The bicycle is actually far too slow for cinema. Ever since pictures learnt to walk, they have focused on speed and frenzy, celebrating the achievements of modernity with all its records and inventions. While the racing car became a cinema star early on, the bicycle was sidelined in film: too old-fashioned, too leisurely, too slow... At some point, however, cinema also came to realise that people can only move around on a bicycle without losing their grip - and the good old bike became the epitome of humanity. While the bandit Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) took a leisurely ride through the Wild West in "Two Bandits" (1969), Jacques Tati initially followed the motto "Rapiditée - Speed!" as a speeding postman in "Tati's Shooting Festival" (1949), until he finally turned back to the good French way of unleashing. Today we know: Cycling changes the way we see the world. Albert Einstein came up with the theory of relativity while cycling, Ernest Hemingway realised that there was no better way to explore a country than on two wheels. Cycling simply makes you happy, despite rain, headwinds and steep mountains. Much of this philosophy of cycling can be found in the very different films in our collection. Even if bicycles are only an accessory or a means to an end: They are always about why it makes sense to get on the saddle: as a daily journey to school or work, as sport, as a journey or as a pure way of life.