Bicycle Film Festival comes to Memphis

The Bicycle Film Festival is coming to Memphis May 29-30. It’s a celebration of bicycles through film, art, and music. They hope to gather cyclists from all over the South for this event. Film screenings are at the Brooks at 7 and 9 PM on the 29th, after-party afterward at Nocturnal (1588 Madison). On the 30th, there is a block party at Overton Park from noon to 4 pm, then a film screening at the Brooks at 3, followed by a "Bikes Rock" concert at Murphy’s (1589 Madison) with River City Tanlines, Magic Kids, The Warble, and Girls of the Gravitron at 9. More details can be found at the main site here. Just click on the Memphis link or simply click HERE to go straight to that page.

There are some incredibly cool short films involved with this so check it out if you're a film lover or if you are into biking in any sort of way. Here are a few previews and quick summaries of a few for you...

PARIS VISION
France 2009 | HD Video 5min.
Dir. Renaud Skyronka
From Belleville to Montmartre, Paris Vision is a “ballade” in Paris with 7 different fixed gear riders. This short film gives a new point of view of the French capital. Tricks, bike polo, ride in of the most beautiful city of the world!

BALORDA
Italy 2007 | DV 8min.
Dir. Luca Bedini and Marco Brandoli
In Northern Italy, 3000 people come together for a slow orgiastic 3-mile ride feasting on Lambrusco, pasta, and song.

URBAN BIKE SHORTS
KING OF SKITCH
USA 2008 | HD 2min.
Dir. Daniel Leeb
The King of NYC, Felipe Robayo, always finds the fastest way to get from A to B.

MADE IN QUEENS
USA 2008 | 10min
Dir. Joe Stevens & Nicolas Randall
Last summer in Queens, NY a group of imaginative tinkerers from Trinidad created something no one had ever seen before: enormous stereo systems jerry- rigged onto ordinary bmx bikes. Traveling together, each behind the handlebars of his or her own massive homemade creation, they treat the neighborhood to an outrageous impromptu music and dance party on wheels.

WARRIORS: THE BIKE RACE
USA 2004 | Video 21min.
Dir. Christopher Ryan, Michael Green Jesse Epstein
In August of 2002, over 800 bicycle riders descended upon New York City in the form of 89 gangs. Their goal: to live out the epic gang warfare movie known as THE WARRIORS. During the all night race from the Bronx to Coney Island, riders got lost, blood was shed, police outwitted, and countless brain cells destroyed. Most of what took place that night was thankfully never to be discussed again until…WARRIORS: THE BIKE RACE.