Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave
212.505.5181
This event has passed.
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Block Party @ 2007 Bicycle Film Festival, Photo: Tod Seelie
- When
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June 16, 2010 – June 20, 2010
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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Festival Pass $50 / $9.99 per film
- Links
“The Bicycle Film Festival is here, and everyone probably agrees there couldn't be a more appropriate time to celebrate an oil-free transportation alternative. Cycling through its tenth year, the five-day event glorifies bicycles of all speeds and styles through music, art, film, and afterparties. While the schedule still has some pot-holes, the film slate is locked down and includes screenings of Jeff Tremaine's Birth of Big Air, a documentary about BMX star Mat Hoffman, and A Sunday in Hell, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth's famed portrait of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix road race. Thursday features the opening of a bike-centric art exhibit at Damon Dash's gallery and Saturday's lineup includes a street party complete with vendors and a BMX jam.”
Mindy Bond, Flavorpill
BFF says:
Brendt Barbur, Founding Festival Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival 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. In 2001 Barbur started the Bicycle Film Festival as a platform to celebrate the bicycle through music, art and, of course, film. The Bicycle Film Festival has been a major catalyst for the urban bike movement, one of the most powerful and culturally relevant forces of the last decade. The BFF is sure to carry this momentum into the next decade.
