Program 1: Cinematic Shorts

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.