9pm till late
BIKES ROCK
STUDIO B
259 Banker St.
between Calyer St. and Franklin
Brooklyn

SOFT CIRCLE and DANIEL LEEB
Audio/Visual
The performance is a collaboration between artist and musician, Hisham Bharoocha (Soft Circle, formerly of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice), and filmmaker, Daniel Leeb (Cinecycle). Their piece consists of sounds created from bicycle parts, electronics and live video mixing.

IMPOSSIBLE HOUR
SIMONE PACE (BLONDE REDHEAD)
Original Live Score
Directed by Jorgen Leth (A SUNDAY IN HELL, FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS)
Ole Ritter tries to break the unbreakable record by Eddy Merckx. The Hour Track Record is one of the most prestigious records in cycling.  This classic film, directed by one of Europe’s most prolific filmmakers, is a treat for the track bike fan and the film lover alike. Simone Pace’s adept live score enhances the visual mastery of Leth.

Lucky Dragons
Chairlift
Sweatshop Labor
DJ Mistakes (bicycle-powered turntablism)
DJ James Stacher (Black Label Bicycle Club)

Stick Around for the Dance Party afterward

DEAR VELO,
Curated by Katharine Barthelme and Brendt Barbur
Hosted by Partners & Spade
40 Great Jones Street near Bowery

May 29 - OPENING 6-9 
RSVP ONLY for opening

Afterparty at LIT, 93 2nd Ave.
DJ Paul Sevigny

Open May30-June2 12-7

Patrick Trefz
Madsaki
Ben Wilson
Phil Frost
Benedict Radcliffe
Tom Sachs
Black Label Bike Club
Max Knight
Amy Franceschini
Bradley Baker/ Zach Blackburn/ Al Zuger
Louise Ingalls Sturges
John-Taki Theodoracopulos
Grace Yung Ting Teng
Benny Zenga
JOYRIDE in the back.

ALL FILM SCREENINGS AT
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
unless otherwise mentioned
32 2nd Ave. at 2nd St.

live music prior to the screening by the rude mechanical orchestra

online ticket sales have ended, you may purchase tickets in person at the box office at anthology film archives.

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

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

THE BICYCLE THIEF
UK 2006 | AVI/4:3 3min.
Dir. Nicholas Thorley
After a thief steals Nick’s bike, he recruits George to help him.

GHOST RIDE
USA 2008 | DV 1min.
Dir. Ross Harris
Ghost riding around town.

TICO JAM 5
USA / Costa Rica 2008 | DV 5min.
Dir. Bobby Carter
Top flatland riders from around the world meet up in Costa Rica for a fantastic trip.

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

FASTER
USA 2008 | DV 2min.
Dir. Jeff Stark
Who’s faster?  A woman competes against the subway as she races over the bridge.

MY FIRST TIME
UK 2008 | DV 6min.
Dir. S.C. Durkin
From one’s first breath, life is a series of firsts – awkward steps, seeing the ocean, flying on a plane, making love…and once learned, never forgotten.

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

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.

D.I.Y. Emancipation 101
USA 2007 | Animation-Xerography 1min.
Dir. Lynn Robinson
Bicycling brought freedom to women!

THE LOADED WARRIOR
USA 2008 | DV 15min.
Dir. Jay Broemmel and Taylor Fitzgerald
A remake of the Road Warrior features a post-apocalyptic future where roving bike gangs fight each other for the precious fuel: beer.

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.

WAFFLE BIKE
USA 2008 | DV 7min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers and Tom Sachs
Collaborators and friends come together to make a bike movie.

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

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.

ALL FILM SCREENINGS AT
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
unless otherwise mentioned
32 2nd Ave. at 2nd St.

online ticket sales have ended, you may purchase tickets in person at the box office at anthology film archives.

Repeat of Program 1.

ALL FILM SCREENINGS AT
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
unless otherwise mentioned
32 2nd Ave. at 2nd St.

Repeat of Program 1.

AFTERPARTY AT LIT

STREET PARTY 1-7
2nd St at 2nd Ave.
Bike games and other fun events presented by TRACKSTAR.
Footdown, trackstands, and skids for all.
Bunny Hop Contest
Bike Beauty Contest
Tables featuring Framebuilders, artists, handmade bikewares.
Fun prizes!!

1st Annual BFF Bicycle Beauty Pageant
Calling all tall bikes, ugly bikes, crazy bikes and
bikes in every shape, come down to the 1st Annual BFF Bicycle Beauty Pageant, which was a huge hit in its first year in Melbourne! Dress up your bike and yourself and rock it at our good 'ole fashioned Block Party. Amazing prizes!!

RAIN DATE: SUNDAY JUNE 1 from 1-7PM

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ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
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TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
USA 2007 | DV/Super 8/16mm 32min.
Dir. Dean Dickinson
A BMX documentary that leaps into the mind of the true pool rider – a dive into a BMX lifestyle like you’ve never seen.

And other fun bike movies!

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BIKE SCENE IT is CANCELLED and will be replaced by a screening of the BFF DVD.

Matthew Modine and friends
Matthew Modine, Actor and Founder of Bicycle For A Day, will be joined by bicycle-loving friends to screen their favorite bike scenes from different movies.  Along the way they may share some of their best bicycle-related stories (like that time they were almost kidnapped while riding a bike!).  

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ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
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Hosted by NYCMTB
LIFE CYCLE
UK 2008 | DV 4 min.
Dir. Tom Mansfield
A postman takes a detour from his usual postal route and accidentally stumbles on his chosen path in life by riding the bumpy road to success.

FIXIE DAVE
USA 2008 | HD 7min.
Dir. Terry Breheny
Dave Nice, aka Fixie Dave, is an endurance cyclist exploring the country on a fixed-gear single speed rigid bike.

ACROSS THE CZECH REPUBLIC
USA / Czech Republic 2008 | Super 8 5min.
Dir. Jason Reid
In April 2007, three Americans from Seattle bicycled across the Czech Republic. This is their film.

HAVE YOU SEEN IT
USA 2007 | HD/16mm 22min.
Dir. Eric Crosland
Part MTB film, part thriller, part documentary, this movie is sure to surprise…

THE WAY BOBBY SEES IT
USA 2008 | DV 57min.
Dir. Jason Watkins, Wendy Todd
A gripping story about a blind mountain biker who relies on a “guide” to help him see as he races down one of the most difficult downhill courses in the U.S. 

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ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
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32 2nd Ave. at 2nd St.

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.

PTERODACTYL "POLIO"
USA 2007 | DV 3min.
Dir. Matt Marlin
Music Video
A bicycle wheel escapes the clutches of an evil bike shop in the country to flee towards a new life in the big city…

THE  TOOLBOX ("Spare Parts Race")
USA 2008 | Digital/Stop Motion Animation 2min.
Dir. Chombo
Leftover bicycle parts race one another for glory in this brief stop-motion animated treat.

RAVEN AND THE BICYCLE ANGEL
USA 2007 | DV 8min.
Dir. Jonathan van Tulleken
A fun mockumentary about a young man attempting to win the heart of the woman of his dreams by cycling in a bike courier race.

MYSTIK MOOD
USA 1988 | Super 8 4min.
Dir. Dieter Runge
A day in the life of a NY bike messenger in the 80’s edited to the song Mystik Mood by the New York band East of Eden.

SCRAPER BIKES
TRUNK BOIZ
USA 2007 | Video 3min.
Dir. Spencer Fortin
Music video

GET FASTER
USA 2008 | DV 9min.
Dir. Heather Muller
Dylan wants this to be the year she wins Monstertrack.  In her efforts to get faster she looks to three local alleycat racers for their advice.

BIKE MESSENGER NYC
USA 2008 | DV 2min.
Dir. Carlos Ramirez
A visual collage of the Bike Messenger community in New York.

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.

PEDAL PUSHER SOCIETY
USA 2007 | 5min.
Dir. Susie Seidelman and Shea Schachameyer
A film about Pedal Pusher Society, representing Milwaukee’s premier bike gang of women.

FUMIKIRI
Japan 2008 | DV 8min.
Dir. Daisuke Hayakawa and Toshihiko Nakano
Japan has emerged as one of the world’s centers for urban track bike culture. Fumikiri is a view into the riding styles of the talented and creative riders of Japan.

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.

LUCAS BRUNELLE
USA 2006 | DV 11min.
Dir. Lucas Brunelle
Lucas has a given us a look at riding like nobody before him.  He has traveled to London’s underground, the English Countryside, Tokyo’s freeways and tunnels, and of course the streets of New York. Every city has a different style of riding. The palm trees of Los Angeles, the stately buildings of Stockholm, are examples of backdrops for alleycats seen through the helmet cam in different locales.

FAST FRIDAY
USA 2007 | DV 27min.
Dir. David Rowe
Director David Rowe documents the rise of the prolific track bike scene in Seattle. Started by clothing designer and fixed-gear rider Dustin Klein (M.A.S.H.), the monthly bike event known as “Fast Friday” has grown into a showcase of today’s most talented riders.

AFTERPARTY AT Love
40 W 8th St at McDougal

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Repeat of Program 7

AFTERPARTY AT Love
40 W 8th St at McDougal

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ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
unless otherwise mentioned
32 2nd Ave. at 2nd St.

Repeat of Program 7

AFTERPARTY AT Love
40 W 8th St at McDougal

AFTER PARTY
Love
40 W 8th St at McDougal

with DJ Eamon Harkin and Ted Shred
Open Red Bull Vodka Bar 9pm-10pm and 12pm - 1am

Premiere of
BOOTLEG SESSIONS V.2
On continuous loop all night.
Directed by Burd Phillips

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WHITE VANS
Canada 2007 | Mixed 13min.
Dir. Aren Hansen
After finding his bike stolen for a second time in one month, Aren took matters into his own hands and decided to catch a bike thief in the act.  Featuring interviews with others who have had their bike taken and their fantasies for revenge.

FREE WHEELIES: PEDICABS OF NEW YORK: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
USA 2007 | DV 6min.
Dir. Frederic Choiniere
In the urban jungle that is New York, many transportation “species” compete for their share of the road. Are local politics – and New York City Council – fostering greener modes of transportation or hunting them down?

ROUND UP FAST FOLD SHOWDOWN
USA 2007 | DV 7min.
Dir. The Galfromdownunder, aka Lynette Chiang
Ride!  Fold!  Carry!  Sit!  Cross legs!  Unfold!  Ride!

PINK: A (LOVE) COURIER SERVICE
USA 2007 | DV 10min.
Dir. Molly Sullivan and Jaclyn Pryor
A site-specific art installation and courier service in Austin, Texas that’s all about bringing the love.

SMALL MOVEMENTS
USA 2008 | Super 8 9min.
Dir. Nickey Robare
Four years ago in Portland, OR a group of young women who loved riding bikes started The Sprockettes, the world’s first all female mini-bike dance team.

NYC – Memorial
USA 2008 | DV 4min.
Dir. Elizabeth Press
Short documentary on the Streets Memorial Project 3rd Annual Memorial Ride to commemorate New Yorkers who were killed while biking & walking in 2007.

SILENT REVOLUTION
Spain 2008 | DV 2min.
Dir. Xavier Artigas
All about the silent revolution of using bicycles to respond to the traffic in Barcelona.

NOT JUST CLOWNING AROUND
USA 2007 | DV 3min.
Dir. Elizabeth Press
Get out of our lane!  The Times Up! Bicycle Clown Brigade educate car drivers about the bicycle lanes in New York City using humor and drama to get the message out.

THE BICYCLE TRIAL - A DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCE
Argentina 2008 | DV 10min.
Dir. Mariano Pasik
How long does it take for a bike to get stolen?  The Bicycle Trial is a project designed to see how long a bike can remain unlocked before someone comes along and steals it.

THE RECYCLE A BICYCLE FILM
USA 2007 | DV 22min.
Dir. Marcus Burnett
A film about the innovative organization, Recycle a Bicycle.  The group offers training and environmental education to youth in New York’s public schools while promoting everyday bicycle use.

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Alternate Theater at Anthology

HISTORY OF BICYCLE WITH NO NAME
Italy 2007 | DV/Super 8 36min.
Dir. Simone Cariello and Luca Puglia
A bike ride through different worlds starting from the bike collector, to the passionate ciclofficina (cycle-assembly shop) or the second-hand dealer, finally ending up with the bike “politician”.  There are many set-ups as to the different ways to experience a bike in a city such as Milano, the only leit-motiv: grease under the nails.

WHITE SNOW, BLACK ICE: CYCLING OVER LAKE BAIKAL
Russia 2006 | Video 32min.
Dir. Andrei Rozov and Gleb Stepanov
Beautiful landscapes abound in this film about cycling over Lake Baikal, Siberia, during the winter. 

ANGELS DIE IN THE SOIL
Iran / Iraq / Kurdistan 2008 | HD 30min.
Dir. Babak Amini
An Iraqi-Kurdish girl earns a living for her ill father by selling Iranian soldiers’ bones that are remains from the Iran-Iraq war.  One day she comes across a terrorist incident involving an American soldier on her way back home.  She involves herself in the incident by trying to help him.

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PEOPLE WHO RIDE
USA 2008 | DV 2min.
Dir. Angelique Little
San Francisco is the background for this short describing people who ride bicycles.

FLAT
USA 2008 | DV/Stop Motion Animation1min.
Dir. Elizabeth Press, Caroline Samponaro
Sometimes a flat can ruin a bike ride, but sometimes it is the beginning of even more fun!

FROM TRAGEDY TO ADVOCACY: MARY BETH KELLY
USA 2008 | DV 5min.
Dir: Clarence Eckerson Jr
In June 2006, Mary Beth Kelly’s husband, Dr. Carl Henry Nacht, was killed by a tow truck while riding his bike.  The tragedy has turned her into an even bigger bike advocate.

ADVENTURES FOR THE CURE
USA 2007 | DV 82min.
Dir. Philip Knowlton
Adventures for the Cure chronicles the incredible, 6,500-mile trek made by 3 young men across the US on single-speed, fixed gear bicycles in order to raise money and awareness for diabetes, and to help disabled children in Kenya.  In particular, it focuses on two stories: Adam, who as a Type-1 diabetic has to manage his illness while riding up to 150 miles a day through rugged terrain; and the touching stories of two diabetic children the group meets along the way.  The film is narrated by three-time Tour de France winner, Greg LeMond.

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PANTANI E “LE TOUR DE FRANCE”
Italy 2008 | DV 9min.
Dir. Natali Fabrizio
An amazing collage of images of Marco Pantani, climbing in the race to win the 1994 Tour de France.

COPPI
Italy 2006 | DV 7min.
Dir. Antonio Poce and Valerio Murat
Coppi is an intermedial work celebrating the mythical figure of Fausto Coppi, a biker, sports champion and icon of our times.

LES NINJA DU JAPON
Italy 2007 | DV 82min.
Dir. Giovanni Giommi
A Japanese adventure at the cycling TOUR DU BURKINA FASO. Five young semi-professional Japanese cyclists, supported by their team manager, face the most challenging race of their lives at the most famous stage competition in Africa: the TOUR DU FASO.

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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
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.

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WOLFPACK HUSTLE: THE MIDNIGHT DRAGRACE
USA 2006 | DV 5min.
Dir. Donny Digital
2nd Street Tunnel single speed and fixed gear drag races in Los Angeles.

BANG-KING 2007
Japan 2007 | DV 5min.
Dir. Kentarou Suzuki
The first Keirin race for street riders in Japan.

TRYPSICLE
USA  2004 | DV 2min.
Dir. Elliot Montgomery
Visual ride.

SHE PEDALS FAST (FOR A GIRL)
USA 2007 | HD 15min.
Dir. Eva Vives
A female bike messenger tries to get over her broken heart.

BICYCLE LADIES
Canada 1990 | 35mm/Animated 15min.
Dir. Jill Haras
How is it women of today wear pants, are allowed to vote, and can ride bicycles?  All because of Victorian womens’ intense attraction to a new invention, that at the time, only men were allowed to use.  In Bicycle Ladies, the family butler recounts Maddy Endicott’s scandalous behavior as she defies convention for the love of the bike.

THE SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACES
USA 2006 | DV 60min.
Dir. Mark Tyson
Discover the original American form of bicycle racing. Relive the excitement of movie stars, gangsters, and the best-paid athletes in the US on a journey that takes you from the glory years of American cycling through to the last throes of a once-great sport. This film traces the history of this completely forgotten sport from its early days in the 1880's through its sad demise in the 1950's. Over 40 hours of interviews with riders, supporters, family members and historians bring life to the rich tapestry that was the Six-Day Bicycle Race. This film shares the color and excitement of an era when a bike rider could make in six days what his father might earn in six years. More than 10 years in the making, the “Six-Day Bicycle Race” is a film that brings together the largest known collection of photographs, archival footage and personal recollections by and of people long since passed away.

AFTER PARTY TBA