Event

Toronto Bicycle Film Festival Screening Pass

FRIDAY AUGUST 21
PROGRAM 1
7:00pm

MADE IN QUEENS
USA 2008 | Video 10min.
Dir. Joe Stevens & Nicolas Randall
Last summer in Queens, NY a group of imaginative tinkerers from Trinidad created something no one had ever seen before: enormous stereo systems jury rigged onto ordinary bmx bikes. Traveling together they treat the neighborhood to an outrageous impromptu music and dance party on wheels.

THOUGHTS ON MY BIKE
Canada 2009 | HDV 5min
Dir. Andrea Dorfman
Watercolor paintings are animated to display some thoughts I had on my bike.

WHERE ARE YOU GO
Canada 2009 | 60min.
Dir. Benny Zenga & Brian Vernor
Four months on a bicycle between Cairo, Egypt and Cape Town, South Africa en route with the Tour d' Afrique, the world's longest bicycle race and expedition. BFF Alumni the Zenga Bros. and Brian Vernor share a universal love of the bicycle with Africa's roadside mechanics, sporting racers and curious strangers. Traveling more than 70 miles per day, 50 racers and expedition riders experienced the boundless Nubian desert of Sudan, the great majesty of Victoria Falls, and finally the cold rush of the Atlantic Ocean. The 7,000 mile expedition is a constant adventure full of playfulness and mysterious beauty, and is testament to the endurance of human curiosity.

PROGRAM 2
5:00 PM

I'M GOOD ON THAT ONE
USA 2008 | DVCProHD 9min.
Dir. Marco Svizzero
A fun summer in SF with amazing BMX riding.

TRAIN TRIP
USA 2006 | miniDV/Super8/Still Images 14min.
Dir. Joe Rich & Ruben Alcantara
A document of a BMX trip by two legends in the sport
Directed and shot by themselves.

I LOVE MY BICYCLE: THE STORY OF FBM BIKES
PREMIERE
USA 2009 | HDV 75 min.
Dir. Joe Stakun
In reaction to big business BMX companies in the early 90's, 17-year-old Steve Crandall started a company of his own called Fat Bald Men (FBM). What began as selling t-shirts out of a backpack has turned into one of the most well respected DIY bicycle companies around. Through fortune and misfortune, the film follows FBM through their 15 years of mayhem as told by Crandall and the rest of the BMX bicycle community from close friends to influential icons like Dave Mirra and Mat Hoffman.

PROGRAM 3
7:00 PM

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.

SIXTYCYCLE
Canada 2009 | miniDV 10min.
Dir. Andrew Pierias
A song composed entirely from samples of bicycle parts in motion.

28.6
Italy 2009 | HDV 4min.
Dir. Camilla Candida Donzella
A conversation with one of the most respected framebuilders the world over.

PHOTO BIKE FILM
CANADA 2009 | HD 4MIN.
Dir. Isaiah Zenga
A photo montage of bike riding in Vancouver.

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.

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

PUSH 'EM
Canada 2008 | DV 2min.
Dir. Jesi The Elder

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.

WHERE DO YOU START WHERE DO YOU STOP
USA 2009 | HD 10min.
Dir. Patrick Trefz
A story of A to B to A to B by accomplished photographer Patrick Trefz. This film features Northern Californians from Different backgrounds.

MADE IN QUEENS
USA 2008 | Video 10min.
Dir. Joe Stevens & Nicolas Randall
Last summer in Queens, NY a group of imaginative tinkerers from Trinidad created something no one had ever seen before: enormous stereo systems jury rigged onto ordinary bmx bikes. Traveling together they treat the neighborhood to an outrageous impromptu music and dance party on wheels

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 4
9:00 PM Buy Tickets

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.

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.

THE MESSENGER�S CREED
USA 2009 | HD 720p 2min.
Dir. Dan Gingold
Not unlike the Hippocratic oath of doctors, a code to live by.

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.

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.

THE FORCE
UK 2009 | DV 7min.
Dir. Jamie Harper
A true story of the theft, and subsequent recovery, of a much beloved bicycle.

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.

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.

KANT
Japan 2009 | DVD 4min.
Dir. Kazuto Nakamura & Ikuma Ootsuba
Yokohama fixed gear riders having fun with friends.

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.

FIXIOLOGY
TORONTO 2009 | SUPER 8 5 MIN.
Dir. Nicholas Kovats
A nostalgic celebration of the international brotherhood of bicycle messengers and their beloved steeds. Footage shot at the World Cycle Messenger Championships 2008 in Toronto on Ward Island.

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 buildings 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.

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The Royal
608 College St
Toronto, ON
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Owner: Brendt Barbur

On BPT Since: Jul 23, 2009

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