Congratulations to the winners of the 1st Annual Bicycle Shorts Film Festival!
Shear Disturbance
Writer/Director: Nate Reynolds
Cinematography: Andre Adderley
Featuring: Devon Grevious, Tyler McCray, Nate Reynolds
A timid young man deeply struggles with generalized anxiety while getting a haircut.
Le Tour
Writer/Director: Johnny Yager
Cinematography: Emmerry Lee
Featuring: Russ Hess, Jeremiah Soderstrom, Darielle Campbell, Mitchel, Ethan Valdez, Montrel Howell, Coleman Donaldson, Cindy del Rosario
A stubborn and unfriendly cyclist learns to enjoy the moment, after a supernatural encounter in a road race.
The Bicycle Thief
Director: Simon Braathen
Producer: Karianne Berge
When director Simen Braathen discovers that his bike is stolen, an all consuming hunt for the thief begins.
Blue Moon
Director: Diliana Deltcheva
Writers: Alex Frnka, Taylor Lewis
Cinematography: Emmerry Lee
Featuring: Pat Skipper, Alex Frnka, Taylor Lewis, Lizzie Fabie, Larvell Hood, Varda Appleton
A family unravels one evening as they struggle with the best course of care for their mother who is in the later stages of Alzheimer’s.
1-800-Beer-By-Bike
Director: John D McMahon
Co-Director/Animator/Editor: Masanori Naka
Finding Melania
Writer: Denise Rosamund Stephenson
Directors: Sarah Calver and Evie Fehilly
The Inconvenience
Writer/Director: Earl Shirley Jr.
Featuring: Allie Nelson, Dori Levit
Ode to Exploration
Writer/Director: Mateo Arango
Cinematographer: Roberto Olivares
Featuring: Camilo Arboleda
Karen Fitzer Festival Judge. Bachelor’s degree in English literature University of Chicago. Studies in Race, Politics, and Culture. Rather long immersion in film studies library at U of C. ; where she took the Doc in Doc Films seriously. Longtime activism to bring an end to capital punishment in PA and USA. Lived in Nicaragua during revolutionary and contra period picking cotton and coffee. Traveled throughout Central America, Cuba and Jamaica. Grows vegetables, teaches ESL and fights for social justice in Philly.
BSFF 2023 Opening Night
Q&A with Joshua Crone and filmmaker John McMahon
Q&A with Joshua Crone and filmmaker John McMahon
Q&A with Joshua Crone and filmmaker Nate Reynolds
Bicycle Shorts Film Festival
Schedule
Friday, September 22
7 pm – 8:30 pm. Festival begins with Block I of short films.
9 pm – 10:30 pm. Block II of short films.
Saturday, September 23
2 pm – 3:30 pm. Second screening of Block I of short films.
4 pm – 5:30 pm. Second screening of Block II of short films.
Sunday, September 24
7 pm – 8:30 pm. Screening of award-winning films.
1-800-Beer-By-Bike
The Bicycle Thief
Blue Moon
City Sway
A City Under Protest
Los Delivreros
Finding Melania
The Inconvenience
The Killers
Ode to Exploration
Ractors
Scars
Shear Disturbance
Le Tour
