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BFF10 WASHINGTON DC PROGRAM 6 URBAN BIKE SHORTS

URBAN BIKE SHORTS

WE'VE GOT IT ON TAPE
UK 2010 | DVCPRO HD 5min.
Dir. Brendan McNamee
Brendan is recorded playing "solo polo" with microphones all over his body, bike and mallet. A soundscape of bike polo in action.

TOKYO TO OSAKA
USA & JAPAN 2010 | HD 13min.
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 1min.
Dir. Steven Day
Bicycling through the city at the speed of light.

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

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

GRIME PRESENTS
USA 2010 | HD 7min.
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 10min.
Dir. Brendan OÃ¢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. Niko Fontas
A glimpse into a French velodrome through a tilt-shift lens yields beautifully mesmerizing effects.

BUSHVELD BIKE MESSENGER
SOUTH AFRICA 2009 | HD 5min.
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 and 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 new heights. Lucas is the undisputed master of documenting alleycats. From the vantage point of his custom helmet-cam his footage serves as a rare document, 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."