DAY PROGRAM
BIKE PARADE
Meet at 2nd and 2nd in Manhattan 12:30pm
Calling all tall bikes, ugly bikes, crazy bikes and bikes in every shape, come down to the BIKE PARADE followed by the Beauty Pageant and Street Party.
STREET PARTY
1:00-7:00pm
2ND ST AT 2ND AVE
BIKE GAMES AND OTHER FUN STUFF
Tables featuring Framebuilders, artists, handmade bikewares. Fun prizes!!
BIKE BEAUTY CONTEST
Dress up your bike and yourself!
BUNNY HOP and LONG JUMP CONTESTS
Hosted by POST BIKE SHOP
TRACKSTANDS, FOOTDOWN AND TRACK COMPS
Hosted by JOHN PROLLY
PROGRAM 4
1:00pm Buy Tickets
VIRTUOUS CHAPTER 10
SWITZERLAND 2008 | HD 5min.
DIR. BRIAN GOTTSCHALK, FABIAN NAF
Candle-lit downhill biking in the mountains surrounding Zurich.
I LOVE BIKES
England 2009 | xDcamHD 1080p 4min.
Dir. Phoebe Fraser
Interviews with three very different riders on why they love their bikes.
SIXTYCYCLE
Canada 2009 | miniDV 10min.
Dir. Andrew Pierias
A song composed entirely from samples of bicycle parts in motion.
BIKE TRIALS: REGAINING BALANCE
Canada 2009 | DVCPRO HD 11min.
Dir. Sheldon Pearson
Follows the efforts of North America's top trials riders through the course of their 2008 riding season.
02:27:860
Scotland 2008 | Super8 3 min.
Dir. Thomas Hogben
What it’s like to look out of a mountain bike helmet: the sounds, the sights, the feelings.
LE TOUR RIDER
USA 2009 | 16mm 7min.
Dir. Chris Merchant
Jimmy, a bicycle delivery boy, daydreams that he’s riding in the Tour De France in order to escape the tedium of his sandwich transportation career. Can he win “The Tour” in fifteen minutes or will the delivery be free?
LATITUDES
USA 2008 | HD 18min.
Dir. Don Hampton
Latitudes showcases the sessions with top athletes that are shaping the next generation of mountain biking in stunning locations around the world.
FREERIDE: THE AARON CHASE STORY
USA 2008 | 1080i 21min.
Dir. Bruno Musso
Profile of a groundbreaking rider and his heartbreaking injury.
PROGRAM 5
3:00pm Buy Tickets
KRITSADA PRATHUMMA
Thailand 2008 | HDV 4min.
Dir. Christopher San Agustin
What it’s like to be a bike shop owner in Thailand and a BMX pro flatlander.
PIRATES OF THE BROADWAY: PART TWO
USA 2009 | HD 8min.
Dir. Ben Cerf, Gaylen Hamilton, Monica Hunken, Laura Newman
Bike pirates take Manhattan.
THE BIKE CHURCH
USA 2007 | miniDV 2min.
Dir. Matthew Halla
A Santa Cruz community bicycle workshop promotes mobility, well-being, knowledge and environmental health - one bike at a time.
THE THIRD WHEEL
WORLD PREMIERE
USA 2009 | miniDV 65min.
Dir. Brian Schoenfelder
The Pedicab industry in New York City was founded by George and Peter. We see how government legislates their small business while catering to special interests in this not to be missed documentary.
PROGRAM 6
5:00pm Buy Tickets
I'M GOOD ON THAT ONE
USA 2008 | DVCProHD 9min.
Dir. Marco Svizzero
A fun summer in SF with amazing BMX riding.
TRAIN TRIP
USA 2006 | miniDV/Super8/Still Images 14min.
Dir. Joe Rich & Ruben Alcantara
A document of a BMX trip by two legends in the sport
Directed and shot by themselves.
I LOVE MY BICYCLE: THE STORY OF FBM BIKES
WORLD PREMIERE
USA 2009 | HDV 75 min.
Dir. Joe Stakun
In reaction to big business BMX companies in the early 90's, 17-year-old Steve Crandall started a company of his own called Fat Bald Men (FBM). What began as selling t-shirts out of a backpack has turned into one of the most well respected DIY bicycle companies around. Through fortune and misfortune, the film follows FBM through their 15 years of mayhem as told by Crandall and the rest of the BMX bicycle community from close friends to influential icons like Dave Mirra and Mat Hoffman.
NIGHT PROGRAM
PROGRAM 7
7:00pm
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PROGRAM 8
9.15pm
Repeat of Program 7 Buy Tickets
PROGRAM 9
11.15pm
Repeat of Program 7 Buy Tickets
EMPIRE
USA 2009 | 24p HD DVCPRO 5min.
Dir. Luke Stiles & Christian Thormann
No one can dispute that this Track thing started in New York and these are the current writers of history on the streets.
ONE LESS HORSE
France 2009 | Video 3min.
Dir. Yorgo Tloupas, Benjamin. Seroussi & Patrice Meignan
Three horse polo players go head to head with three bike polo players.
SAFARI LONDON
UK 2009 | HD 4min.
Dir. Rick Symonds & Roddy Macintyre
Spend a whole evening with a cyclist in London condensed to a few moments with time-lapse.
SUNCHASERS: KARISSA WHITSELL
USA 2009 | HD 7min.
Dir. Irvin Coffee
This documentary short follows Karissa Whitsell and Mackinzie Woodring on their journey to compete in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Karissa is ranked number one by the UCI in her category as a blind "stoker", the rear position on a tandem. This is her first Paralympic competition with Mackinzie her new pilot. Watch as they compete and train on the road and track.
THE MESSENGER’S CREED
USA 2009 | HD 720p 2min.
Dir. Dan Gingold
Not unlike the Hippocratic oath of doctors, a code to live by.
URBAN CYCLIST
USA 2009 | DV 5min.
Dir. JC Ramirez & Gregory Ugalde
Running a messenger business in New York.
THE FORCE
UK 2009 | DV 7min.
Dir. Jamie Harper
A true story of the theft, and subsequent recovery, of a much beloved bicycle.
PIXEL GEAR BIKES!! RIDE SAFE, RIDE FAST, RIDE FREE
Spain 2009 | Video 1min.
Dir. Simon Bericua Lopez
Pixel Gear Bikes!!! Is an animation based on the Paperboy 2 videogame from the 1980s.
KEIRIN
Japan/Italy 2008 | HD 5min.
Dir. Giovanni Giommi
A beautifully shot portrait of Japanese Track Racers directed by the director of LES NINJA DU JAPON.
KANT
Japan 2009 | DVD 4min.
Dir. Kazuto Nakamura & Ikuma Ootsubo
Yokohama fixed gear riders having fun with friends.
PUT THE FUN BETWEEN YOUR LEGS
USA 2008 | miniDV 8min.
Dir. Chris Walker
A look into the lives of two rad women riders who live in Orlando, FL.
BELLE EPOCH
Italy | USA 2008 | Video 3min.
Dir. Robert Chynoweth
Italian cyclist Giuliano Calore (aka “Cyclist of the Impossible”) rides on Europe’s steepest mountain roads playing different musical instruments along the way.
THE SCRAPER BIKE KING
USA 2009 | 16mm 13min.
Dir. Rafael Flores
The inspirational story of “Bay-be Champ”, the original creator of the scraper bike movement in Oakland, CA.
BROADWAY BOMBER/BRIDGE BATTLE
USA 2009 | HD 11min.
Dir. Lucas Brunelle
Lucas never ceases to amaze viewers with the first person perspective video from his helmet-cams. Close calls and dangerous streets shows urban cycling at its finest.
ANIMA D'ACCIAIO (SOUL OF STEEL)
USA/Italy 2009 | HD 11min.
Dir. Daniel Leeb
A Portrait of the legendary Italian Frame Builder Giovanni Pelizzoli aka "Ciocc" . Ciocc shares his wisdom and life story while hand building a revolutionary new frame for urban fixed gear cycling. Ciocc demonstrates that the tradition and craft of frame building’s Golden age can be re-born and push the technical frontier of Cycling's future. Also feaures Ed "Wonka" La Forte and Antonio Colombo with an original soundtrack by Blonde Redhead.
BICYCLE FILM FESTIVALPRESENTED BY BRENDT BARBUR AND FRIENDS,
AND DEDICATED TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER TONETA