Bicycle Film Festival: Program Two
Friday, September 11, 2009, 9:00 - 10:30 PM
Henry Auditorium
$10, $9 Henry Members (Enter discount code HENRY)
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KIEST PARK
USA 2005 | 16mm 5min.
Dir. John Ayala
A seven year old leaves his parents and his block for the first time to explore, observe and destroy in a vast new world.
BIKE RIDE
USA 2000 | 16mm 6min
Dir. Tom Schroeder
James rides his bike 50 miles to see his girlfriend, who dumps him. He rides home.
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.
CURIOSITY
USA 2008 | HD 6min.
Dir. Chiara Clemente
Every child’s dream is to take a shovel and dig a hole to the other side of the world. Two girls from Tokyo and New York become friends.
The Bicycle: Beryl the Champion of the World
UK 2006 | Various Mediums 3min.
Dir. Kate Siney
A portrait of one of the greatest cyclist ever and a good mother too.
THERES A FLOWER IN MY PEDAL
Canada 2004 | DV 16mm Super 8mm 4min.
Dir. Andrea Dorfman
A rhythm of mixed media reminds us to dust off the old bike and go for a ride.
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.
BAREND JAM
UK 2006 | DV 3min.
Dir. Alex Rankin
A fun BMX short from the UK.
28.6
Italy 2009 | HDV 4min.
Dir. Camilla Candida Donzella
A conversation with one of the most respected framebuilders the world over Dario Pegoretti.
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.
WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO
UK 2007 | Video 3min.
Dir. Dougal Wilson
BAT FOR LASHES
Music video
SOME THINGS RIDE A BICYCLE
USA 2006 | Video 1min.
Dir. Chris Jolly
This is a series of chalkboard animations of various funny objects riding bicycles.
SKI BOYS
Canada 2006 | Super8 8min.
Dir. Benny Zenga
The last reels of the Ski Boys, which document their inventive exploits in rural Ontario during the early 70’s.
LUCAS BRUNELLE’S GREATEST HITS
USA 2006 | DV 12min.
Dir. Lucas Brunelle
Over two million people have downloaded his videos. Lucas takes a bike and a camera where no woman or man has biked before.
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.