Bicycle Face
“Bicycle Face” is a film essay that reflects on the relationship between women and bicycles from a contemporary perspective. Fragments of films, archival images, texts, fictional scenes, and bicycle sounds form this audiovisual collage, which aims to be a tribute to women's freedom, their capacity for struggle, and resistance. The starting point is a historical event that takes us back to the late 19th century when women began riding bicycles. It was then that a made-up disease was diagnosed with the goal of dissuading women from riding bicycles.
- Language Spanish
- Country Spain
- Genre Woman, History, Human Rights
- Producer Ane Rotaetxe Torrontegi, Larraitz Zuazo Aurrekoetxea
- Year of creation 2025
- Duration 00:23:13
EN: Itziar Zorita Agirre (Bilbao, Spain, 03/24/1980) and Amaia Nerekan Umaran (Bilbao, Spain, 05/02/1979) are friends, neighbors and coworkers. They combine their research and teaching work in the Audiovisual Communication Department at the University of the Basque Country, where they teach Documentary Workshop, Videocreation, and Direction, alongside artistic practice and audiovisual production. Amaia's latest work, “Bost Minutu” (2019), is a documentary feature film, winner of the Zinebi Industry Award 2019, which premiered at the Zinebi – Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival in 2021. In Itziar's case, her latest project, “Pelikulie” (2022), is an experimental short film produced by the BBKartegileak and AntEspacio programs, created in collaboration with a group of elderly people from the Bermeo Municipal Residence. “Bicycle Face” is their first joint creation. ES: Itziar Zorita Agirre (Bilbao, España, 24/03/1980) y Amaia Nerekan Umaran (Bilbao, España, 02/05/1979) son amigas, vecinas y compañeras de trabajo. Ambas combinan su labor de investigación y docencia en el departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual de la Universidad del País Vasco, donde imparten clases de Taller documental, Videocreación y Realización, con la práctica artística y producción audiovisual. El último trabajo de Amaia, «Bost Minutu» (2019), es un largometraje documental, ganador del Zinebi Industry Award 2019, que se estrenó en Zinebi en 2021. En el caso de Itziar, su último proyecto, «Pelikulie» (2022), es un cortometraje experimental producido por el programa BBKartegileak y AntEspacio, creado en colaboración con un grupo de personas mayores de la Residencia Municipal de Bermeo. «Cara de bicicleta» es su primera creación en conjunto.
Itziar Zorita Agirre (Bilbao, Spain, 03/24/1980) and Amaia Nerekan Umaran (Bilbao, Spain, 05/02/1979) are friends, neighbors and coworkers. They combine their research and teaching work in the Audiovisual Communication Department at the University of the Basque Country, where they teach Documentary Workshop, Videocreation, and Direction, alongside artistic practice and audiovisual production. Amaia's latest work, “Bost Minutu” (2019), is a documentary feature film, winner of the Zinebi Industry Award 2019, which premiered at the Zinebi – Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival in 2021. In Itziar's case, her latest project, “Pelikulie” (2022), is an experimental short film produced by the BBKartegileak and AntEspacio programs, created in collaboration with a group of elderly people from the Bermeo Municipal Residence. “Bicycle Face” is their first joint creation.
