Get Out Your Camera for Bike Shorts

Attention amateur movie-makers: The Bike Shorts Film Festival is accepting submissions.

The Bike Shorts Film Festival features short films produced by local, national and international filmmakers featuring bicycles, bicyclists, and bicycling in interesting, creative, and surprising ways. From music videos to zombie movies, the Bike Shorts Film Festival highlights some of the incredible creativity that southwest and central Virginia has to offer.

The deadline for submissions is March 31.

There are six prize categories:

• Juried Prize, $300: Best overall film, selected by a panel of judges drawn from the regional arts and film community.
• Best Local Film, $300: Best film submitted by a team from within the RIDE Solutions service area, selected by a panel of judges drawn from the regional arts and film community.
• Best Original Music, $300: Must feature an original song or piece of music, featured either as a stand-alone music video or as an original score. This category will also be selected by our panel of judges.
• Best Teen Film, $100: The best film by a filmmaker or filmmaking team between the ages of 13 and 18, as chosen by our panel of judges.
• People’s Choice, $100: The audience favorite, selected at the end of each Bike Shorts Film Festival screening. (4 total)
• YouTube Prize, $100: All submissions will be posted to our Bike Shorts Roanoke YouTube channel. At the end of May, the film with the most views will be awarded this prize.

You can find the complete rules and submit your short film to RIDE Solutions.