12:00 - 6:00pm - POLO JAM AND PICNIC
Hosted by Fiona and Cecily - Sara D. Roosevelt Park
Chrystie St. at Broome St.
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PROGRAM 10
1:00pm
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BIKE SAFETY PSA #01
USA 2009 | Flash 1min.
Dir. William Levin
It's time to think about bike safety.
BEAT IT
USA 2008 | miniDVD 5min.
Dir. Susie Seidelman
The Pedal Pusher Society enacts a conflict between two rival bike gangs in this music video re-make of Michael Jacksons Beat It.
A SPINNING MOVEMENT
USA 2008 | HD 7min.
Dir. Michael DiCarlo
Critical Mass in Orlando, Florida.
MY FELT BIKE
USA 2009 | Animation DV 1min.
Dir. Annie Novak
This is a collectively produced animation of New York City bicyclists.
COOKING UP BIKE CO-OPS IN LOS ANGELES
USA 2008 | Video 5min.
Dir. Clarence Eckerson Jr.
This short gives a taste of the thriving bicycle co-op culture in Los Angeles.
RE-CYCLE, THE STORY OF THE MIGHTY BIKE
UK, Ghana, S. Africa 2009 | Video 6min.
Dir. Marghuerita Remi-Judah
Cycles can make a change.
TIMES UP! PIES OF MARCH BICYCLE CLOWN BRIGADE BIKE LIBERATION RIDE AND PIE FIGHT
USA 2009 | HDV 8min.
Dir. Peter Shapiro
The Times Up! Bicycle Clown Brigade are comical vigilantes in the fight against double parked cars and trucks in NYC.
JESSICA D.
USA 2009 | HDV 3min.
Dir. Tom Soper
Jessica rides a bike, sings songs & plays her ukulele.
CYCLE RECYCLE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE
USA 2009 | miniDV 9min.
Dir. Greg Sucharew
Bicycles are shipped from New Jersey to Sierra Leone and are useful to the community as micro-loans.
HAVDALAH
USA 2007 | DV 13min.
Dir. Alyson Silverman-Caruso
An observant Orthodox Jewish woman is determined to learn to ride a bike, despite the confines of her situation.
FARM RAISED: GRASSROOTS CYCLING IN UPSTATE NY
USA 2008 | miniDV 14min.
Dir. Kevin Ankeny
A juniors cycling team from Upstate New York, Farm Team Cycling, is led by Derek, a quiet 16-year old. This is his story.
Japan 2006 | 2D computer animation 15min.
Dir. A.F.M "Shipu" Moniruzzaman & Kenji Takahashi
Apon, a street child from Bangladesh, receives a brand new bike that was sent by his father who lives and works in Japan. His mother decides to sell it and Apon goes on an adventure.
PROGRAM 11
3:00pm
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VIRTUOUS CHAPTER 10
Dir. Brian Gottschalk, Fabian Naf
Candle-lit downhill biking in the mountains surrounding Zurich.
PARASOL
Dir. Webster Crowell
An animated story of speed, bikes and dancing drawn across the surface of a few thousand paper parasols.
-40C
Canada 2007 | miniDV 14min.
Dir. Paul Davis
An on call teacher bikes to work at -40 degrees in total darkness, ice fog and temperatures that snap steel!
Spain 2008 | DV 53min.
Dir. Uri Garcia
On April 2nd, 2003, Sergi Fernandez started his personal challenge: crossing the 7 worlds largest deserts solo on a bicycle as his one and only transport method. This documentary has been created using almost 100 hours recorded by him during all these trips.
PROGRAM 12
5:00pm
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BIKES (BICICLETTE)
Italy 2006 | miniDV 5min.
Dir. Mannamanna Group
A lighthearted film set in Italy where you only see people from their knees down. Its the point of view of a pedal!
THE TALL OLD LADY
Ireland 2009 | miniDV 5min.
Dir. Peter Madden
Rejuvenating an old favorite, Dave recalls the bikes history.
TRACK STAND OFF
USA 2008 | miniDV 4min.
Dir. Justin Godfrey
Track bikes in the mile-high city.
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.
THE BICYCLE COWBOY
USA 2009 | HD 10min.
Dir. Ben Lynch
Out in the old west, the Bicycle Cowboy finds true love, but faces many obstacles.
JAJA MOVIE/JAJA MAGAZINE
Japan 2009 | miniDV 9min.
Dir. Kenpei, ONO, Kentaro
A surrealistic journey though anime/cultural tropes to attain a simple goal: the ownership of a Pista from a Japanese bike store.
BIKES VS. BOYFRIENDS
USA 2009 | miniDV 4min.
Dir. Marin Tockman & Emily Demarest
When it comes down to it, bikes are pretty dependable.
THE PIGEON (DE TAUBE)
Britain 2008 | HD 8min.
Dir. Trevor Webb
Hes a courier on the periphery of the city. Ostracized from mainstream society, marginalized and disenfranchised. He rides hard, he drinks harder. Then one day everything changes. Oh and by the way, hes a pigeon.
RIDE ON HIGH
Japan 2009 | DV 3min.
Dir. Toshiyuki Kodani
Highly daydreaming about riding BMX.
BICYCLE, LOVE LASTS FOREVER
Italy 2009 | HD 1min.
Dir. Federicao Floridi & Pipe Gang
Do you remember your first bike? What about your second, third and fourth?
KEYWORD
USA 2009 | miniDV 4min.
Dir. Earl Learner
Visual montage of the Cadence Bicycle-Store project in Seattle, WA with Dustin Klein.
5 LAPS TO GO
USA 2008 | Super 8 4min.
Dir. Nick Golebiewski
At the Kissena Park velodrome in Queens, planes fly overhead and bikers compete in track races.
A GENTLEMAN NEVER SWEATS
USA 2009 | miniDV 11min.
Dir. Alice Shindelar
A collection of bikes dating back to the turn of last century and their proud owners.
UK 2008 | miniDV 22min.
Dir. Maz Lewis
This documentary highlights the challenges faced by amateur cyclists training for a track event, particularly the Good Friday meeting at Herne Hill Velodrome, London. Learn about the fascinating history of the Velodrome and the political demands the event organizers face.
PROGRAM 13
7:00pm
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RED HOOK CRITERIUM
USA 2009 | HD 9min.
Dir. Kalim Armstrong
On a rainy night an unsanctioned bicycle race took place through the desolate streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn. This 16-lap track bike only race brought together Cat-2 racers, bike messengers, and urban cyclists. Police arrived in full force yet an agreement was met to allow the race to continue. Host John Hoppin takes you through this exciting underground sporting event where racers speed past buses, navigate slick cobblestones and hairpin turns to compete for a podium position.
A BICYCLE TRIP
Italy 2008 | Betacam 4min.
Dir. Lorenzo Veracini, Nandini Namblar, Marco Avoletta
Basel, 19 April 1943. Dr. Albert Hofmann, a chemist, is cycling home after a days work in the laboratory. This episode has passed into legend, associated with the discovery of the effect on the human psyche of LSD. The film tells the story of this famous trip, imagining an unconventional psychedelic of the 40s.
FRIENDS WE LOVE FEATURING ELLIS GALLAGHER
USA 2009 | DV 5min.
Dir. Michael Vargas & Moni Pineda
Brooklyn street artist Ellis G. takes us on a personal ride through his creative process and the defining moment that led him to his signature style of shadow-based outlines.
BIKE POLO DETAILS
USA 2009 | HD 720p 3min.
Dir. Shelby Falk
The 2009 New Years Bike Polo Championships in Madison, WI.
28.6
Italy 2009 | HDV 4min.
Dir. Camilla Candida Donzella
A conversation with Dario Pegoretti, one of the most respected framebuilders the world over.
COLUMBIA TWOSOME
USA 2009 | HDV 10min.
Dir. Sara Kinney
Hop on this tandem bike, share your story.
MADE IN QUEENS
Dir. Joe Stevens & Nicolas Randall
See Program 1
POLO MANUAL
UK 2009 | DVCPRO HD 10min.
Dir. Brendan McNamee
Like an i manual nstructionon bike polo, but with the pages out of order.
WOLFPACK HUSTLE: All City Team Race 2
USA 2008 | DV 6min.
Dir. Lee Diskin/Donny Digital
25 teams of 5 raced from the east to the beach in LA via any route desired. Some crashed, some got popped by the cops, and some rode the freeway.
DOWN BY THE WEEP HOLE:
THE STORY OF THE STUPOR BOWL
WORLD PREMIERE
USA 2009 | 22min.
Dir. Nathaniel Freeman
Minneapolis long-standing alternate event to the Super Bowl! Dont miss one of the biggest (and coldest) alley cats in the world.
FRANCE 2008 | 22min.
Dir. Artus De Lavilleon, David Ledoux
David and Artus ride to the town where Artus mother is from to scatter her ashes.
PROGRAM 14
9.15pm
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Program hosted by NEW YORK-TOKYO
KEIRIN
Dir. Giovanni Giommi
A beautifully shot portrait of Japanese Track Racers directed by the director of LES NINJA DU JAPON
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Japan 1956 | DVD 88min.
Dir. Kokusai Hoei
A classic Japanese Keirin track film screened for the first time in the United
States (with English subtitles)!
Miki, a daughter of a tiny fish storeowner in a mountain village, gains confidence riding a bicycle because of her morning routine of riding to the fish market. Miki starts training very hard at the Nippon Keirin School and begins to ride the road to success on the way to becoming a Keirin Queen.
BICYCLE FILM FESTIVALPRESENTED BY BRENDT BARBUR AND FRIENDS,
AND DEDICATED TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER TONETA