Cycling Shorts ft. If the Streets Were on Fire +Q&A

Join us at the velodrome for an evening of short (and not so short!) films about cycling ranging from London to Lombok. Films include:

Wheels to Waves

In September 2023, a band of eight cyclists embarked on a 600 km journey through Lombok, Indonesia; a haven of clear beaches, spicy cuisine, laid-back living, and the formidable Mt. Rinjani.

Spanning nine days, the Wheels to Waves tour was a deliberate immersion into the island’s charm, curated meticulously by Haetam since August 2020.

Featuring a guest appearance from a familiar face…

If the Streets Were on Fire

As youth violence rises in London, a wild and rebellious community of young people tear up the city’s streets in the name of ‘knives down, bikes up’. As they try to escape the harsh realities of street life through the brotherhood of biking, their already precarious existence is jeopardised when they are forced away from the safe spaces of central London.

Made over several years and much of it filmed, by necessity, with handheld cameras, this impassioned documentary is about BikeStormz, the collective bicycle rides organised at first as a protest against knife violence. The prime mover is activist Mac Ferrari-Guy who understood from his own experience how devastating gang violence was to his community in London.

Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with the director of the film Alice Russell.

FREE MAKES IT INCLUSIVE, DONATIONS MAKE IT HAPPEN 

As part of this year’s Herne Hill Free Film Festival we are pleased to be supporting again the Norwood & Brixton Food Bank, helping to raise awareness for this most worthy of local causes. Any spare change collected at each of our screenings would be greatly appreciated and donated* to help this wonderful charity continue the admirable work.

*After we have covered our production costs