BFF MONTREAL AUGUST 14 - 16
SATURDAY 15 AUGUST
BFF BIKE POLO
Schoolyard on the corner of Rue de Verdun & 6th Avenue
PROGRAM 2
BFF BIKE POLO
12:00 - 6:00PM
Schoolyard on the corner of Rue de Verdun & 6th Avenue
PROGRAM 2
6:00 PM Buy Tickets
KIEST PARK
USA 2005 | 16mm 5min.
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.
BIKE RIDE
USA 2000 | 16mm 6min
Dir. Tom Schroeder
James rides his bike 50 miles to see his girlfriend, who dumps him. He rides home.
PARASOL
USA 2008 | Digital Still Photos 9min
Dir. Webster Crowell
An animated story of speed, bikes and dancing drawn across the surface of a few thousand paper parasols.
PARIS VISION
France 2009 | HD Video 5min.
Dir. Renaud Skyronka
Bike polo, tricks and fixed gears in the "city of lights", Paris.
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.
BAREND JAM
UK 2006 | DV 3min.
Dir. Alex Rankin
A fun BMX short from the UK.
The Bicycle: Beryl the Champion of the World
UK 2006 | Various Mediums 3min.
Dir. Kate Siney
A portrait of one of the greatest cyclist ever and a good mother too.
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?
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.
LUCAS BRUNELLE'S GREATEST HITS
USA 2006 | DV 12min.
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.
WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO
UK 2007 | Video 3min.
Dir. Dougal Wilson
BAT FOR LASHES Music video
SOME THINGS RIDE A BICYCLE
USA 2006 | Video 1min.
Dir. Chris Jolly
This is a series of chalkboard animations of various funny objects riding bicycles.
SKI BOYS
Canada 2006 | Super8 8min.
Dir. Benny Zenga
The last reels of the Ski Boys, which document their inventive exploits in rural Ontario during the early 70's.
LE DERNIER VOYAGE OF MARYSE DE LUCAS
FRANCE 2008 | Video 22min.
Dir. Artus De Lavilleon & David Ledoux
David and Artus ride to the town where Artus's mother is from to scatter her ashes.
PROGRAM 3
8:00 PM 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.
BIKE THIEF
USA 2004 | DV 4min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers
This is a study of stealing bikes in New York City.
POLO MANUAL
UK 2009 | DVCPRO HD 10min.
Dir. Brendan McNamee
Like an instruction manual on bike polo, but with the pages out of order.
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?
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.
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 Paperboy2 videogame sprites.
URBAN REPAIR SQUAD - LE DEPART (THE BEGINNING)
Canada 2008 | DV 5min
Dir. Michael Louis Johnson
A Cyclist get hit. The city makes excuses for having no bike lane. He calls the Urban Repair Squad. They make a DIY lane.
KANT
Japan 2009 | DVD 4min.
Dir. Kazuto Nakamura & Ikuma Ootsuba
Yokohama fixed gear riders having fun with friends.
MADE IN QUEENS
USA 2008 | Video 10min.
Dir. Joe Stevens & Nicolas Randall
In Queens, a group of teens from Trinidad attached speakers to their bikes. The music was never quite loud enough and they had to go bigger and bigger with the sound systems.
AN APOLOGY
USA 2007 | DV 3min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Canada 2009 | DV 2min.
Dir. Jesi The Elder
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