from the bay and must unravel the secrets of the past to find the key to his future.

Recognised for excellence in not only the BFI’s Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll (which it has appeared five times) and the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies, Vertigo is a “great motion picture that demands multiple viewings” (Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide).

Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)

Project the Dolls: Alfred Hitchcock Double Bill

Project the Dolls presents a double bill of Hitchcock classics on the biggest screen in Bristol! The words “queer” and “camp” don’t necessarily come to mind when one thinks of Alfred Hitchcock. However, on closer inspection of the master’s filmography, you’d be surprised. Our double bill presentation of Rope (1948) and Rebecca (1940) highlights some of the most iconic entrants in Hitch’s canon of queer-coded villains, namely the murderous homosexual couple, Brandon (John Dall) and Phillip (Farley Granger), and the sapphic spectre Mrs Danvers. Come along for a queer perspective on the thrillers of one of the most influential directors of the 20th century. Both films will be introduced by guest speakers. We can’t wait to talk queer villains with you at the bar!

Timings: Sunday 15^th November 4.30PM to 10.00PM