Bicycle Film Festival Seattle
Sun, Dec 6 at 12pm
Bicycle Film Festival is BACK in Seattle on December 6, 2026 at The Egyptian Theater!
BFF Seattle presents international short film programs that will appeal to a wide audience from film connoisseurs, to avid cyclists, and everyone in between. Curated documentaries, narratives, animations, award-winning directors, and emerging talents all sharing equal billing.
300pm
PROGRAM 1
Cinematic Shorts
A story driven program with diverse, cinematic filmmaking styles: documentary, narrative, animation, and more.
500pm
PROGRAM 2
Adventure Shorts
For lovers of mountain biking, gravel, bike packing, and cycling in general. This program will take you on a journey around the world.
700pm
PROGRAM 3
Urban Bike Shorts
These films capture the spirit of street, youth, fixed gear, bmx, and messenger cultures from passionate cyclists in cities around the world. The Urban Bike program is a popular tradition at the BFF.
Program 1: Cinematic Shorts
Sun, Dec 6 at 3pm (Pacific)
I'M GOIN' THE OTHER WAY
Portugal 2025 16mm 3min.
Dir. Marco Espirito Santo
An exquisite cinematic exploration of Ciclopes, a Lisbon initiative promoting youth mobility through bicycles.
HER KHALTSHA
South Africa 2024 7min
Dir. Robyn Phillips
Khaltsha Cycling Academy, the first all-girls cycling group in Khayelitsha Township, empowers young women to defy societal norms, find freedom and dream beyond the limits of their neighborhood.
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
UK 2015 9min.
Dir. Orlando von Einsiedel
As a boy growing up, Samuel Mugisha dreamed of being a part of the Rwandan national cycling team, Team Rwanda, as he believed it would be a way to help make money for his family. What he discovered was something else entirely. In a country trying to get over the trauma of a genocide, Team Rwanda represents a lot more than sport.
NARMOOK
Iran 2025 15min.
Dir. Ghazal Zoghiniya
An Iranian teenager has her beloved bicycle taken away as she reaches puberty. She fights her family and society to get it back.
THE BUILDER - MAXWELL KULLAWAY
USA 2026 5min.
Dir. Mathew J Clark
A lifelong obsession with fire, making art and bikes brings Maxwell Kullaway to follow his passion for fabrication.
ALL BODIES ON BIKES
Dir. Zeppelin Zeerip | USA 2021 13min.
Kailey Kornhauser and Marley Blonsky are on a mission to change the idea that people with larger bodies can’t ride bikes.
AMÉRICA
Peru 2026 16min
Dir. Javier Augusto Arias-Stella
América, a 10-year-old girl from a remote Andean village, dreams of buying a bicycle so she’ll never be late to class again. Oscar-Qualified Film.
CYCLING WITHOUT AGE
USA 2025 27min.
Dir. Isaac Seigel-Boettner
The film follows volunteers piloting pedal-powered rickshaws, giving elderly passengers the joy of biking while often finding even greater reward themselves.
95min.
Program 2: Adventure Shorts
Sun, Dec 6 at 5pm (Pacific)
FOR THE LOVE
Canada 2024 3min.
Dir. Brayden Barrett-Hay, Brad C. Scholl
Bayden Barrett-Hay, a world class freestyle MTB rider reflects on his journey: “I would rather fail at something I’m passionate about than find success in a career I hate.”
VELODROOL
Estonia 2016 6min.
Dir. Sander Joon
An addicted biker runs out of cigarettes. He joins the race to get more, but has to accept help from some peculiar people in the audience to stay in the competition.
THE SPIRITUAL GIFT OF BICYCLES
USA 2025 10min.
Dir. Kemp Lyons
Before the 2024 US Election, politicians used Springfield, Ohio to highlight immigration issues. Meanwhile, Vincent welcomed migrants in another small Ohio town by giving them bicycles, showing a more compassionate approach.
THE SLOW PROJECT
Chile 2026 12min
Dir. Benjamín Vicente Mena, Diego Cristian Sallaberry
Two friends, one from a cycling background and the other from skiing, set out to ski four volcanoes in southern Chile, linking each summit by riding 1,200 km on bicycles.
IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FOR YOU
United States 2024 18min.
Dir. Megan Mayhew Bergman, Simon Perkins
Lea Davison, a two-time Olympian and one of the most decorated American women in mountain biking, has helped drive MTB beyond the inequities and barriers she encountered.
FOR ALL RIDERS
USA 2026 17min.
Dir. Brady Lawrence
After her spinal cord injury, Erin Martin grieved the loss of her mobility and outdoor adventure community. She rediscovered both through adaptive mountain biking. Follow along as Erin and 78-year-old adaptive athlete Jim Martinson work together with Washington State’s Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance to ride bikes, test trails and build a new outdoor community for all riders.
MOGAST: A TEN YEARS LONG JOURNEY
Italy 2026 12min.
Dir. Marco Artusi
A group of friends once conquered three Alpine passes in a single day, fueled by youth and adrenaline. Ten years later, that dare has grown into Mogast — a three-day celebration of cycling, friendship, art, and Italy's finest sport: gastronomy.
THE ROAD FROM KARAKOL
USA/Kyrgyzstan 2013 HD 24min.
Dir. Fitz Cahall
There is one question. If the road ended, would you keep pedaling?
102min.
Program 3: Urban Bike Shorts
Sun, Dec 6 at 7pm (Pacific)
CITY BIKE BOY
USA 2025 5min.
Dir. Jerome Peel
A look back into the life of a lifelong bike rider. The ups and downs, and where he is today.
LE TOUR DE CANADA
Canada 2026 6min.
Dir. John Hollands
Two rival cyclists face off in a grueling and surreal cross-Canada cycling race, Le Tour De Canada!
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.
LIVE MORE, RUSH LESS
Mexico 2024 11min
Dir. Andalusia K Soloff
Women, children and non-binary cyclists reclaim the streets of Mexico City against road rage and sexual violence, revindicating riding bicycles as a way of life, not a way to die.
THE SECRET TRUTH OF THE UNIVERSE
USA 2016 4min.
Dir. Sai Selvarajan
A woman rides home alone at night.
SQUANCHY PAPI
USA 2025 16mm 7min
Dir. Brinton Douglas SQUANCHY PAPI
Through a reflective, meditative lens, the film explores Squanchy Papi, a key figure in Salt Lake's fixed gear community, their motivations for riding, and how the community has shaped her self-expression, now and into the future.
PEDALS & WALLS
Chile 2025 5min.
DIr. Daniel Alejandro Pino
Bicycle riding and graffiti emerge as tools of resistance in Chile.
MAMA AGATHA
Netherlands 2016 16min.
Dir. Fadi Hindash
Once a week, a group of migrant women from Southeast Amsterdam meet in a gymnasium to learn how to cycle. Supervising their bicycle course is a Ghanaian woman nicknamed ‘Mama Agatha’. Over the summer, this community mother gives the ladies from China, Pakistan and Suriname the confidence to get behind the two wheels for the first time.
LIFE IS A GIFT
USA 2026 3min.
Dir. Joy Kazuko Muhammad, Mu Knowles
What does it mean to be liberated? To be free? For you and those you love.
CONTACT
United States 2026 14min.
Dir. Jonathan Walley
The transformation of an entire skatepark into a playable musical instrument—where the skate, BMX, art, and music scenes collide.
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.
97min.

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