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Cycle-Bird Alleycat Race
P.3 Bike Shorts 
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P.4 The Cyclocross Meeting
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P.5 Urban Bike Shorts
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WOMEN IN GEAR AFTER PARTY
LE BELMONT
4483 Boulevard Saint Laurent
Featuring:
ROUGE +  ANGO

BIKE SHORTS

PAPERGIRL #3
GERMANY 2009 | MINI DV 12 min
Dir. Aisha Ronniger, Sami Ala-Eddin
Just like paperboys deliver newspapers, this group of bikers deliver art, bringing a sense of surprise and joy to the people of Berlin.

LE CYCLISTE (THE CYCLIST)
FRANCE 2009 | HD 5 MIN
Dir. Armin Mobasseri
Playing with her toy cyclist, a little girl makes her mother arrive late. Angrily, she takes it away from her. But the little girl can barely believe her eyes when she wakes up.

MINI BIKE WINTER
USA 2010 | HD 10 min
Dir. Richie Thomassen
Fun with mini bikes in the cold Portland Winter.

BICYCLE PARTS BUTTERFLY
JAPAN 2009 | RED CAM 9 min
Dir. Daisuke Toh
Follow this 25 meter long chain reaction made only out of bike parts!

THE BRISTOL BIKE PROJECT
UK 2009 | HD 19 min
Dir. Alistair Oldham
Old and unwanted bicycles are given new life in this volunteer-run workshop. These bikes give local refugees and asylum seekers a piece of freedom in their disadvantaged and restricted lives. Free transportation.

JAPAN 2009 | DIGITAL 21 min
Dir. Dean Yamada
A bicycle dismantled. A life retrieved.

THE CYCLOCROSS MEETING


PROGRAM 4: The Cyclocross Meeting
7:00

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ALL IN MY HEAD
AUSTRALIA 2009 | HD 2 MIN
Dir. Matt Devine
Two of the best things in the world working together. Riding and music.

MATCH DAY
UK 2009 | MINI DV 3 MIN
Dir. Fiona Collins
A short documentary about cycling speedway. The sport started in the UK after WWII at former bomb sites and is based on motorcycle speedway.

A.N.T. BIKE MIKE MAKES AN A.N.T. BIKE
USA 2010 | HD 14 MIN
Dir. Zachary Lee
An observational documentary on bicycle builder Mike Flannigan of Alternative Needs Transportation, fabricating and assembling one of his custom bicycles in his shop.

CONSTANT MOVEMENT
CUBA 2008 | MINI DV 12min.
Dir. Milagro Farfan
With nothing but rusty scraps and human willpower, tasi-bike drivers make a way to live and work in Cuba, despite the labor conditions that oppress them every day. They have created "the peoples' relief."

THE CYCLOCROSS MEETING
USA, JAPAN 2010 | HD 49 MIN
Dir. Brian Vernor
A film about the currently exploding US cyclocross scene, and the emerging Japanese cyclocross scene. The Cyclocross Meeting follows Barry Wicks and Adam Mcgrath to top US races in New Jersey and Oregon, and then to Japan, where they compete with seven time Japanese National Champion Keiichi Tsujiura, and the up and coming talent Yu Takenouchi. Also featuring 35 year veteran bicycle framebuilder Nakagawa.

URBAN BIKE SHORTS

PROGRAM 5: Urban Bike Shorts
9:00

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WE'VE GOT IT ON TAPE
UK 2010 DVCPRO HD 5min.
Dir. Brendan McNamee
Brendan is recorded playing "solo polo" with microphones all over his body, bike and mallet. A soundscape of bike polo in action.

A NEW CHALLENGE
USA 2010 | VIDEO 2 min
Dir. Neistat Brothers
A short by perennial BFF contributors and friends, the Neistat Brothers. Van challenges his studio manager Oscar Boyson to a bi-unicycle challenge.

COURIER EFFECT
GERMANY, FRANCE, SPAIN 2009 | MINI DV 10MIN.
Dir. Andrew Crighton
Portraits of bicycle messenger family members from Barcelona to Paris to Berlin.

TOKYO JITENSHA
USA, JAPAN 2009 | DIGITAL SLR 1 MIN
Dir. Steven Day
Bicycling through the city at the speed of light.

RIH
THE NETHERLANDS 2010 | DVCAM  MIN
Dir. Meik de Swaan & David Dijkhoff
Founded by the brothers Bustraan in 1921, legendary bicycle manufacturer RIH has sponsored and supplied the Dutch National team for many years. Since 1973 RIH has been run by Wim van der Kaaij, who still hand builds track and race bikes in Amsterdam at over 70 years old.

GRIME PRESENTS
USA 2010 | HD 7 MIN
Dir. Mike Schmitt & Ed Laforte
Two of the most talented street riders today, Mike Schmitt and WONKA kill it like no others in the world.

MINI VELODROME DE BORDEAUX
FRANCE 2010 | HD 3MIN
Dir. Fontas Niko
A glimpse into a French velodrome through a tilt-shift lens yields beautifully mesmerizing effects.

BUSHVELD BIKE MESSENGER
SOUTH AFRICA 2009 | HD 5 MIN
Dir. Boyd Varty
Nothing, not even elephants, giraffes, rhinos or wildebeasts can stop the Bushveld bike messenger from making his delivery.

LUCAS BRUNELLE LINE OF SIGHT
USA 2010 | HD/16MM 30MIN
Dir. Benny Zenga & Lucas Brunelle
Lucas Brunelle travels the globe documenting alleycat races and every year he presents a new film at the BFF. This year for our tenth anniversary Lucas teams up with Benny Zenga to produce a film that takes it to another level. Lucas is the undisputed master of documenting alleycats. From the vantage point of his custom helmet-cam his footage serves as insight into the best urban riders in the world in their natural element. Now Benny Zenga turns the camera back on Lucas Brunelle to bring a new dimension to this rare talent and ‘international man of mystery.’