Program 3: Urban Bike Shorts

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.