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Bicycle-generator screening at Nara International Film Festival
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Nara International Film Festival — Bicycle-Generator Screening

Japan, Nara · Festival or event

Active last verified 2026-09 recurring festival screening; documented 2016
Topology not documented
not disclosedNot disclosed
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Websitehttp://nara-iff.jp

The Nara International Film Festival in Japan runs a recurring screening powered by audience pedalling, documented in its 2016 program. No bicycle count, wattage or buffer detail is published.

Key facts

  • Format

    "If you don't pedal, the movie stops"1

    Documented

  • Venue

    Naramachi Center outdoor plaza, Nara1

    Documented

  • Documented

    2016 program1

    Documented

  • Recurrence

    Described as a regular, popular event1

    Documented

“自転車をこがないと映画が止まっちゃう！”

If you don't pedal, the movie stops!

Nara International Film Festival, 2016 program note on its bicycle-generator screening1

The festival bills the screening as "自転車発電上映会" and lists it as "恒例の人気イベント" — a regular, popular event — at the Naramachi Center outdoor plaza; no edition other than 2016 is separately dated 1. Its program note describes the audience's experience, not the equipment: the pedalling and the picture are linked live, and nothing further about topology or buffer is documented 1.

Specifications

What do these labels mean?

FieldValueConfidenceSources
Power architectureDirect pedal-to-projector; screening halts when pedalling stopsStated as the event's own rule, not independently instrumented.Documented1
Bikes usednot disclosedNot disclosed1
Buffernot disclosedNo battery or capacitor is documented; the promotional description implies a live, unbuffered connection.Not disclosed1
Line diagram of a bicycle generator wired so that the projection halts when pedalling halts
Pedal-or-it-stops direct chain1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
Map of Japan marking Nara with a recurring-event badge
Nara, Japan1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus

Sources

  1. [1]Nara IFF 2016 — 自転車発電上映会nara-iff.jp

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