The Ventnor Bicycle Film Festival takes place from Wednesday (September 7) to next Sunday and it is timed to coincide with the Tour of Britain's final stage on the Isle of Wight.

All screenings will take place at the Ventnor Arts Club and highlights include a rare screening of A Sunday in Hell — considered to be the greatest cycling film ever made and screened with the blessing of director Jorgen Leth.

It will be introduced by The Guardian’s chief cycling correspondent William Fotheringham.

Signed copies of his book on the film will be available and this will take place next Sunday (September 11) at 7pm.

The festival opens on Wednesday with Le Tour Louis Malle’s 1962 beautifully shot, mischievous short film on the Tour de France.

It is followed by the seminal and surreal award-winning Belleville Rendezvous (aka Triplets of Belleville) from 2003 directed by Sylvain Chomet.

Next Friday (September 9) there will also be a rare screening of Come on Eileen, a short film about the great distance cyclist of the 1950s, Eileen Sheridan.

It will be followed by a new version of Whatever Happened to Dervla Murphy, a 2011 film about the writer and cyclist Dervla Murphy, who sadly died this year. Director Garret Daly has recorded an introduction for the screening.

In addition to the films, next Saturday (September 10), there will be a talk with Daily Telegraph sportswriter Jeremy Wilson at The Ventnor Exchange about his recent book on extraordinary record-breaking cyclist Beryl Burton. Signed copies of the book will be available.

Ticket prices are £10 per screening and £5 for the book talk.

All film screenings commence at 7.30pm, except A Sunday in Hell

Tickets for the films can be found at ventnorartsclub.com and tickets for the Beryl book talk can be found at ventnorexchange.co.uk/whats-on/