PROGRAM 5: URBAN BIKE SHORTS

IN THE HEART (LUCUM CONUCARE)
United States 2026 9min.
Dir. Kyle Kramb
Behind abandoned warehouses, BMXers transform forgotten industrial land into world-class trails for community. Sanctuary, Battleground, Redemption.

WIE DER HASE LAUFT - INSIDE MESSENGER LIFE
Germany 2025 7min.
Dir. Fritz Willner, Johannes Müller
A glimpse into Albert Rabaev's everyday world as a bicycle courier in Düsseldorf.

PEDALS & WALLS
Chile 2025 5min.
Dir. Daniel Alejandro Pino
Bicycle riding and graffiti emerge as tools of resistance in Chile. 

LIFE IS A GIFT
United States 2026 3min.
Dir. Gloria Joy Kazuko Muhammad, Mu Knowles
What does it mean to be liberated? To be free? For you and those you love.

GEORGE SELLS CHRISTMAS TREES
United States 2025 3min.
Dir. Desmond LaFave
George lives and works at a Christmas tree stand in Brooklyn and delivers trees by bike. 

NOWHERE FAST, SOMEWHERE SLOW – BFF VERSION
2026 10min. 
Dir. Jackson Bradshaw
Fixed gear tricks, brakeless riding and hill bombs pushing track bikes beyond the street and into dirt.

FREAK
United States 2026 2min.
Dir. Alexis Frye
A narrated animation of New York City’s legendary Bike Kill. 

MMFG
United States 2026 5min.
Dir. John Watson Rutland
Hernan Montenegro, an immigrant living in LA restores carbon fiber bikes and builds custom frames.

ROLLING!
United States 2026 10min.
Dir. Mark C. Burns
A ride along with New York City's 'Thursday Night Social Ride'. It's a look at the characters, vibrations and mission that have made this group ride a New York institution. 

TRUE TEMPER: TIMES UP
USA 2026 5min. 
Dir. Cordell Murray 
When your times up, you get to keep one memory. What will you take with you.

MACAFRAMA – THE WESTERN 
USA 2008 HD 12min 
Dir. Colby Elrick, Colin Arlen
A fixed gear film from the legendary San Francisco crew, Macaframa. 
Made for the BFF two decades ago, it returns to the big screen this year.