MEXICO CITYPRIMAVERA 2015 - SEMANA SANTA

JUEVES 2• CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA

BFF WORLD MUSEUM•Bikes, art and music

VIERNES 3•OPEN FORUM + WORKSHOP•BIKE MOVIES•DIVE BAR PARTY

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SÁBADO 4BFF PICNIC

•BIKE MOVIES

DOMINGO 5•BIKE MOVIES•BFF TAKE THE CITY

LOS DETALLES DE NUESTRAS FIESTAS SERÁN ANUNCIADOS EN NUESTRAS REDES SOCIALES Y EN LA DE NUESTROS ASOCIADOS.

Austin, Basel, Bristol, Buenos Aires, Capetown, Chicago, Firenze, Helsinki,Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lisboa, London, Los Ángeles, Madrid, Mexico City,Miami, Milano, NC Triangle, New York, Portland, Quebec City, Richmond, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Sydney, Tallin, Tokyo

Bicycle Film Festival es una celebración de las bicicletas a través del cine, arte y música. Producido por Brend Barbur y amigos, dedicado en memoria de su madre Toneta.

SUNDAY 28BIKE MOVIESPROGRAM 7 2:00 pm

BROKENFLOUK 2013 | 10min.Dir. Patrick Tarrant

Strangers on a shallow plane…Brokenflo is an intermittent serial portrait that explores the rhythm and deep structure of cyclists involved in their daily commute. HOLLAND BY HANDCYCLEUSA 2014 | 7min.Dir. Topher Downham

Quadriplegic Topher Downham and his friend Bryan Keith take a bicycle journey around the Netherlands. ROKURO-CROSSJapan 2014 | 4min.Dir. Mai Matoba

Performing Art Video by a potter and a cyclist. UP UP UPUK 2015 | 3min.Dir. Thom Heald

Hill climbing is one of the original tests of a cyclists skill. EAST TO WESTUSA 2014 | 8min.Dir. Dwayne Burgess

One man’s cycling journey across the United States of America. MEET ME IN MONTAUKUSA 2015 | 3min.Dir. Elizabeth Rojas, Anthony Farina

Biker Elizabeth Rojas details her journey from New York City to Montauk. BICYCLE CROSSING OF LAKE SAINT-JEANCanada 2014 | 11min.Dir. Ken Allaire

Bicycle Crossing of Lac Saint-Jean. A group of twenty cyclists attempted to ride over a frozen Lake Saint-Jean. ZOE’S STORYUK 2013 | 3min.Dir. Philip Berman

When a young woman mysteriously collapses on London’s busiest shopping street London Ambulance’s cycle response unit have only minutes to save her life. SOUTH AMERICAN CHO-LOWBrazil, USA 2014 | 16min.Dir. Phuong-Cac Nguyen

East L.A. lowrider culture and cholo style find their way to Brazil through one man’s obsession, plus a look at the positive impact the culture is making on disadvantaged kids living in Sao Paulo’s slums. CYKLISTEN -THE RIDERSweden 2013 | 16min.Dir. Dan Anders Carrigan

David is a professional cyclist at the end of his career who’s at home celebrating christmas. During his stay the news gets out that he’s tested positive for blood doping and faces a lifetime ban. Suddenly his whole life is a race against time.

New York, Singapore, Stockholm, Gainesville, Richmond, Durham, Quebec City, Paris, Quito, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, Mexico City, London, Los Angeles, Cuenta, Sao Paolo, Cape Town, Santiago, Milano, Madrid, Bogota, Brighton

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PROGRAM 34:00 pm UNA PIZZA BIKE SHOWUSA 2015 | 10min.Dir. Wilson McCourtney

This is a story about legendary Pizza Chef Anthony Mangieri of Una Pizza Napoletana and handmade steel frame bicycle builder Sean Walling of Soulcraft Bicycles. LINO MESSORI – AT THE SPEED OF HEARTUSA 2014 | 10min.Dir. Luca Campanale

Bespoke Italian frame builder with many talents speaks about his life and meaning of bicycle.

BANH BAO BIKES (‘FRIED DUMPLING BIKES’)Vietnam 2014 | 24min. Dir. Brenda Mattick

Mr Tuan, Vice-President of the Old & New Bicycle Club, rescues, restores and rides vintage bicycles from Vietnam’s colonial era. WALLAS ON VELOSBelgium 2014 | 23min.Dir. Alton Valadares

Four ordinary men trying to make an honest living on their bicycles. The film follows a day in the working life of four men in Mumbai. COMES WITH BAGGAGEUSA 2015 | 18min.Dir. Dominic Gill

A history of bicycle travel from boneshakers to bikepacking.

PROGRAM 46:00 pm

TRIBES: BRONX BMXUSA 2015 | 2min.Dir. Danielle Levitt

Portraits of BMXers in the Bronx GHOST PELOTONUK 2014 | 12min.Dir. Mark Huskisson

Created for the grand depart of the Tour de France 2014 from Yorkshire, Ghost Peloton fuses performance cycling with athletic choreography performed by Phoenix Dance Theatr. Each performer was illuminated using LED light suits, which change colour, flash-rate and luminosity. It’s epic public art, operating at the grandest scale, where physical surroundings become an open canvas carrying a new visual language, expressing mood and movement, comprised of form, colour and line. ROAD TO REDHOOKUSA 2015 | 8min.Dir. Serena Rio

Four talented women take a shot at the fast and dangerous Redhook Crit Women’s Race. STAY ALIVEUSA 2015 | 3min.Dir. Cordell Murray

Living portraits of living people and the bikes they ride. FIXED ON FIXEDAustralia 2014 | 10min.Dir. Raechel Harding

Fixed On Fixed is a short film clip profiling five female bicycle riders and their love of riding fixed gear.

LUCAS BRUNELLE GOES TO CHERNOBYLUSA, Ukraine 2015 | 37min.Dir. Lucas Brunelle

In April 26 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine sent radioactive particles into the atmosphere which spread over much of Soviet Union and Europe. Many years later, Lucas Brunelle and friends return to this exclusion zone to explore via bicycle.

PROGRAM 58:00 pmPROGRAM 4 REPEAT PROGRAM 610:00 pm15TH ANNIVERSARY GREATEST HITS

BIKES ROCKAFTER PARTY TBAPRESENTED BY CREATORS CONNECT

PROGRAM 84:00 pm MOONRIDERSSwitzerland 2015 | 2min.Dir. Christian Mülhauser

A moonlit downhill ride at the base of the Matterhorn in Switzerland. RANDONÉEUK, Italy 2015 | 3min.Dir. Lukasz Cholewiak, Hektor Kowalski

Randonées are week long adventures on two wheels. Riders cross the challenging paths of the Alps and the Dolomites. VENI BICI SUSHI – A BICYCLE JOURNEYItaly 2015 | 77min.Dir. Matteo Inzani

L’Eroica vintage bike ride which started in the Chianti area, held every first Sunday of October has now spread to the UK and Japan. This film is a view on these three vintage rides which carry the heroic soul of the cyclist.

PROGRAM 9 6:00 pm

BMX PROGRAMPRESENTED BY SISTER SESSION

This is consistently one of the most popular screenings at BFF NY.

PROGRAM 108:00 pm

YOUR BODY POWEREDEstonia 2015 | 2min.Dir. Priit Palumaa

An ode to the best means of transportation. Cycling.A lone cyclist roams through the empty dark city, reminiscing about all the fun he had a kid, asking why so many people mindlessly abandon their bike when they grow up. But cycling will never be replaced and his buddies are here to remind him that. IN SEARCH OF THE STORMIndia 2015 | 8min.Dir. Shaktiraj Singh Jadeja

In Search of the Storm is a story of India’s first fat biking expedition that took them to the last village of India, Chitkul at the Indo-Tibetan border in the dead of the Himalayan winter. RED, GREEN, BLUE, BLACKUSA 2015 | 2min.Dir. Harry Zernike

Roller races, New York-style.

I MUST GOCanada 201 | 3min.Dir. Sindre Ulvik Péladeau

A young man leaves his daily routine for a journey through the wilderness. THE RIDER AND THE WOLFUSA 2015 | 60min.Dir. Nathan Ward

The Rider and the Wolf is the story of Mike Rust, the mountain bike Hall of Fame cyclist who disappeared without a trace in Colorado.

AFTER PARTY TBACheck BFF site for location and details

THURSDAY 25 OPENING PARTY TBACheck BFF site for location and details

FRIDAY 26BIKE MOVIESPROGRAM 1 7:00 pm

BLOOMINGTON LIL 500USA 2015 | 2min.Dir. Matt GeeFound footage of the iconic Little 500 CYCLIQUE / CYCLICSwitzerland 2015 | 71min.Dir. Frédéric Favre

A film about finding your place in the world and the difficulty of growing up.Caroline has finished her education as a journalist but is struggling with the idea of working in an office from now on. Raph is not intending to quit his passion at all but feels that this self-exploitation has to come to an end. Matila is just about to begin his new job and to discover this unique world. Immersed in the world of the bicycle messengers of Lausanne, ‘CYCLIQUE’ lets us participate in the lives of these three messengers who all find themselves at a turning point at this very moment. Is it possible to grow old in this strength-sapping job? Is it feasible «to be free and happy for a lifetime» as Raph is planning to be? Or is the process of growing older automatically leading to compromises and betrayal of the ideals set when young? ‘CYCLIQUE’ takes us on a rollercoaster of decisions and lets us participate in some of the most intimate moments in the lives of Caroline, Raph and Matila.

STRAVA AND THE BFF PRESENTDATA, ART AND THE FUTURE OF CYCLING12:00 pm FREE

Cycling has inspired the artists, filmmakers, photographers, writers and musicians, all of whom have created works for the Bicycle Film Festival during the past 15 years. In turn, their contributions have helped to shape the way we ride and the culture of cycling around the world.

This circle of inspiration that flows between cycling and art has a parallel in the data that Strava athletes record, which they use to help unlock their potential and the potential of their communities.

FEATURED PANELISTSYVONNE BAMBRICK--Urban Cycling Advocate, AuthorJALEEL BUNTON--Musician, Tv On The RadioMATT SEATON--Author, Journalist--New York Times, RouleurPAUL STEELY WHITE--Executive Director Transportation AlternativesCHERYL DUNN-Artist & Filmmaker MARK SHAW-CTO, Co-founder Strava Moderated by Andrew Vontz -Journalist, Strava Cycling Brand Manager

15TH ANNIVERSARYNEW YORKJUNE 25-28

The Bicycle Film Festival is a celebration of bicycles through film, art and music. Presented by Brendt Barbur and friends and dedicated to the loving memory of his mother Toneta.

For the most up to date information about the Bicycle Film Festival and related events go to bicyclefilmfestival.com

All films screen atAnthology Film Archives32 2nd Ave. at 2nd St.

Admission price per program $12Sunday Day Pass $20BFF NY Festival Pass $40

Order your tickets online before they sell out!

PROGRAM 2 9:00 pm

THE COMMENTATOR - WORK IN PROGRESSUSA, France 2015 | 60min.Dir. Brendt Barbur

A Conversation With:Director Brendt BarburCinematographer Lucas BrunelleCinematographer Brian VernorHosted by Mike Spriggs

In 1976 Celebrated Danish Filmmaker Jorgen Leth directed the legendary sports and cycling film, A Sunday in Hell, about the Paris Roubaix cycling race. It defined a genre and helped put the grueling Paris-Roubaix on the global sporting map.Leth now shares his passion for cycling annually as a commentator for this race for Danish television. Over 35 years later Director Brendt Barbur landed in France with a 30 person international film crew to create a film as an ode to Leth and his film. Seventeen camera persons turned the lens on the race, the spectators, and the atmosphere.The Commentator reveals the dedication and passion it takes to cover one of the world’s largest sporting events. Leth’s warm and candid dialogue with Albert Maysles and his live commentating are threaded with a view of the days leading up to the race and the race itself. The Commentator also profiles Kristof Ramon a race photographer as he chases on motorcycle and on foot the best cyclists in the world from spot to spot over the 250 kilometer course to get “the one” photo. The race finds itself mirroring the past, as three time champion Tom Boonen enters the race with an opportunity to tie the record of 4 victories. Cycling legends Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Mercks in Leth’s A Sunday In Hell enter the 1976 race with the same goal. The Commentator takes us into the world of sacrifice, passion and love revealed through incredible imagery, the action on the ground and epical words of Leth. All this action is paced by a score by the legendary New York band Blonde Redhead.

AFTER PARTY PRESENTED BY CHALET

SATURDAY 27

IN SEARCH OF THE STORM

LUCAS BRUNELLE GOES TO CHERNOBYL

THE COMMENTATOR