Bicycle Film Festival: The Cyclocross Meeting

Brendt Barbur, Founding Festival Director, was impelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival ten years ago when he was hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. He insisted on turning his negative experience into a positive one. The BFF has been a major catalyst for the urban bike movement, one of  the most powerful and culturally relevant forces of the last decade.  Other activities throughout the four-day event include races, group  rides, and numerous parties.

All IN MY HEAD
Australia 2009 | HD 2 min
Dir. Matt Devine
Two of the best things in the world working together. Riding and music.

URBAN CYCLIC FLOWS
Italy 2010 | HD 3 min
Dir. Matteo Mattana
Through the sleepy foggy night of Milan you can see the bicycles, the lights reflecting off the windows of the shops and the streets among the arches of the city.

MATCH DAY
UK 2009 | mini DV 3 min
Dir. Fiona Collins
A short documentary about cycling speedway. The sport started in the UK after WWII at former bomb sites and is based on motorcycle speedway.

SPOKE TENSION
USA 2009 | mini dv 3 min
Dir. Logan Reynolds
A look into all of the hard work that goes into producing this simple machine to create the balance between man and machine. An ode to the bicycle industry.

A.N.T. BIKE MIKE MAKES AN A.N.T. BIKE
USA 2010 | HD 14 min
Dir. Zachary Lee
An observational documentary on bicycle builder Mike Flannigan of Alternative Needs Transportation, fabricating and assembling one of his custom bicycles in his shop.

THE CYCLOCROSS MEETING
USA, Japan 2010 | HD 49 min
Dir. Brian Vernor
A film about the currently exploding US cyclocross scene, and the emerging Japanese cyclocross scene. The Cyclocross
Meeting follows Barry Wicks and Adam McGrath to top US races in New Jersey and Oregon, and then to Japan, where they compete with seven time Japanese National Champion Keiichi Tsujiura, and the up and coming talent Yu Takenouchi. Also featuring  35 year veteran bicycle framebuilder Shigeru Nakagawa.

Advance tickets can be purchased online for all films.  If a screening is not sold out, tickets will also be sold at the door that night.