BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES 2006
WEDNESDAY JUNE 21
JOY RIDE: AN ART SHOW INSPIRED BY BICYCLES
O’Melveny Gallery
5472 Wilshire Boulevard (Near La Brea)
Curated by: Elizabeth Ai and Brendt Barbur
Valet bicycle parking provided by Bike Station Coalition
Artists include:
• Swoon
• Michel Gondry
• Shepard Fairey
• David Choe
• Midnight Ridazz Installation
• Taliah Lempert
• Kareem Black
• Peter Sutherland
• Julia Chang
• Tod Seelie
• Fast Eddie Williams
• Ryuta Nakajima
• Steve McDonald
• Daniel Leeb
• Erik Zo
• Goods
• Mike Martin
• Massan
• Silver Warner
• Yohei
• Joseph Becker
• Chris Russell
• Ashira Siegel
• Garret Chow
• Cache
• Doug Murphy
• Madsaki
• Bob Osborn
• Mear One
• Anna Summa
• Dino Dinco
• Loren Purcell
• Lisa Anne Auerbach
THURSDAY JUNE 22
BIKES ROCK PARTY
Location TBA
More Info at www.bicyclefilmfestival.com
FRIDAY JUNE 23
*Valet bicycle parking at all screenings provided by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition*
PROGRAM 1
BFF CLASSICS
7:30
• MONSTER TRACK VI (USA // 2005 // Video 7min.)
DIRECTOR: 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.
• BMX DIVERSION IN BRAZIL (USA/BRAZIL // 2002 // 16mm/DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: 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.
• BIKE THIEF (USA // 2004 // DV 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Neistat Brothers
A study of stealing bikes in New York City.
• BIKE KILL (USA // 2005 // DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: Rachel Meyrick
The Black Label Bicycle Club puts on the most amazing bicycle events—that is, if you live to tell.
• ON TIME (USA // 1985 // 16mm 7min.)
DIRECTOR: 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?
• PEDAL (USA // 2001 // DV 52min.)
DIRECTOR: 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 NYC 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.
The Bicycle Film Festival re-screens Pedal in 2006 to celebrate the Powerhouse Books release of Sutherland’s new photo book, also titled “Pedal.” The book features photos of messengers from around the world who came to New York in 2005 for the Messenger World Championships.
PROGRAM 2
9:30
• THE WINKING CIRCLE (short version) (Canada // 2005 // DV 7min.)
DIRECTOR: Benny Zenga
The “Winking Circle” is a real life phenomenon created by a rare group.
• URBAN CYCLES (USA // 2006 // DV 2min.)
DIRECTOR: Annie Weinmayr
A poem of the kinetic city as seen through the eyes of a cyclist
• VILLAGE BICYCLE PROJECT (USA/Ghana // 2006 // DV 11min.)
DIRECTOR: Tricia Todd
This film showcases how used bicycles, collected at ‘Bike not Bombs’ in Boston, are shipped to Ghana where they are used to provide transport solutions in rural villages.
• WHAT’S YOUR NAME: A BICYCLE ODYSSEY (USA // 2006 // DV 8 min.)
DIRECTOR: Claudine Ko
Three friends travel nearly 1,000 miles down the Pacific Northwest Coast in under two weeks. Two of them ride bikes, while the third surfs.
• TO THE SEA (Ireland // 2006 // DV 7 min.)
DIRECTOR: Stephen Swift
A man wakes up, feels like surfing but lives on the East Coast and so cycles across Ireland for a surf.
• MEMORIAL RIDE (USA // 2006 // DV 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Andrew Lynn
A short audio/video collage documentary of a citywide convergence of bike rides (memorial rides) which were organized to commemorate the 21 cyclists who died on the streets of New York in 2005.
• THE RED BICYCLE (USA // 2006 // DV 8 min.)
DIRECTOR: Greg Johnson
The true story of a bicycle being received after a member of the family passes away.
• RUSHING RIVER (USA // 2005 // 16mm 14 min.)
DIRECTOR: Michelle Chai
A Chinese immigrant with a professional past is initiated into New York through the only work he can get – a bicycle delivery job at an East Village Chinese restaurant.
• HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION (Canada/USA // 2005 // Super 8 2 min.)
DIRECTOR: The Here and Now (Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo)
The title says it all.
• TRAINING WHEELS (USA // 2005 // Digital Stills 2 min.)
DIRECTOR: Ramsey Beyer
A story of how a little girl looks back on an incident that changed her bicycle riding days forever.
• MUSIC VIDEO - “FOOLS LIFE” (USA/UK // 2005 // Archive Footage/16mm 3min.)
Dr. DOG
DIRECTOR: Jamie Paul Quantrill
• BIKE ON BIKE (USA // 2006 // DV 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Hannah Ford
What are bikes doing when we are not around? Please note: this is bike porn.
• GASOLINE VS YOGURT (USA // 2006 // DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: 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?
• THE CRUSH (USA // 2006 // HD/ 12min.)
DIRECTOR: Jay silver
Eric a New York City Bike Messenger is on his way to work crashes into a beautiful French woman. While he waits to have his bike repaired strange occurrences start to happen…is he paranoid, did he hit his head, or is someone watching him?
• RIDE ON (USA // 2006 // DV 12min.)
DIRECTOR: Kim Jensen
Kim Jensen the founder of MIDNIGHT RIDAZZ has given us a peek into the monthly ride that began as a fun Friday night amongst a few friends. These creative, celebratory rides have gone on to attract up to a thousand riders from around the Greater LA area. This has definitely left an impact on the way many live in LA. The mostly woman production team was lead by Elizabeth Ai.
AFTER PARTY TBA
SATURDAY JUNE 24
*Valet bicycle parking at all screenings provided by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition*
PROGRAM 3
1:00
• THE FIRST 100 MILES (USA // 2006 // DV 11min.)
DIRECTOR: Tonya Stumphauzer
Join cyclists Tonya and Guy as they embark on a journey to help put an end to cancer, and hear the inspirational story of Tonya’s brother, whose journey has only begun in his own battle with the disease.
• THE INTERVIEW (USA // 2006 // DV 8min.)
DIRECTOR: Jennifer Heine
A motorist has a confrontation he soon will not forget.
• ADVENTURE HIGH (ESTONIA // 2004 // DV 89min.)
DIRECTOR: Lino Niglas
Estonian, Chinese, Russian, with English subtitles. Five friends travel by bicycle from Mongolia to Nepal hoping to experience old-fashioned travel adventures. Their four month Journey leads them through diverse landscapes and harsh conditions in the Gobi desert and the high Himalayas. They meet great people along the way (Mongolian nomads, Buddhist pilgrims, and yak herders in the Himalayas). All five travelers are different and this is reflected in the relationships within the group. One of the bicyclists is the author of the film.
PROGRAM 4
3:00
• VILLAGE BICYCLE PROJECT
See Program 2
• THE BICYCLE (USA // 2005 // DV 2min.)
DIRECTOR: Anthony R Manzo
Bike Build.
• B.I.K.E.USA/2006DV 89min.
DIRECTORS: Jacob Septimus and Anthony Howard
Septimus has directed videos for KRS-one, Mos Def amongst many others. Howard is an award-winning director of fine art films recognized by audiences at festivals and media such as Art Forum. Howard began to make a film about NYC’s chapter of the Black Label Bicycle Club and found himself vying to become a member of the group. Black Label is known for living a lifestyle centered on building bikes together, riding together, eating together, and sometimes living together. Black Label is more than just a bike club or a lifestyle – it is life. This is a rare look at a way of life that may challenge your own. Producer Fredric King of Fountainhead Films presents B.I.K.E. as the first of a series of intimate portraits of New York’s subcultures past and present.
PROGRAM 5
5:00
• RIDESPHERE (Japan // 2006 // DV 6min.)
DIRECTOR: Masashi Nakamura
In the middle of nowhere Japan one man rides flatland in the street.
Overtime friends gather and enjoy the ride.
• TOKYO BANDITS!!!! (JAPAN // 2006 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: Takashi Ito
BMX Riders take to some of the most congested streets in the world in Tokyo.
• JOE KID ON A STINGRAY-THE HISTORY OF BMX (USA // 2005 // DV 90min.)
DIRECTORS: Mark Eaton and John Swarr
Jesse James from "West Coast Choppers" narrates this film. It features legends like Scot Breithaupt who started the first organized races in Long Beach in 1970, to Bob Haro, who pioneered BMX Freestyle riding, and created the first BMX freestyle bike, to Mat Hoffman, who's personal sacrifices helped propel BMX stunt riding into the spotlight. Filmmaker Spike Jonze is featured as well. He was influential on the documentation of BMX through his photography and involvement in BMX magazines. These are some of the people who helped make BMX such a unique subculture. The directors have assembled a 30 year timeline packed with rare archival footage and interesting interviews to create a film which explores the history, trends, stars, and current direction of BMX stunt riding and racing.
PROGRAM 6
7:15
• BEST CHECK POINT EVER (USA // 2006 // DV 3min.)
DIRECTORS: Araby Williams and Marius Farioletti
Shot during the Cycle Messenger World Championships 2005 in NYC, this short highlights the checkpoint that won the “the best Checkpoint classification” award in the “King of the Streets” Alleycat.
• BICYCLE MESSENGERS (USA // 2005 // DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: Joshua Frankel
A short film about NYC Messengers in which all of the messengers are animated and all of the backgrounds and environments are in live action footage shot in Midtown Manhattan. By juxtaposing the animated messenger on top of the live action, the film highlights the peculiar relationship between messengers and the contemporary city in which they operate.
• LOW ART (USA // 2004 // 16mm 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Ben Wu
This film showcases the talents of a young low-rider bicycle artist named Bobby Laguna.
• SOME THINGS RIDE A BICYCLE (USA // 2006 // Video 45sec.)
DIRECTOR: Chris Jolly
This is a series of chalkboard animations of various funny objects riding bicycles.
• BAREND JAM (UK // 2006 // DV 3min.)
DIRECTOR: Alex Rankin
A fun BMX short from the UK.
• MUSIC VIDEO - “LOVER TITS”
By PEACHES
DIRECTORS: Peaches & Malcolm Fraser
Edited by: Kara Blake
Starring: Lisa Kannakko and Leslie Fiest
• GOD’S CHILDREN (USA // 2005 // DV 7min.)
DIRECTOR: Andrew Katzman
Bike thieves beware. They are waiting for you.
• THE CANNONBALL RUN SCAVENGER HUNT (USA // 2006 // DV 6min.)
DIRECTOR: RYAN ADALF
The Cannonball Run Scavenger Hunt follows 40 costumed riders on an outlaw street race across LA. Organized by Urban Bike Assault, the Cannonballers hit 8 checkpoints throughout L.A.-from an East Hollywood porn shop to a Methodist Church in Echo Park-while begging, borrowing and stealing 50 scavenger items. Awards handed out at a party with music by The Sharp Ease. It’s not what you got it’s how you use it. Cannonball!!!
• THE BREATH (USA // 2006 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: James Connelly
A post apocalyptic world where “The Breath” can save a village will need the “chosen one” to ride into dangerous lands to find the key to survival. James Connelly has made an epic like short cast with Atlanta’s daily riding heroes (bike messengers).
• GASOLINE VS YOGURT
See Program 2
• GROWING UP BARNES (USA // 2006 // DV 7min.)
DIRECTOR: Rodney R. Itier
Mickey 'Flash' Barnes was born into a family of diehard, daredevil stuntmen, but he hasn’t yet lived up to his family legacy. His future now depends on a battle between crews--his crew and the punk, girl biker crew lead by Debbie Kaplan. Will he jump the Venice canal, a feat that has not yet been mastered? Not only is his rep on the line, but the future of his namesake.
• KISSENA (USA // 2006 // DV 6min.)
DIRECTOR: Kareem Black
Characters at the Velodrome in Kissena, Queens bring the track alive. Kareem Black is a highly touted photographer and city cyclist known for his work with celebrity portraiture and commercial work and recently named by PDN as one of today’s top young photographers.
• LUCAS BRUNELLE VIDEO (USA // 2006 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: 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.
• M.A.S.H. (USA // 2006 // DV 22 min. Preview)
DIRECTORS: Mike Martin and Gabe Morford
Mike Martin, best known both for his fine art and commercial photography for clients including Nice Collective, Adidas, Nike, and Microsoft teams up with Gabe Morford a highly respected skateboarding photographer. They take a look at the style of fixed gear riding in San Francisco. This film, modeled after skate and surf videos, brings out the skills and beauty of these SF riders. This will surely be a landmark in an already emerging subculture of urban riders.
PROGRAM 7
9:00
• A CONVERSATION WITH JORGEN LETH (USA // 2005 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: Steve Olpin and Brendt Barbur
In 2003, Olpin and Barbur met up with Jorgen Leth at the Sundance Film Festival. Leth’s point of view on Art, Filmmaking, and poetry are as inspirational as his films: “I always thought that sport and cycle sport, which I’m in love with…deserved better than lousy sports journalism I thought it deserved to be sung about.”
• A SUNDAY IN HELL (Denmark // 1976 // 35mm 100min.)
DIRECTOR: Jorgen Leth
A rare screening of one of the finest cycling films ever made. It features the annual Paris-Roubaix road race, which taxes the energy of Europe's top riders. A Sunday in Hell is over 100 minutes of finely-calculated suspense that leaves viewers limp from pain and pure excitement. Don't miss this rare and amazing film!
AFTER PARTY TBA
PHOTO PRESENTATIONS
Programs 1 and 6
• On screen photo presentation of Peter Sutherland’s book of photos called PEDAL.
Programs 2,3,4,5,7
• On screen photo presentation “A GIRLS’ BIKE” by goods
GENERAL INFORMATION
For the most up to date information about the Bicycle Film Festival and related events go to
www.bicyclefilmfestival.com
Admission price per program is $8.00
Festival passes available online.
Order your tickets online before they sell out!
The Bicycle Film Festival is presented by Brendt Barbur and friends, and dedicated to the loving memory of his mother Toneta.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 21
JOY RIDE: AN ART SHOW INSPIRED BY BICYCLES
O’Melveny Gallery
5472 Wilshire Boulevard (Near La Brea)
Curated by: Elizabeth Ai and Brendt Barbur
Valet bicycle parking provided by Bike Station Coalition
Artists include:
• Swoon
• Michel Gondry
• Shepard Fairey
• David Choe
• Midnight Ridazz Installation
• Taliah Lempert
• Kareem Black
• Peter Sutherland
• Julia Chang
• Tod Seelie
• Fast Eddie Williams
• Ryuta Nakajima
• Steve McDonald
• Daniel Leeb
• Erik Zo
• Goods
• Mike Martin
• Massan
• Silver Warner
• Yohei
• Joseph Becker
• Chris Russell
• Ashira Siegel
• Garret Chow
• Cache
• Doug Murphy
• Madsaki
• Bob Osborn
• Mear One
• Anna Summa
• Dino Dinco
• Loren Purcell
• Lisa Anne Auerbach
THURSDAY JUNE 22
BIKES ROCK PARTY
Location TBA
More Info at www.bicyclefilmfestival.com
FRIDAY JUNE 23
*Valet bicycle parking at all screenings provided by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition*
PROGRAM 1
BFF CLASSICS
7:30
• MONSTER TRACK VI (USA // 2005 // Video 7min.)
DIRECTOR: 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.
• BMX DIVERSION IN BRAZIL (USA/BRAZIL // 2002 // 16mm/DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: 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.
• BIKE THIEF (USA // 2004 // DV 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Neistat Brothers
A study of stealing bikes in New York City.
• BIKE KILL (USA // 2005 // DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: Rachel Meyrick
The Black Label Bicycle Club puts on the most amazing bicycle events—that is, if you live to tell.
• ON TIME (USA // 1985 // 16mm 7min.)
DIRECTOR: 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?
• PEDAL (USA // 2001 // DV 52min.)
DIRECTOR: 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 NYC 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.
The Bicycle Film Festival re-screens Pedal in 2006 to celebrate the Powerhouse Books release of Sutherland’s new photo book, also titled “Pedal.” The book features photos of messengers from around the world who came to New York in 2005 for the Messenger World Championships.
PROGRAM 2
9:30
• THE WINKING CIRCLE (short version) (Canada // 2005 // DV 7min.)
DIRECTOR: Benny Zenga
The “Winking Circle” is a real life phenomenon created by a rare group.
• URBAN CYCLES (USA // 2006 // DV 2min.)
DIRECTOR: Annie Weinmayr
A poem of the kinetic city as seen through the eyes of a cyclist
• VILLAGE BICYCLE PROJECT (USA/Ghana // 2006 // DV 11min.)
DIRECTOR: Tricia Todd
This film showcases how used bicycles, collected at ‘Bike not Bombs’ in Boston, are shipped to Ghana where they are used to provide transport solutions in rural villages.
• WHAT’S YOUR NAME: A BICYCLE ODYSSEY (USA // 2006 // DV 8 min.)
DIRECTOR: Claudine Ko
Three friends travel nearly 1,000 miles down the Pacific Northwest Coast in under two weeks. Two of them ride bikes, while the third surfs.
• TO THE SEA (Ireland // 2006 // DV 7 min.)
DIRECTOR: Stephen Swift
A man wakes up, feels like surfing but lives on the East Coast and so cycles across Ireland for a surf.
• MEMORIAL RIDE (USA // 2006 // DV 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Andrew Lynn
A short audio/video collage documentary of a citywide convergence of bike rides (memorial rides) which were organized to commemorate the 21 cyclists who died on the streets of New York in 2005.
• THE RED BICYCLE (USA // 2006 // DV 8 min.)
DIRECTOR: Greg Johnson
The true story of a bicycle being received after a member of the family passes away.
• RUSHING RIVER (USA // 2005 // 16mm 14 min.)
DIRECTOR: Michelle Chai
A Chinese immigrant with a professional past is initiated into New York through the only work he can get – a bicycle delivery job at an East Village Chinese restaurant.
• HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION (Canada/USA // 2005 // Super 8 2 min.)
DIRECTOR: The Here and Now (Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo)
The title says it all.
• TRAINING WHEELS (USA // 2005 // Digital Stills 2 min.)
DIRECTOR: Ramsey Beyer
A story of how a little girl looks back on an incident that changed her bicycle riding days forever.
• MUSIC VIDEO - “FOOLS LIFE” (USA/UK // 2005 // Archive Footage/16mm 3min.)
Dr. DOG
DIRECTOR: Jamie Paul Quantrill
• BIKE ON BIKE (USA // 2006 // DV 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Hannah Ford
What are bikes doing when we are not around? Please note: this is bike porn.
• GASOLINE VS YOGURT (USA // 2006 // DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: 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?
• THE CRUSH (USA // 2006 // HD/ 12min.)
DIRECTOR: Jay silver
Eric a New York City Bike Messenger is on his way to work crashes into a beautiful French woman. While he waits to have his bike repaired strange occurrences start to happen…is he paranoid, did he hit his head, or is someone watching him?
• RIDE ON (USA // 2006 // DV 12min.)
DIRECTOR: Kim Jensen
Kim Jensen the founder of MIDNIGHT RIDAZZ has given us a peek into the monthly ride that began as a fun Friday night amongst a few friends. These creative, celebratory rides have gone on to attract up to a thousand riders from around the Greater LA area. This has definitely left an impact on the way many live in LA. The mostly woman production team was lead by Elizabeth Ai.
AFTER PARTY TBA
SATURDAY JUNE 24
*Valet bicycle parking at all screenings provided by the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition*
PROGRAM 3
1:00
• THE FIRST 100 MILES (USA // 2006 // DV 11min.)
DIRECTOR: Tonya Stumphauzer
Join cyclists Tonya and Guy as they embark on a journey to help put an end to cancer, and hear the inspirational story of Tonya’s brother, whose journey has only begun in his own battle with the disease.
• THE INTERVIEW (USA // 2006 // DV 8min.)
DIRECTOR: Jennifer Heine
A motorist has a confrontation he soon will not forget.
• ADVENTURE HIGH (ESTONIA // 2004 // DV 89min.)
DIRECTOR: Lino Niglas
Estonian, Chinese, Russian, with English subtitles. Five friends travel by bicycle from Mongolia to Nepal hoping to experience old-fashioned travel adventures. Their four month Journey leads them through diverse landscapes and harsh conditions in the Gobi desert and the high Himalayas. They meet great people along the way (Mongolian nomads, Buddhist pilgrims, and yak herders in the Himalayas). All five travelers are different and this is reflected in the relationships within the group. One of the bicyclists is the author of the film.
PROGRAM 4
3:00
• VILLAGE BICYCLE PROJECT
See Program 2
• THE BICYCLE (USA // 2005 // DV 2min.)
DIRECTOR: Anthony R Manzo
Bike Build.
• B.I.K.E.USA/2006DV 89min.
DIRECTORS: Jacob Septimus and Anthony Howard
Septimus has directed videos for KRS-one, Mos Def amongst many others. Howard is an award-winning director of fine art films recognized by audiences at festivals and media such as Art Forum. Howard began to make a film about NYC’s chapter of the Black Label Bicycle Club and found himself vying to become a member of the group. Black Label is known for living a lifestyle centered on building bikes together, riding together, eating together, and sometimes living together. Black Label is more than just a bike club or a lifestyle – it is life. This is a rare look at a way of life that may challenge your own. Producer Fredric King of Fountainhead Films presents B.I.K.E. as the first of a series of intimate portraits of New York’s subcultures past and present.
PROGRAM 5
5:00
• RIDESPHERE (Japan // 2006 // DV 6min.)
DIRECTOR: Masashi Nakamura
In the middle of nowhere Japan one man rides flatland in the street.
Overtime friends gather and enjoy the ride.
• TOKYO BANDITS!!!! (JAPAN // 2006 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: Takashi Ito
BMX Riders take to some of the most congested streets in the world in Tokyo.
• JOE KID ON A STINGRAY-THE HISTORY OF BMX (USA // 2005 // DV 90min.)
DIRECTORS: Mark Eaton and John Swarr
Jesse James from "West Coast Choppers" narrates this film. It features legends like Scot Breithaupt who started the first organized races in Long Beach in 1970, to Bob Haro, who pioneered BMX Freestyle riding, and created the first BMX freestyle bike, to Mat Hoffman, who's personal sacrifices helped propel BMX stunt riding into the spotlight. Filmmaker Spike Jonze is featured as well. He was influential on the documentation of BMX through his photography and involvement in BMX magazines. These are some of the people who helped make BMX such a unique subculture. The directors have assembled a 30 year timeline packed with rare archival footage and interesting interviews to create a film which explores the history, trends, stars, and current direction of BMX stunt riding and racing.
PROGRAM 6
7:15
• BEST CHECK POINT EVER (USA // 2006 // DV 3min.)
DIRECTORS: Araby Williams and Marius Farioletti
Shot during the Cycle Messenger World Championships 2005 in NYC, this short highlights the checkpoint that won the “the best Checkpoint classification” award in the “King of the Streets” Alleycat.
• BICYCLE MESSENGERS (USA // 2005 // DV 5min.)
DIRECTOR: Joshua Frankel
A short film about NYC Messengers in which all of the messengers are animated and all of the backgrounds and environments are in live action footage shot in Midtown Manhattan. By juxtaposing the animated messenger on top of the live action, the film highlights the peculiar relationship between messengers and the contemporary city in which they operate.
• LOW ART (USA // 2004 // 16mm 4min.)
DIRECTOR: Ben Wu
This film showcases the talents of a young low-rider bicycle artist named Bobby Laguna.
• SOME THINGS RIDE A BICYCLE (USA // 2006 // Video 45sec.)
DIRECTOR: Chris Jolly
This is a series of chalkboard animations of various funny objects riding bicycles.
• BAREND JAM (UK // 2006 // DV 3min.)
DIRECTOR: Alex Rankin
A fun BMX short from the UK.
• MUSIC VIDEO - “LOVER TITS”
By PEACHES
DIRECTORS: Peaches & Malcolm Fraser
Edited by: Kara Blake
Starring: Lisa Kannakko and Leslie Fiest
• GOD’S CHILDREN (USA // 2005 // DV 7min.)
DIRECTOR: Andrew Katzman
Bike thieves beware. They are waiting for you.
• THE CANNONBALL RUN SCAVENGER HUNT (USA // 2006 // DV 6min.)
DIRECTOR: RYAN ADALF
The Cannonball Run Scavenger Hunt follows 40 costumed riders on an outlaw street race across LA. Organized by Urban Bike Assault, the Cannonballers hit 8 checkpoints throughout L.A.-from an East Hollywood porn shop to a Methodist Church in Echo Park-while begging, borrowing and stealing 50 scavenger items. Awards handed out at a party with music by The Sharp Ease. It’s not what you got it’s how you use it. Cannonball!!!
• THE BREATH (USA // 2006 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: James Connelly
A post apocalyptic world where “The Breath” can save a village will need the “chosen one” to ride into dangerous lands to find the key to survival. James Connelly has made an epic like short cast with Atlanta’s daily riding heroes (bike messengers).
• GASOLINE VS YOGURT
See Program 2
• GROWING UP BARNES (USA // 2006 // DV 7min.)
DIRECTOR: Rodney R. Itier
Mickey 'Flash' Barnes was born into a family of diehard, daredevil stuntmen, but he hasn’t yet lived up to his family legacy. His future now depends on a battle between crews--his crew and the punk, girl biker crew lead by Debbie Kaplan. Will he jump the Venice canal, a feat that has not yet been mastered? Not only is his rep on the line, but the future of his namesake.
• KISSENA (USA // 2006 // DV 6min.)
DIRECTOR: Kareem Black
Characters at the Velodrome in Kissena, Queens bring the track alive. Kareem Black is a highly touted photographer and city cyclist known for his work with celebrity portraiture and commercial work and recently named by PDN as one of today’s top young photographers.
• LUCAS BRUNELLE VIDEO (USA // 2006 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: 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.
• M.A.S.H. (USA // 2006 // DV 22 min. Preview)
DIRECTORS: Mike Martin and Gabe Morford
Mike Martin, best known both for his fine art and commercial photography for clients including Nice Collective, Adidas, Nike, and Microsoft teams up with Gabe Morford a highly respected skateboarding photographer. They take a look at the style of fixed gear riding in San Francisco. This film, modeled after skate and surf videos, brings out the skills and beauty of these SF riders. This will surely be a landmark in an already emerging subculture of urban riders.
PROGRAM 7
9:00
• A CONVERSATION WITH JORGEN LETH (USA // 2005 // DV 10min.)
DIRECTOR: Steve Olpin and Brendt Barbur
In 2003, Olpin and Barbur met up with Jorgen Leth at the Sundance Film Festival. Leth’s point of view on Art, Filmmaking, and poetry are as inspirational as his films: “I always thought that sport and cycle sport, which I’m in love with…deserved better than lousy sports journalism I thought it deserved to be sung about.”
• A SUNDAY IN HELL (Denmark // 1976 // 35mm 100min.)
DIRECTOR: Jorgen Leth
A rare screening of one of the finest cycling films ever made. It features the annual Paris-Roubaix road race, which taxes the energy of Europe's top riders. A Sunday in Hell is over 100 minutes of finely-calculated suspense that leaves viewers limp from pain and pure excitement. Don't miss this rare and amazing film!
AFTER PARTY TBA
PHOTO PRESENTATIONS
Programs 1 and 6
• On screen photo presentation of Peter Sutherland’s book of photos called PEDAL.
Programs 2,3,4,5,7
• On screen photo presentation “A GIRLS’ BIKE” by goods
GENERAL INFORMATION
For the most up to date information about the Bicycle Film Festival and related events go to
www.bicyclefilmfestival.com
Admission price per program is $8.00
Festival passes available online.
Order your tickets online before they sell out!
The Bicycle Film Festival is presented by Brendt Barbur and friends, and dedicated to the loving memory of his mother Toneta.
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