“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 tribute to women’s freedom.
Itziar Zorita Agirre (Bilbao, 1980) and Amaia Nerekan Umaran (Bilbao, 1979) are friends, neighbors, and colleagues. They combine their research and teaching work in the Department of Audiovisual Communication at the University of the Basque Country, where they teach Documentary Workshop, Video Creation, and Filmmaking, with artistic practice and audiovisual production. Amaia's latest work, "Bost Minutu" (2019), is a feature-length documentary, winner of the 2019 Zinebi Industry Award, which premiered at Zinebi in 2021. Itziar's latest project, "Pelikulie" (2022), is an experimental short film produced by the BBKartegileak program and AntEspacio, created in collaboration with a group of senior citizens from the Bermeo Municipal Residence. "Cara de bicicleta" is their first joint creation.
Itziar Zorita Agirre (Bilbao, 1980) and Amaia Nerekan Umaran (Bilbao, 1979) are friends, neighbors, and colleagues. They combine their research and teaching work in the Department of Audiovisual Communication at the University of the Basque Country, where they teach Documentary Workshop, Video Creation, and Filmmaking, with artistic practice and audiovisual production. Amaia's latest work, "Bost Minutu" (2019), is a feature-length documentary, winner of the 2019 Zinebi Industry Award, which premiered at Zinebi in 2021. Itziar's latest project, "Pelikulie" (2022), is an experimental short film produced by the BBKartegileak program and AntEspacio, created in collaboration with a group of senior citizens from the Bermeo Municipal Residence. "Cara de bicicleta" is their first joint creation.
