Featuring 80 short films from 75 filmmakers, Portland’s Filmed by Bike film festival hits the Hollywood Theatre this weekend. The fest features high-octane adventure films, documentaries, animation, love stories, and more, all with one common thread: bikes.
Most of the films range from two to 10 minutes in length, with many highlighting the way bikes can connect people across culture and language barriers. The goal of the festival, which began in 2003, is to inspire “a culture where cycling is woven seamlessly into everyday life,” Filmed by Bike founder Ayleen Crotty tells the Mercury. Festival proceeds will go to local nonprofit NW Documentary, which offers a “Shoot and Bike” class to teach youngsters how to film while biking. (That sounds like a death sentence to me, but to each their own.)