Bicycle Film Festival: Day Two

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All Film Screenings at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave.)

Program 1 / 7:00pm

• KIEST PARK (USA 2005 | 16mm 5 min.) Dir. John Ayala A seven year old leaves his parents and his block for the first time to explore, observe and destroy in a vast new world.

• THERE IS A FLOWER IN MY PEDAL (Canada 2004 | DV/16mm/Super8 4 min.)
Dir. Andrea Dorfman
A rhythm of mixed media reminds us to dust off the old bike and go for a ride.

• DIVERSION IN BRAZIL (USA/Brazil 2002 | 16mm/DV 5 min.)
Dir. Bobby Carter
Take a journey to the neighborhoods of Sao Paulo and discover Brazil’s freestyle underground featuring: Balu, Daniel Molina, Leonardo Claro, and Marcos Paulo De Jesus.

• MONSTER TRACK VI (USA 2005 | Video 7 min.) Dir. Lucas Brunelle
This alleycat is fixed-gear only. It was set on one of the coldest days of the year in New York City. Catch the intensity of riding in New York with some of the world’s most-skilled city riders.

• INES BRUNN – KUNSTRADSHOW (Germany 2000 | Video 5 min.) Dir. Masc Coenen & Ines Brunn Dance, acrobatics, gymnastics—all on a fixed gear.
Ines Brunn introduces us to her style of riding called “Artistic Cycling”.

• SKI BOYS (Canada 2006 | Super8 8 min.)
Dir. Benny Zenga The lost reels of the Ski Boys, which document their inventive exploits in rural Ontario during the early 70’s.

• BIKING IN THE BIBLE BELT (USA 2005 | DV 12 min.)
Dir. James Plumlee There are many obstacles to riding a bicycle in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This short is a glimpse into their strong and varied riding scene.

• ON TIME (USA 1985 | 16mm 7 min.) Dir. Ari Taub This comedy classic short, shown worldwide, marked the debut of director/screenwriter Ari Taub and captured the spirit of low budget filmmaking in New York City. Jimmy a bicycle messenger from the Albatross Courier Company, takes us through the streets and boroughs of New York to deliver a package “on time”. Braving the perilous city streets, there’s nothing Jimmy can’t handle, or is there?

• SOME THINGS RIDE A BICYCLE (USA 2006 | Video 45 sec.)
Dir. Chris Jolly This is a series of chalkboard animations of various funny objects riding bicycles.

• LUCAS BRUNELLE VIDEO (USA 2006 | DV 12 min.) Dir. Lucas Brunelle Over one million people have downloaded his videos. Lucas takes a bike and a camera where no woman or man has biked before.

• WARRIORS: THE BIKE RACE (USA 2004 | DV 20 min.)
Dir. Christopher Ryan, Michael Green, Jesse Epstein
In August of 2002, over 800 bicycle riders descended upon New York City in the form of 89 gangs. Their goal: to live out the epic gang warfare movie known as THE WARRIORS. During the all night race from the Bronx to Coney Island, riders got lost, blood was shed, police outwitted, and countless brain cells destroyed. Most of what took place that night was thankfully never to be discussed again until…WARRIORS: THE BIKE RACE

PROGRAM 2 / 9:00pm

• TIME BIKE (USA 2007 | HD 8 min.)
Dir. John Breen On a seemingly average day in Portland, Oregon, Anthony finds an old bike with extraordinary powers.

• MONKEY WARFARE (Canada 2006 | DV 77 min.)
Dir. Reginald Harkema Many critics have selected this film as one of the best films without distribution of the year. Dan and Linda are two ex-activists in Toronto who live a low-key lifestyle of selling junk online and riding their bicycles. After their pot dealer gets busted, they meet the young revolutionary Susan, forcing Dan and Linda to question their relationship and face their turbulent past. “Monkey Warfare” was well received at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival winning the Special Jury Award.

PROGRAM 3 / 11:00pm

• BFF Classics
o MONSTER TRACK VI (USA 2005 | Video 7 min.) Dir. Lucas Brunelle
This alleycat is fixed-gear only. It was set on one of the coldest days of the year in New York City. Catch the intensity of riding in New York with some of the world’s most-skilled city riders.

o BIKE THIEF (USA 2004 | DV 4 min.)
Dir. Neistat Brothers A study of stealing bikes in New York City.

o BIKE KILL (USA 2005 | DV 5 min.)
Dir. Rachel Meyrick
The Black Label Bicycle Club puts on the most amazing bicycle events—that is, if you live to tell.

o PEDAL (USA 2001 | DV 52 min.)
Dir. Peter Sutherland

Acclaimed NYC filmmaker and photographer, Sutherland is known for his work as Director of Photography on the skateboarding film “Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator” which played to audiences nationwide, as well as the photography book AUTOGRAF. Pedal is a fast-paced documentary film about surviving in the streets of New York City as a bicycle messenger. It features messengers from all walks of life as they battle traffic in a race to make their next delivery on time. It premiered in 2001 at the South by Southwest film festival and in New York at the Bicycle Film Festival, and later was acquired by the Sundance channel, where it aired until 2004.