1 p.m.: Program 10: Recycle-a-Bicycle

WHITE VANS
Canada 2007 | Mixed 13min.
Dir. Aren Hansen
After finding his bike stolen for a second time in one month, Aren took matters into his own hands and decided to catch a bike thief in the act.  Featuring interviews with others who have had their bike taken and their fantasies for revenge.

FREE WHEELIES: PEDICABS OF NEW YORK: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
USA 2007 | DV 6min.
Dir. Frederic Choiniere
In the urban jungle that is New York, many transportation “species” compete for their share of the road. Are local politics – and New York City Council – fostering greener modes of transportation or hunting them down?

ROUND UP FAST FOLD SHOWDOWN
USA 2007 | DV 7min.
Dir. The Galfromdownunder, aka Lynette Chiang
Ride!  Fold!  Carry!  Sit!  Cross legs!  Unfold!  Ride!

PINK: A (LOVE) COURIER SERVICE
USA 2007 | DV 10min.
Dir. Molly Sullivan and Jaclyn Pryor
A site-specific art installation and courier service in Austin, Texas that’s all about bringing the love.

SMALL MOVEMENTS
USA 2008 | Super 8 9min.
Dir. Nickey Robare
Four years ago in Portland, OR a group of young women who loved riding bikes started The Sprockettes, the world’s first all female mini-bike dance team.

NYC – Memorial
USA 2008 | DV 4min.
Dir. Elizabeth Press
Short documentary on the Streets Memorial Project 3rd Annual Memorial Ride to commemorate New Yorkers who were killed while biking & walking in 2007.

SILENT REVOLUTION
Spain 2008 | DV 2min.
Dir. Xavier Artigas
All about the silent revolution of using bicycles to respond to the traffic in Barcelona.

NOT JUST CLOWNING AROUND
USA 2007 | DV 3min.
Dir. Elizabeth Press
Get out of our lane!  The Times Up! Bicycle Clown Brigade educate car drivers about the bicycle lanes in New York City using humor and drama to get the message out.

THE BICYCLE TRIAL – A DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCE
Argentina 2008 | DV 10min.
Dir. Mariano Pasik
How long does it take for a bike to get stolen?  The Bicycle Trial is a project designed to see how long a bike can remain unlocked before someone comes along and steals it.

THE RECYCLE A BICYCLE FILM
USA 2007 | DV 22min.
Dir. Marcus Burnett
A film about the innovative organization, Recycle a Bicycle.  The group offers training and environmental education to youth in New York’s public schools while promoting everyday bicycle use.

2 p.m.: Program 11: Angels Die in the Soil

HISTORY OF BICYCLE WITH NO NAME
Italy 2007 | DV/Super 8 36min.
Dir. Simone Cariello and Luca Puglia
A bike ride through different worlds starting from the bike collector, to the passionate ciclofficina (cycle-assembly shop) or the second-hand dealer, finally ending up with the bike “politician”.  There are many set-ups as to the different ways to experience a bike in a city such as Milano, the only leit-motiv: grease under the nails.

WHITE SNOW, BLACK ICE: CYCLING OVER LAKE BAIKAL
Russia 2006 | Video 32min.
Dir. Andrei Rozov and Gleb Stepanov
Beautiful landscapes abound in this film about cycling over Lake Baikal, Siberia, during the winter. 

ANGELS DIE IN THE SOIL
Iran / Iraq / Kurdistan 2008 | HD 30min.
Dir. Babak Amini
An Iraqi-Kurdish girl earns a living for her ill father by selling Iranian soldiers’ bones that are remains from the Iran-Iraq war.  One day she comes across a terrorist incident involving an American soldier on her way back home.  She involves herself in the incident by trying to help him.

3 p.m.: Program 12: Adventures for the Cure

PEOPLE WHO RIDE
USA 2008 | DV 2min.
Dir. Angelique Little
San Francisco is the background for this short describing people who ride bicycles.

FLAT
USA 2008 | DV/Stop Motion Animation1min.
Dir. Elizabeth Press, Caroline Samponaro
Sometimes a flat can ruin a bike ride, but sometimes it is the beginning of even more fun!

FROM TRAGEDY TO ADVOCACY: MARY BETH KELLY
USA 2008 | DV 5min.
Dir: Clarence Eckerson Jr
In June 2006, Mary Beth Kelly’s husband, Dr. Carl Henry Nacht, was killed by a tow truck while riding his bike.  The tragedy has turned her into an even bigger bike advocate.

ADVENTURES FOR THE CURE
SEE THE TRAILER
USA 2007 | DV 82min.
Dir. Philip Knowlton
Adventures for the Cure chronicles the incredible, 6,500-mile trek made by 3 young men across the US on single-speed, fixed gear bicycles in order to raise money and awareness for diabetes, and to help disabled children in Kenya.  In particular, it focuses on two stories: Adam, who as a Type-1 diabetic has to manage his illness while riding up to 150 miles a day through rugged terrain; and the touching stories of two diabetic children the group meets along the way.  The film is narrated by three-time Tour de France winner, Greg LeMond.

5 p.m.: Program 13: Les Ninja du Japon

PANTANI E “LE TOUR DE FRANCE”
Italy 2008 | DV 9min.
Dir. Natali Fabrizio
An amazing collage of images of Marco Pantani, climbing in the race to win the 1994 Tour de France.

COPPI
Italy 2006 | DV 7min.
Dir. Antonio Poce and Valerio Murat
Coppi is an intermedial work celebrating the mythical figure of Fausto Coppi, a biker, sports champion and icon of our times.

LES NINJA DU JAPON
SEE THE TRAILER
Italy 2007 | DV 82min.
Dir. Giovanni Giommi
A Japanese adventure at the cycling TOUR DU BURKINA FASO. Five young semi-professional Japanese cyclists, supported by their team manager, face the most challenging race of their lives at the most famous stage competition in Africa: the TOUR DU FASO.

7 p.m.: Program 14: Road to Roubaix

STANDING START
UK 2007 | DV 12min.
Dir. Adrian McDowall and Finlay Pretsell
What does it take to be the fastest track starter in the world?  Standing Start gives insight into Olympian and World Champion Track Sprinter Craig MacLean’s life, his unflinching focus and preparation to battle it out on the world stage – portrayed like a gladiator.

MILLAR’S TALE
USA 2007 | DV 11min.
Dir. Nigel Dick
David Millar, one time prologue winner of the Tour de France, talks about his fight against doping and his future with Slipstream Sports.

ROAD TO ROUBAIX
SEE THE TRAILER
USA 2008 | Video 75min.
Dir. David Deal and David Cooper
This film features the most difficult and prestigious one-day cycling race in the world: Paris-Roubaix. First held in 1896, now more than a century later the race is still a grueling contest over 160 miles of narrow, cobbled farm roads in Northern France with a finish in the historic Roubaix velodrome. Long known as the “Hell of the North”, this film is a visual narrative of an old school clash of the finest athletes in the world.  The filmmakers tell the story of the riders, the fans, the mechanics, and the unpredictable landscape that is the setting for the Paris-Roubaix.

9:15 p.m.: Program 15: The Six-Day Bicycle Races

WOLFPACK HUSTLE: THE MIDNIGHT DRAGRACE
USA 2006 | DV 5min.
Dir. Donny Digital
2nd Street Tunnel single speed and fixed gear drag races in Los Angeles.

BANG-KING 2007
Japan 2007 | DV 5min.
Dir. Kentarou Suzuki
The first Keirin race for street riders in Japan.

TRYPSICLE
USA  2004 | DV 2min.
Dir. Elliot Montgomery
Visual ride.

SHE PEDALS FAST (FOR A GIRL)
USA 2007 | HD 15min.
Dir. Eva Vives
A female bike messenger tries to get over her broken heart.

BICYCLE LADIES
Canada 1990 | 35mm/Animated 15min.
Dir. Jill Haras
How is it women of today wear pants, are allowed to vote, and can ride bicycles?  All because of Victorian womens’ intense attraction to a new invention, that at the time, only men were allowed to use.  In Bicycle Ladies, the family butler recounts Maddy Endicott’s scandalous behavior as she defies convention for the love of the bike.

THE SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACES
USA 2006 | DV 60min.
Dir. Mark Tyson
Discover the original American form of bicycle racing. Relive the excitement of movie stars, gangsters, and the best-paid athletes in the US on a journey that takes you from the glory years of American cycling through to the last throes of a once-great sport. This film traces the history of this completely forgotten sport from its early days in the 1880′s through its sad demise in the 1950′s. Over 40 hours of interviews with riders, supporters, family members and historians bring life to the rich tapestry that was the Six-Day Bicycle Race. This film shares the color and excitement of an era when a bike rider could make in six days what his father might earn in six years. More than 10 years in the making, the “Six-Day Bicycle Race” is a film that brings together the largest known collection of photographs, archival footage and personal recollections by and of people long since passed away.