BFF Vancouver

The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) has been celebrating bicycles through art, film and music over the last 25 years. BFF spanned the world in over 100 cities worldwide to an audience of over one million people.

 HUB Cycling is thrilled to be bringing BFF Vancouver on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM! 

This year, 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.

Check out the 2024 trailer here.

PROGRAM 1: CYCLE FOR CHANGE        
6:00pm

Her Khaltsha 
South Africa 2024 
Dir. Robyn Phillips
Khaltsha Cycling Academy is the first all-girls cycling group in Khayelitsha. Through their cycling journeys, the girls not only challenge societal norms, but find freedom, express their emotions, and dream beyond their neighborhood.

Why We Ride 
USA 2025
Dir. Erin Kirby
This documentary explores how Denver's women cyclists, through the group Fems and Thems, overcome initial fears to find freedom and connection. It showcases their growth through bikepacking and long-distance rides, celebrating community and personal development. The film also addresses urban cycling challenges like aggressive drivers and violence, ultimately highlighting the community's resilience, solidarity, and shared passion as sources of empowerment and resistance.

Detour 
Canada 2025
Dir. Mitchell Jansman
A daily bike commuter struggles to make it to his anniversary dinner on time after the city of Toronto declares the removal of major bike lanes in the downtown core.

The Spiritual Gift of Bicycles
USA 2025 10min.
Dir. Kemp Lyons
In the run up to the 2024 US Election, politicians made a show of Springfield, Ohio as an example of all that's wrong with immigration. At the same time, I met Vincent, whose love and care for a migrant community in a DIFFERENT small Ohio town moved me.
It seemed like it was worth showing people a different, more loving way for a community to engage with migrants.

Tamitik Trails
Canada 2024
Dir. Stefan Rath
This is a story of a remote small town in northwest Canada that has experienced a remarkable transformation in bike culture. In just a few years, the entire community has embraced the joy of two wheels.

Building The Buffalo
China, Kenya, Uganda, USA 2025
Dir. Travis Rummel 
Building the Buffalo, a World Bicycle Relief documentary, showcases the creation of the durable Buffalo Bicycle. Designed for marginalized rural communities, it details how engineers developed this robust bike for challenging terrains and heavy use, providing reliable transportation. The film illustrates how bicycles empower communities, overcoming barriers and transforming lives. It's a testament to innovation and sustainable transportation's impact.

Wheels For Change
UK 2025 
Dir. Tomasz Wierzbianski
Verral Paul-Walcott, a father of two, started C86erz as a streetwear brand during the pandemic. It has since grown into a platform supporting people across London, helping those facing homelessness and families struggling to afford essentials like food for their children.

Cycling Without Age 
USA 2025
Dir. Isaac Seigel-Boettner
Cycling Without Age delves into the profound significance of experiencing the simple joy of wind in your hair throughout life's journey. It achieves this through the compelling narratives of pedal-powered rickshaw pilots and their elderly passengers, reminding us that the childlike magic of riding a bike, often lost with age, is a feeling worth reclaiming at every stage.

PROGRAM 2: CINEMATIC
8:30pm
 

I’m Goin' The Other Way
Portugal 2025  
Dir. Marco Espirito Santo
Created with Ciclopes, a community project in Lisbon, Portugal that supports mobility for underprivileged youth through bicycle hubs, the film explores themes of freedom, equality, and respect within their community, inspired by an impassioned Baptist sermon from the American South.

Live More, Rush Less
Mexico 2024
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.

Styrofam 
China, USA 2017
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.

Has Anyone Seen My Bike 
Canada 2023
Dir. Nicolas LeBrun, Alissa Zilber
Nic overdoes it during a night out and is left to put the pieces together in the morning.

Pedal Pedal Pedal
USA 2025 
Dir. Justin Diamond 
Lindsey Stevenson maintains her personal identity in a world that often asks mothers to set it aside. Through her honesty and openness, the film documents deeply personal moments her pregnancy, family, and return to racing offering a perspective rarely seen in sport. This film speaks not only to cyclists but to anyone navigating the tension between who they are and who the world expects them to be.

Gold Status
USA 2023
Dir. Charles Haine
This fun and engaging film documents the feeling we all have of living in a time where everything we do is constantly evaluated by algorithms. It also explores the precarity of delivery cyclists and other essential workers that society depends on to survive.

King of the Mountain 
UK 2015
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.

Amitis 
Iran 2024
Dir. Mohammadmehdi Sohrab Moradihaghighi
Iranian women are the backbone of society, shaping future generations with their strength and well-being. Yet sedentary lifestyles, isolation, and societal biases threaten their health.Cycling can bring vitality and hope but overcoming the challenges prejudices against women cyclists brings requires support. The Amitis Women’s Cycling Group, led by Bahareh Ghods, faces these challenges and stands as a strong example of resilience and community. This documentary celebrates their spirit and hopes, highlighting the vibrant Iranian women cyclists inspiring change.
 

Please note that the lineup of shorts is subject to change.
 

BFF VANCOUVER GENERAL TRAILER from Bicycle Film Festival on Vimeo.