HUB Cycling Presents: The Bicycle Film Festival 2026
HUB Cycling Presents: The Bicycle Film Festival 2026
The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) been celebrating bicycles through art, film and music over the last 24 years. BFF spanned the world in over 100 cities worldwide to an audience of over one million people.
BFF Vancouver presents two short film programs: Cycle for Change and Cinematic. These short films 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.
Presented by HUB Cycling
Thursday, December 3
Program 1: Cinematic Shorts
Doors 5:45 pm | Show 6:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Program 2: Urban Bike Shorts
Doors: 8:00pm | Show 8:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Single Program: $24 + s/c
Double Bill: $45 + s/c
Program 1: Cinematic Shorts (99min)
CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS | United States 2025 3min. / Dir. Cyrus Dowlatshahi. The last Friday of every month, rain or shine, Chicagoans on bikes gather to take over the streets.
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.”
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY | FASTEST KNOWN TIME | United States 2026 9min. / Dir. Nicholas Weissman. Daniel Connell attempts a self-supported Fastest Known Time from Vancouver to Tijuana, covering over 1,500 miles in 6.5 days, including a 500 mile, 35 hour nonstop push through extreme fatigue and sleep deprivation.
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.
THIS IS HOME – MATHIEU VAN DER POEL | Canada 2026 14min. / Dir. Darcy Wittenburg. From cyclocross dominance at Worlds to Monument glory at Paris-Roubaix and unforgettable Tour de France moments, this film traces the legacy of one of cycling’s all-time greats, who redefined every discipline he touched.
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.
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.
SYSTEMS OF DREAMS | UK 2026 6min. Dir. Nicolas Collignon, Marie Dupont, Sabrina Argoub. A playful dance through archival footage reveals the systematic construction of car-centric cities: a vision manufactured by power and mistaken for the only possible reality.
AMÉRICA | Peru 2026 19min / Dir. Javier Augusto Arias-Stella
Program 2: Urban Bike Shorts (98 min)
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.
LE TOUR DE CANADA | Canada 2026 6min. Dir. John Hollands Two rival cyclists face offin a grueling and surreal cross-Canada cycling race, Le Tour De Canada!
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.
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.
THE SECRET TRUTH OF THE UNIVERSE | USA 2016 4min. / Dir. Sai Selvarajan. A woman rides home alone at night.
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.
EVEN THE GIRLS! | USA 2004 5min. / Dir. Ashira Fox. Documentary portrait of women bicycle messengers in New York.
STYROFOAM | China, USA 2017 5min. / Dir. Noah Sheldon. Guo Jie is one of the estimated 277 million rural migrant workers in China. In Shanghai, she buys and collects styrofoam boxes from markets selling fresh produce and takes them to a seafood wholesale market where she resells them. She does one round trip a day, piling as much styrofoam on her bike as possible so she doesn’t have to go back and forth. Scored by Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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.
BEAR | Australia 2015 10min. / Dir. Nash Edgerton. Jack means well, but sometimes good intentions have horrible consequences.
CHAOS DARKNESS WOMAN | Mexico 2025 4min. / Dir. Andrea Gutiérrez Cedeño, Rogelio Hernández Pérez. A poetic journey across the city at night, a woman tests the definitions of femininity.
BEYOND THE BINARY | USA 2023 9min. / Dir. Mairin Hart. KC Cross doesn’t fit the mold of the typical cyclist depicted in the media. They are black, queer, and non-binary. They prefer community over competition, social rides that involve tacos and beer over long days in the saddle, and using the bike as a tool for advocacy rather than racing. In Beyond the Binary, KC shares their journey to understanding the intersections of their own identity and how they are working to create a more inclusive and accessible cycling culture.
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.
