Contact the Kalamazoo Bicycle Film Festival at KBFF@live.com
The festival is a celebration of bicycles and the culture that surrounds them. The films feature a wide spectrum of experiences, stories and images of bicycling. Some will make you laugh. Some will make you think. The common theme is that they are all for, about or inspired by bicycles.

2013 Bike Shorts

Saturday June 1, 2013

Location:
Western Michigan University’s
Little Theater

Times:
7:00 PM
9:30 PM

Admission:
$8.00 general admission,
$5 with student ID
(cash or check)

 

This program is a collection of short bicycle films. The films have been chosen for quality of production, uniqueness and program variety.

Films accepted into the 2013 Kalamazoo Bicycle Film Festival program "Bike Shorts"

Bike Butterfly

Bike Butterfly
Director: Michael Wallis, Paul Dixon
Time 1:08 / UK

The inventor of the Butterfly shares his inspirations for creating this unique bike accessory.

Bike!

Bike!
Director: Build Films
Time 3:40 / Canada

It’s about freedom. It’s not revolutionary. You’ve always been a cyclist. Keep moving.

Clarity

Clarity
Director: Aaron Peterson
Time 1:42 / USA

It's winter. The ice is thin. Take a ride on the lake? No problem.

Build-a-Cycle

Build-a-Cycle
Director: Roman Blomme
Time 1:00 / France

The birth of a bike, a chaotic world of consumption, and the longing to ride. Filmed in: UK, Belgium, and Holland

The Denver Bicycle Café

The Denver Bicycle Café
Director: Jake Belvin
Time 3:34 / USA

A unique café that focuses on bikes, beer and coffee.

Three Story Question

Three Story Question
Director: Jim Ratliff
Time 2:10 / USA

This film answers the age old question: Can a bike still be ridden after it's thrown from the top of a three story building?

Vi Visa

Vi Visa
Director: Brooks Reynolds
Time 2:16 / Canada

An explosive nighttime BMX ride.

We Ride, Because

We Ride, Because
Director: Tom Malecha
Time 2:34 / Switzerland

A motivational piece that draws inspiration from the challenges of mountain biking.

Dedication to Castle Greyskull

Dedication to Castle Greyskull
Director: Nicholas Barwick
Time 4:48 / USA

Denied a legitimate place to play, the Columbia Bicycle Polo Club has to create a temporary arena in a parking structure.

Captain Ahab Trail

Captain Ahab Trail
Director: Tyson Swasey
Time 4:55 / USA

The construction of a mountain bike trail in Moab Utah.

Izhar cardboard bike project

Izhar cardboard bike project
Director: Giora Kariv
Time 6:00 / Israel

Why not make a bicycle out of cardboard? Because its impossible. He does it anyway.

Make the Move

Make the Move
Director: Alec Birkbeck
Time 5:46 / UK

A mountain biker faces unexpected challenges while racing a hologram.

The Beaten Path

The Beaten Path
Director: Jerry Chen, David B. Witwer
Time 6:45 / USA

Two friends embark on a winter mountain biking trip together. When one gets injured they must work together to find a solution.

Mick

Mick
Director: Brynden McNew, Perception Northwest
Time 4:46 / USA

Some people have addictions and obsessions, some more than others. Mick sets a goal of being the world record holder of most hours spend on a bike.

Rockville

Rockville
Director: K.Walter Ansand, M. Gilluck
Time 9:25 / Italy

VIEW TRAILER

In Italy's Po Valley lies Villa Rocca – a 20 people strong community, dominated by a 500-year-old castle. For one day of the year the castle grounds are converted into a singlespeed cyclocross course.

Bicycle

Bicycle
Director: Graeme Maguire
Time 3:34 / UK

An animated music video for Bicycle by Sue Denim.

Abandoned

Abandoned: Bikes on the Street
Director: Rob Vandenabeele
Time 6:31 / USA

A hard hitting mockumentary that addresses the epidemic of abandoned bicycles.

OrtoBikes

OrtoBikes
Director: Multipraktik
Time 2:30 / Slovenia

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Pasajes

Pasajes
Director: Luis Paris
Time 2:46 / Argentina

An animated journey which pays tribute to the bicycle and the landscape traveled by the film makers uncles, father and grandfather.

Seymour

Seymour
Director: Andrew Diemer
Time 1:24 / USA

A bicycle becomes self aware and is plunged into an existential crisis.

Tour d'ÖÖ mantra

Tour d'ÖÖ mantra
Director: Henno Luts
Time 1:26 / Estonia

A riding guide to taking to the streets during Tallin's Bike Week in Estonia

The Ones You Haven't Ridden

The Ones You Haven't Ridden**
Director: Rik Dijkhoff, FOSS Collective
Time 4:26 / Netherlands

Man evolves and rises from the ocean. He meets his destiny on a bicycle and is ever searching for what is around the next corner.

"Messin' Around" with Cache & Yeti

"Messin' Around" with Cache & Yeti
Director: Sean Talkington and Ace Carretero
Time 2:26 / USA

A man and his dog are on a mission to mail a package and get distracted along the way.

Three-Legged Horses

Three-Legged Horses*
Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra
Time 15:00 / UK

VIEW TRAILER

A rickshaw driver with bad knees makes brief but powerful encounters with buskers, drunks and potential passengers on his last night in Edinburgh.

 

*Contains Adult Language

**9:30 PM Show Only, Brief Nudity

 
 
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