From quirky bike builders and social activists, to those who make a living on two wheels; from children to artists, parents and workers; from crazy animated bike races to visual poems to its enticing mechanisms. We have condensed as many ways the bicycle touches our life in one single evening!

Short films screening:

Frankenbiking - 15min
Directed by Joël Porter & Alex Moore
A short documentary about tall bicycles. Frankenbiking celebrates fun, silliness and creativity whilst exploring how and why people react to the new and unusual.

Styrofoam - 4min
Directed by Noah Sheldon
Guo Jie’s work in Shanghai consists of buying and transporting used styrofoam boxes from markets around Shanghai and selling them to seafood wholesalers who reuse them. She is one of the estimated 277 million rural migrant workers in China. With residency restrictions, many of these workers have limited access to education and healthcare resources for themselves and thier families in the cities that they work in. As a result, their children often stay behind in the rural communities they themselves have left. There are an estimated 61 million children “left behind” by their migrant parents in China.

A Day's Messing - 14 min
Directed by Jeff Seal
Written, directed by and starring a clown and mime, this film shot on Super 8mm film re-imagines the spirit and technique of classic silent comedy in the style of Buster Keaton, George Melies and Charlie Chaplin. It follows a NYC bike messenger as he is derailed from delivering an important package by an alluring cyclist.

Delivered - 4min
Directed by Law Chen
Delivered deals with the experience of delivery workers, many of whom are immigrants, who work a very frontline job in New York City. A slice of life in the time of corona.

Knives Down, Bikes Up - 3min
Directed by Matt Dempsey
London is currently experiencing a knife crime epidemic. In response to this crisis, some of London’s youths have banded together to start the Knives Down, Bikes Up movement which is about breaking down barriers & creating a community of like-minded riders.

Copenhagen Cycles - 7min
Directed by Eric Dyer
A bicyclist travels through a fantastical, collaged reconstruction of Denmark's capital city. About 25 zoetrope-like paper sculptures (cinetropes) were built to create the film.

Che bell'andè (What a beautiful ride) - 3min
Directed by Stefano Cinti and Marco Locurcio
Two friends confront each other in a series of situations, during a ride outside the city between meadows, woods and an urbanized countryside.

Velodrool - 6min
Directed by Sander Joon
An addicted biker runs out of cigarettes. He joins a race to get more, but has to take help from some peculiar people in the audience to stay in the competition. 

Reclaiming Work - 7min
Directed by Cassie Quarless and Usayd Younis of black & brown (https://blackbrownfilm.com)
Cycle courier cooperatives are turning technology on the gig economy giants.