Pedal hard and fast to the Disposable Film Festival's eco-friendly rendition of a vintage movie experience: the second annual Bike-In. It's a movie screening that brings the best of 2010's competitive shorts to the streets and people of San Francisco.

On May 12 the DFF will be screening to the public at 7th and Minna streets in the parking lot across from the Good Hotel.

"We actually heard about this guy in the Bay Area that was doing a do-it-yourself drive-in, so we thought we would do a more green event where you bike in," Co-founder and Director Carlton Evans said. The Bike-In, only screening in San Francisco, "features work from a lot of young screen-makers, on a lot of common recording devices like cell phones and video cameras."

Now in its third season, the festival premieres in San Francisco, screening at places like the Roxie Theater and the Artists' Television Access, an experimental non-profit gallery. The festival acts as a tribute to the widespread proliferation of the camera and the ordinary man's rise to filmmaker.

"We started to notice that these cameras were popping up everywhere, and it really just changed the playing field because everyone had cameras and computers come with video editing software," Evans said, "so we thought we would create a festival that would really showcase the best work in that genre."

This year, the festival will show a few favorites from the 24 competitors in its annual short-film competition. There were nearly 1,000 entrants, according to Evans.

Of the films that made it in the top, some discuss death, love and identity. But each is inspiring, captivating and humorous. One film innovatively expresses New York City's diverse population through the personification of everyday objects in a series of time lapses. Another plays with the video conferencing technology to create a stunning mosaic of people and places.

These shorts proved to be popular when more than 250 bicyclists attended last year's bike-in and the San Francisco Bike Coalition took notice.

"Our first outdoor screening occurred last May and because of its success, we were approached by the SFBC and were able to host three more bike-in movies throughout the summer," said Emily Oestreicher, the sales manager for Good Hotel.

This year, the DFF is expecting nearly 1,000 viewers this time and, in addition to the screening, is hosting other activities like a food market and a raffle.

As Jessica Meek, a spokeswoman from Globe Bikes, a donor for the raffle, said, "I think this event encapsulates everything I love about San Francisco: bike culture, free events, art, food, creative visions and that do-it-yourself, create-your-own-reality attitude."