Bicycle Film Festival: 14 Short Films
One showing of a 14-film program.
11:01 PM EDT on May 15, 2007
One showing of a 14-film program.
- A HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE
USA 2001 | DV | 6 min.
Dir. Michael P. Gaughan
Historian David Herlihey illustrates the development of the modern bicycle and its impact on society. - IN MEMORIUM
UK/Portugal 2006 | DV | 4 min.
Dir. Eduardo Amaro
Every day, the same route. Every day, the same flowers. It is now affecting my sleep. I am afraid. In fact, I have no fear, but respect. - THE RETURN
USA 2007 | Animation | 3 min.
Dir. Christopher Padgett
The narrator reflects upon a lost friend, who left on his bicycle one day after his father died. - ANIMALIA
Italy | Beta | 4 min.
Dir. Tommaso Cerasuolo & Marco Fantozzy
A cyclist rides his bike across the countryside. On his way, he witnesses animals struggle to survive mankind. - BIKE LANE LIBERATION
USA 2007 | DV | 5 min.
Dir. Times Up!
Join the bicycle clown brigade on a ride through the bike lanes of NYC. - IT’S BITCHIN!
UK 2006 | DV/Animation | 4 min.
Dir. Crazy Girl + Ladypat
Crazygirl rides around her hood singing her bike anthem. - DICK CHENEY
USA 2006 | DV | 3 min.
Dir. Ann T. Rossetti
Music video features the Ginger Ninjas, and their efforts to conquer Dick Cheney with love. - ERIC NG MEMORIAL RIDE
USA 2006 | DV | 3 min.
Dir. Clarence Eckerson Jr.
This video was put together within three hours following a memorial ride by TimesUp! and Visual Resistance. - DUET ON THREE
UK 2007 | 16 mm | 2 min.
Dir. Lucy Cash
A bandstand. A bicycle. An old fashioned waltz. - DAYDREAMERS
France 2006 | DV | 7 min.
Dir. Raphael Gianelli-Meriano
A young couple go on a bike chase towards the sea shore. - SHERIDAN EXPRESSWAY
USA 2006 | DV | 4 min.
Dir. Steve McMaster
Cyclists campaign to turn a 60’s expressway into a park. - AFRICYCLE
Canada 2006 | Super 8 | 10 min.
Dir. Benny Zenga
Youth-run charity collecting used bicycles to repair and send to Africa. - PARK(ING) DAY
USA 2007 | DV | 16 min.
Dir. Matthew Passmore
Welcome to this park in a metered parking spot. - BICYCLE – THE PEDALS REVOLUTION
ITALY 2006 | DV | 18 min.
Dir. B-Bunker
This documents the beginning of the current bike movement in Rome.
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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