Events

Bicycle Film Festival: 18 Messenger Shorts

Three showings of a 18-film program.

By Aaron Donovan

10:46 PM EDT on May 15, 2007

Three showings of a 18-film program.

DAO & THE ART OF BICYCLE INVENTION
UK 2006 | Various Mediums | 3 min.
Dir. Danny Beck
BRIT DOCS Selection
MY BIKE, MY BAG and I
USA | 1 min.
Dir. RED LIGHT GO courtesy of KSK Studios
Bronx Jon
95th BERLIN SIX DAYS
GERMANY 2006 | DV | 7min.
Dir. Motimer Slomo
Berlin Six Days is the oldest sporting event in Berlin, packed everyday with approximately 12,500 spectators. The events include bad music, good beer, and parties till 3 AM for 6 days in a row.
KO MASUDA: LIFE AND PROCESS
Japan 2006 | DV | 3 min.
Dir. Marc Blake
A short video capturing the unique life and process of Ko Masuda – artist, designer, and Buddhist monk.
WOLFPACK. THE HUSTLE RIDE
USA 2007 | DV | 3 min.
Dir. Donny Digital
A bicycle crew running a weekly 30-45 mile fast paced ride known as “The Hustle Ride” across the streets of Los Angeles.
SIX PACK ATTACK
USA 2007 | DV | 1 min.
Dir. Luke Stiles
Track, Beer, Games
BICYCLE FOR SLEEPING OR MAYBE DRUNK OK
USA 2007 | DV | 4 min.
Dir. Ross Harris
Guatemalan artist Edy Arturo Lopez Peralta shows off his one of a kind bicycle. Awesomeness ensues.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING BICYCLES
CYKLERNES NAT
Denmark 2006 | Animation | 7 min.
Dir. Louise Falck
Bruun Markus is hanging out with his friends one night when strange things begin to happen, not only just in Copenhagen but all over the world.
THE NEW HAPPY HOUR
USA 2007 | Super-8 | 2 min.
Dir. Brian Vernor
Racing checkpoint with guns in Californian Mountains.
ON THE BOARD: FREECALL MESSENGERS IN SAN FRANCISCO
USA 2007 | DV | 9 min.
Dir. Dan Gingold
This short documentary examines the advantages and challenges of “Freecall” dispatch by following one SF messenger company.
AFTER THE FALL
USA 2006 | DV | 8 min.
Dir. Marshall Pierce
A juxtaposition of Milwaukee, a glowing industrial city, and the people who choose to live there by bike.
MESSENGER
USA 2006 | DV | 7 min.
Dir. Gary Beeber
Follow Kamikaze, the legendary bicycle messenger, for one year as he works the gritty streets of NYC. Kamikaze, who recently turned 50, has been employed as a bicycle messenger for over 25 years.
RIDING BIKES & ROBBING TRAINS
UK 2006 | Various Mediums | 3 min
Dir. Philip Parkin
BRIT DOCS Selection
ANOTHER BIKE MOVIE
USA 2007 | 3 min.
Dir. Neistat Brothers
Itâ€™s about a bike.
DOUBLE RUSH
USA/France 1986 | 7 min.
Dir. Aziz Rahman, Jessica Agullo
Before email and before the fax there was just one way to get a package across town. This documentary shows some of the best bike messengers of the eighties jamming in traffic and telling their story.
FAST FRIDAY
USA 2007 | DV | 8 min.
Dir. David Rowe
A local track bike event held at Cadence Clothing in Seattle, WA which aims to support the scene by gathering riders together on Fast Friday.
TRACK KAIJU
USA 2007 | DV | 10min.
Dir. Michael Green
World Champion Fixie King Shino and his travel companion journey from Tokyo to do battle in NYCâ€™s most legendary intense alleycat: Monster Track.
LUCAS BRUNELLE VIDEO #2
USA 2007 | DV | 14min.
Dir: Lucas Brunelle
The famous Lucas Brunelle travels the world from London to Mexico City to New York. In this yearâ€™s update of his worldwide adventures you see the emerging bike movement through his helmet cam.

Aaron Donovan

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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