The International Cycling Film Festival is a not-for-profit film festival held annually in the Ruhr Area, Germany. Its mission is to strengthen international cooperation in the areas of cycling, cycling films and cycling culture. The festival promotes interaction between movie makers and cyclists from all over the world. It has screened more than 150 short movies from more than 30 countries since its debut in 2006. The Neistat Brothers, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Lucas Brunelle and other filmmakers contributed to the ICFF. It is managed by the cycling club "Team Hollandse Frietjes - non-professional cycling".
The sporting competition "Souvenir Stefan Götz" marks the end of each festival. It usually takes the form of an individual and team time trial over about 20 km, which is open to both audience and movie makers. In 2009 the Souvenir Stefan Götz was a match sprint over about 800 metres, in 2011 it was an Urban Cycle Polo match, 2012 a Goldsprint.
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