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STANDING START
UK 2007 | DV 12min.
Dir. Adrian McDowall and Finlay Pretsell
What does it take to be the fastest track starter in the world?  Standing Start gives insight into Olympian and World Champion Track Sprinter Craig MacLean’s life, his unflinching focus and preparation to battle it out on the world stage – portrayed like a gladiator.

MILLAR’S TALE
USA 2007 | DV 11min.
Dir. Nigel Dick
David Millar, one time prologue winner of the Tour de France, talks about his fight against doping and his future with Slipstream Sports.

ROAD TO ROUBAIX
SEE THE TRAILER
USA 2008 | Video 75min.
Dir. David Deal and David Cooper
This film features the most difficult and prestigious one-day cycling race in the world: Paris-Roubaix. First held in 1896, now more than a century later the race is still a grueling contest over 160 miles of narrow, cobbled farm roads in Northern France with a finish in the historic Roubaix velodrome. Long known as the “Hell of the North”, this film is a visual narrative of an old school clash of the finest athletes in the world.  The filmmakers tell the story of the riders, the fans, the mechanics, and the unpredictable landscape that is the setting for the Paris-Roubaix.

DAO & THE ART OF BICYCLE INVENTION
UK 2006 | Various Mediums 3 min.
Dir. Danny Beck
BRIT DOCS Selection

KEIST 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.

GASOLINE VS YOGURT
USA 2006 | DV 5min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers
The Neistat Brothers have made another short for the BFF. This time Van and his yogurt powered bike take on Casey and his gasoline powered Ducati. You know who wins?

ON TIME
USA 1985 | 16mm 7min.
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?

TRUNK BOIZ
SCRAPER BIKE
USA 2007 | Video 4min.
Dir. Spencer Fortin
Music Video

BMX DIVERSION IN BRAZIL
USA/BRAZIL 2002 | 16mm/DV 5min.
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.

TANDEMONIUM
USA 2007 | DV 3min.
Dir. Nathan Wilkes
Riding single is fun! Riding with two is double the fun!

BOMB BAY WITH TED SHRED
USA 2005 | DV 5min.
Dir. Matt Goldman
Legendary ex-skater and DJ, Ted Shred bombs the hills and bustling streets of San Francisco with no brakes… (Seriously, NO BRAKES!!!) Filmmaker Matt Goldman mixes the kamikaze ride with Ted's own visionary DJ-ing style to create this adrenalized scratch poem.

SKI BOYS
Canada 2006 | Super-8 8 min.
Dir. Benny Zenga
The last reels of the Ski Boys document their inventive exploits in rural Ontario during the early ‘70s.

TRACK KAIJU
USA 2007 | DV 20min.
Dir. Michael Green
World Champion Fixie King Shino and his travel companion journey from Tokyo to do battle in N.Y.C.’s most legendary, intense alleycat: Monster Track.

LUCAS BRUNELLE’S GREATEST HITS
USA 2006 | DV 14min.
Dir. Lucas Brunelle
Over two million people have downloaded his videos.
Lucas takes a bike and a camera where no woman or man has biked before.

After Party to be Announced at the screeningS on Friday

GOD'S LESSON
Czech Republic 2004 | 16mm/Digital Beta 4min.
Dir. Petr Bednar
Sometimes bike lessons can be divine.

THERES A FLOWER IN MY PEDAL
Canada 2004 | DV/16mm/Super 8mm 4min.
Dir. Andrea Dorfman
A rhythm of mixed media reminds us to dust off the old bike and go for a ride.

BIKE RIDE
USA 2000 | 16mm 6 min.
Dir. Tom Schroeder
James rides his bike 50 miles to see his girlfriend, who dumps him. He rides home.

BAREND JAM
UK 2006 | DV 3 min.
Dir. Alex Rankin
Two fun BMX shorts from the UK.

The Bicycle: Beryl the Champion of the World
UK 2006 | Various Mediums 3 min.
Dir. Kate Siney
BRIT DOCS Selection

FUMIKIRI
Japan 2008 | DV 8min.
Dir. Daisuke Hayakawa and Toshihiko Nakano
A view into riding styles of the talented and creative urban track riders of Japan,

CHOPRICAL FISH AND UMDJ
USA 2008 | DV 6min.
Dir. Paul McKenzie and Paul Freedman
San Francisco based bike rapper and Fossil Fool and Austin based DJ Manny create custom mobile audio systems for street parties and social rides.

ORANGE BIKES TAKE MANHATTAN
SEE THE TRAILER
USA 2008 | HD 6min.
Dir. Kalim Armstrong
Captures the cycling community’s response to fashion company DKNY placing orange branded bikes throughout New York.

PTERYDACTYL "Polio"
USA 2007 | DV 3min.
Dir. Matt Marlin
Music Video
A bicycle wheel escapes the clutches of an evil bike shop…

INES BRUNN – KUNSTRADSHOW
Germany 2000 | Video 5min.
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”.

JIM’S LINES
USA 2008 | HD 5min.
Dir. Patrick Trefz
Artist and chef, Jim Denevan, creates land art by bicycle.

GOODBYE TOMORROW
CANADA / AFRICA 2008 | HD 8min.
Dir. Benny Zenga and Brian Vernor
This year BFF alumni, Brian Vernor and the Zenga Bros., rode with cameras in hand across Africa. Back in America just in time for the 2008 NYC BFF, they’ve compiled this special presentation, a glimpse into the footage gathered over the last four months and 12,000 kms covered by bicycle.

WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO
UK 2007 | Video 3min.
BAT FOR LASHES
Dir. Dougal Wilson
Music video

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.

BICYCLE STORIES
USA 2008 | HD 14min.
Dir. Daniel Leeb
Three portraits: Matthew McGuiness, George Bliss and Matthew Modine discuss their passions, inspirations and obstacles as they work to build the bike movement.

LUCAS BRUNELLE WORLDWIDE ADVENTURE
USA 2008 | DV 14min.
Dir. Lucas Brunelle
Lucas gives us a look at riding like no one else.  London’s underground, the English Countryside, LA’s palm tree lined streets and Tokyo’s freeways are some of the backdrops for alleycats seen through the helmet cam.

KING OF SKITCH
USA 2008 | HD 2min.
Dir. Daniel Leeb
The King of New York, Felipe Robayo, will always find the fastest way on a bike to get from A to B.

BICYCLE SAMBA
UK 2005 | DV 2min.
Dir. Sophie Clements
Samba on bicycles! All sounds directly from the bikes – no added or altered sounds.

BIKE THIEF
USA 2004 | DV 4min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers
This is a study of stealing bikes in New York City.

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

KO MASUDA: LIFE AND PROCESS
Japan 2006 | DV 3min.
Dir. Marc Blake
A short video that captures the unique life and process of Ko Masuda: artist, designer, and Buddhist monk.

BALORDA
Italy 2007 | DV 8min.
Dir. Luca Bedini and Marco Brandoli
In Northern Italy, 3000 people come together for a slow orgiastic 3-mile ride feasting on Lambrusco, pasta, and song.

THE MAKING OF BOOTLEG SESSIONS V.2
USA 2008 | DV 5min.
Dir. Burd Phillips
This short details the efforts of a globally diverse group of wayward cyclists as they attempt to put together a video project that proves one thing: there is an infinite number of ways to have fun on bicycles.

AN APOLOGY
USA 2007 | DV 3min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers
The Neistat Brothers make a movie for the BFF every year. Here is an apology.

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.

WAFFLE BIKE
USA 2008 | DV 7min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers and Tom Sachs
Tom Sach’s rides his Waffle Bike to Brooklyn.

MACAFRAMA
USA 2007 | HD 11min.
Dir. Colby Elrick and Colin Arlen
This beautifully shot video showcases some of the most talented track riders on the west coast.

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.

LUCAS BRUNELLE WORLDWIDE BROADCAST
USA 2007 | DV 10min.
Dir. Lucas Brunelle
The famous Lucas Brunelle travels the world from London to Mexico City to New York. In this year’s (2007) update of his worldwide adventures, you see the emerging bike movement through his helmet cam.

WARRIORS: THE BIKE RACE
USA 2004 | Video 21min.
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.

AFTER PARTY

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