Seasons @ Sheffield
The Collective are a group of film makers, photographers and riders, who previously brought us the masterpiece Roam and before that their self-tilted film The Collective. They now have a new mountain bike film, Seasons, and it’s planned to be shown in Sheffield at The Showroom, amongst other venues around the UK.
“Seasons is a film about some of the world’s best and most interesting mountain bikers, told through the course of four seasons of one year. The film starts in the winter, capturing the different activities of the riders in the off season, if it can be called that. Some riders are training and practising new tricks in preparation for the year ahead. Others are enduring the elements, deep in the forest, building trails for completion in the spring. We get to know our characters personally, and eagerly anticipate what they have in store.
The pent up energy of the winter explodes onto the trail and through the veins of the riders who welcome the onset of spring. We see them reaping the rewards of the newly built trails. The level of riding sets the tone for the entire year, and the bar is set high from the start. The stories of the riders are carefully intercut amongst each other – some of the riders start to cross paths. Others do their own thing.
The days get longer as the sun continues its trek northward. Summer has arrived, and brought with it the search for new lines, new trips, new tricks, and new stories. For some of the riders, summer means the heat of competition. Others shun the limelight, preferring to spend their time in the middle of nowhere, sessioning custom built lines shot by thousand foot cable cams, or ripping singletrack in the glow of a late summer sunset. Either way, the depth of their stories gives insight into the lives that they lead and the sport they have dedicated themselves to.
Leaves turn from green to yellow, orange, and red. For those who remain standing, it is the pinnacle of the season. Form has been perfected, tricks are dialed, and the level rises before our eyes. Their intercut stories become one, and we are onlookers to the grand finale that will forever leave a mark on those that have bore witness.”
The Showroom is a four screen cinema, the largest independent cinema outside of London, and was voted best Independent Cinema by readers of the Guardian. It is centrally located in the Sheffield, 100m from the train station, and not much further from the bus station, see a Google map. We recently attended ShAFF there, and it is a great venue, nice bar, good chairs and a big screen, read more about ShAFF.
The showing of Seasons at The Showroom has been confirmed as:
Seasons – The Showroom, Sheffield
Tuesday the 10th of June (2008) at 8.30pm
Tickets are now on sale, so you can phone up and get them through the box
office: 0114 275 7727 (Open from 1pm each day)
Adult/Normal tickets are £7.50 when booked over the phone and available for collection on the night or before (don’t forget the card you paid with).
As of the 16th of April they had 257 tickets left.
The showing will use the “large” cinema and be between 8:30pm – 10:30pm.
Exclusive Update – 20/04 – 9am
The showing of Seasons at Sheffield will also include Roam!, as they are both films about 35-40 minutes long, and there will be a short making of documentary in between.We are also reliable informed that (HRH) Steve Peat will be making a personal appearance with some of his team mates and answering a few questions from the audience at the end of the showing, provided ‘things go to plan’.
Other dates and venues can be found here, but remember Scotland’s not in the UK 
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Some interesting stats about the filming of Seasons
Number of seasons documented: 4
Main riders in the film: 7
Months spent filming: 14
Cameramen involved: 11
Number of cablecams: 32
Different helicopters used: 4
Fastest speed recorded by rider: 82 km/h (51mph)
Biggest air – distance: 75 feet (23m)
Hours of raw footage: 90 (3 & 3/4 days)
Number of scenes in film: 16
View the largest Trailer (Quicktime 640×375 37MB), you can also go to the Seasons site then click Teaser for other size options.
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Monkeyspoon.com | Seasons to be shown in Sheffield at The Showroom!!! said,
Wrote on April 5, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
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Monkeyspoon.com | NEWS FLASH: Seasons at the Showroom Date said,
Wrote on April 17, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
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aidan said,
Wrote on April 9, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
will you tell me plese when there are event for downhill stuff sooooo please tell me please i like this sport a very lot
aidan said,
Wrote on April 9, 2009 @ 6:43 pm
where is the pump track
James Irwin said,
Wrote on April 9, 2009 @ 9:04 pm
If by events you mean the showing of mountain bike movies, then ShAff is a good event, it runs every year at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield with the provisional dates for ShAff 2010 being the 26-28 of February. The Seasons was part of a UK tour for the promotion of the film Seasons by the Collective film makers.
In terms of the pump track you are probably better to drop us a line using the contact forum on the info page, and we can arrange to meet up and show you through there. As i am reluctant to give out directions on here.
joe said,
Wrote on May 7, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
Aidan. I hope you don’t find it.