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ASSA pedal-powered cinema event in Novara
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ASSA Novara

Italy, Novara · Municipal programme

Active last verified 2026-09 Runs as one annual World Environment Day screening, not a continuously operating cinema.
Topology not documented
not disclosedNot disclosed

Websitehttps://www.assanovara.it/

ASSA, Novara's municipal waste utility, runs one pedal-powered screening a year on World Environment Day; five editions since 2021. Spectators take turns pedalling bicycles mounted on stands and wired to generators.

Key facts

  • Editions

    5 editions, 2021–20251,2

    Documented

  • Capacity

    capped at 50–70 attendees1,2

    Documented

  • Format

    bikes on stands wired to generators; audience pedals in turns1

    Documented

  • Latest edition

    5 June 20251

    Documented

ASSA, Novara's municipal waste-management utility, runs "Cinema a pedali sotto le stelle" (Pedal cinema under the stars) as public engagement around waste reduction and sustainability 1,2. All the electricity for the projection comes from spectators pedalling in turns on bicycles set on stands ("cavalletti") and connected to generators 1,2. The 2022 edition showed Captain Fantastic; the fifth, on 5 June 2025, screened "Trash – La leggenda della piramide magica" 1. The September 2026 search found no edition after 2025.

Specifications

What do these labels mean?

FieldValueConfidenceSources
Editions5 editions (2021–2025)Annual, tied to World Environment Day.Documented1,2
Capacity50–70 attendees (capped, varies by edition)Documented1,2
Bike countnot disclosedDescribed only as bicycles mounted on stands; no count is published.Not disclosed1,2
Generator and buffer typenot disclosedNo wattage, battery or inverter is documented; the format is described only qualitatively.Not disclosed1,2
Line drawing of bicycles on stands wired to generators with audience members taking turns
Bikes on stands connected to generators, audience pedals in turns1,2 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
Map of Piedmont marking Novara with an annual-event badge
Novara1,2 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus

Sources

  1. [1]ASSA Novara — cinema a pedaliwww.assanovara.it
  2. [2]ASSA Novara 2022 editionwww.assanovara.it

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