Event

BFF10 New York Program 9

FLASHBACK MONSTERTRACK
USA 2010 | HD 7 MIN
Dir. Daniel Leeb
New York City's finest urban cyclists compete in the world's premiere underground street race, tempting fate on fixed gear bikes.

TOKYO TO OSAKA
USA, JAPAN 2010 | HD 13 MIN
Dir. Nic Hill
Twelve amateur American fixed gear cyclists and their 400-mile journey through the Japanese countryside.

TOKYO JITENSHA
USA, JAPAN 2009 | Digital SLR 1 MIN
Dir. Steven Day
Bicycling through the city at the speed of light.

BUILT
USA 2010 | HD 4 MIN
Dir. Sara Kinney
A conversation with the frame builder Lance Mercado of Squarebuilt.
courier effect

GERMANY, FRANCE, SPAIN 2009 | Mini DV 10min.
Dir. Andrew Crighton
Portraits of bicycle messenger family members from Barcelona to Paris to Berlin.

GRIME PRESENTS
USA 2010 | HD 7 MIN
Dir. Mike Schmitt & Ed Laforte
Two of the most talented street riders today, Mike Schmitt and WONKA kill it like no others in the world.

DAY LABOR
USA 2010 | HD 10 MIN
Dir. Brendan O'Neill Kohl & Minka Farthing-Kohl
A short film about bike messengers, day laborers and outsourcing gone wild.

MINI VELODROME DE BORDEAUX
FRANCE 2010 | HD 3MIN
Dir. Fontas Niko
A glimpse into a French velodrome through a tilt-shift lens yields beautifully mesmerizing effects.

BUSHVELD BIKE MESSENGER
SOUTH AFRICA 2009 | HD 5 MIN
Dir. Boyd Varty
Nothing, not even elephants, giraffes, rhinos or wildebeasts can stop the Bushveld bike messenger from making his delivery.

LUCAS BRUNELLE
LINE OF SIGHT
USA 2010 | HD/16mm 30MIN
Dir. Benny Zenga & Lucas Brunelle
Lucas Brunelle travels the globe documenting alleycat races and every year
he presents a new film at the BFF. This year for our tenth anniversary Lucas teams up with Benny Zenga to produce a film that takes it to another level. Lucas is the undisputed master of documenting alleycats. From the vantage point of his custom helmet-cam his footage serves as insight into the best urban riders in the world in their natural element. Now Benny Zenga turns the camera back on Lucas Brunelle to bring a new dimension to this rare talent and 'international man of mystery'