The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) was in San Francisco from September 28th through 30th. The weekend opened on Thursday night with a 21+ "Bikes Rock" Party at Boca (414 Jessie, off of 5th St.), from 9pm to 2am. Films were shown on Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday evening. The venue for the screenings was the Victoria Theatre at 2961 16th St., near Mission St. Complimentary valet bike parking was provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Friday the 29th was also the 14th anniversary San Francisco Critical Mass bike ride: Photos and Report

One of the highlights of the weekend was "Caravan/Prague," which was shown Saturday at 5pm. This film tells the story of a bike caravan, themed "Money or Life," that travelled 500 miles across Europe to join the protests in Prague against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The caravan was a mobile utopian community that aimed to be a living counter-example to the values of powerful financial institutions. Other films shown during the weekend will include topics such as: surviving in the streets of NYC as a bicycle messenger, Midnight Ridazz in LA, a history of the BMX subculture, fixed gear riding, bicycle clubs, and more. Some films, such as "Caravan/Prague," were feature-length, while others are only seven minutes long. Read more

"Caravan/Prague" will also be showing at the Guerrilla Drive-In Bicycle Movie Night, hosted by People Power in Santa Cruz, on Friday, October 6th at 8:00pm, at Fair Ave. and the train tracks (westside, Santa Cruz). A bike ride to the Drive-In meets at 5:30PM, at the corner of Cooper and Pacific in downtown Santa Cruz.

Bicycle Film Festival website | SF Bike Coalition | People Power