Summer Screening: Sept 12
We return to The Old Stone House for our Summer 2010 screening. The lineup is already beginning to take shape, but don't hesitate to get your film in today! Submission are due September 5th.
Spring 2010 program
The first outdoor show of 2010 was a great success. Thanks again to The Bike Jumble and The Old Stone House for a seamless event.
1. Mierda - Alex Merritt
2. Revolution - Paco Abraham & Daniel Latorre
3. Mr. Fu - Tae Kim
4. Bay Area Street Portraits: Terri - Streetfilms
5. Tim's Bike - Taliah Lempert
6. Atavistic Urge - Sara Kinney
7. Red Riggio - Lars Rasmussen
8. BMX kid - Brett Beyer
9. Rumble - Tony Leonardo
10. Squarebuilt - Josh Diaz
11. Built -Sara Kinney
12. 4:20 - Grime
13. Bench Minor - Gus Hoiland
14. Think Twice - Sam Littlefield
15. Il Ciclista Dolce: Michael Musto
- Streetfilms
16. WINNER! Scrapertown - Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari
Spring 2010 screening - Saturday, May 22nd
We're happy to announce the date and location of our spring 2010 screening - The Old Stone House in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Right in the middle of one of Brooklyn's nicest neighborhoods at 5th Avenue & 3rd street, the spring Bike Shorts is sure to attract scores of Park Slopians who never knew such a great bike culture existed. It's going to be an outdoor show and will run in conjunction with "Strong Backs and Weak Minds" - an exhibit on the old Coney Island Velodrome, running from April 8 through June 27th. This is a Saturday evening show. Normally our shows are on Sunday nights, so don't get confused. We wouldn't want you missing it! Submissions are due by May 15th.
Winter 2010 program
For the middle of winter, we've got an amazing lineup! Check out this list of 18 movies, and don't forget to come to the show on Sunday Feb 21 at Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St. in Williamsburg. $5. 7:30pm doors, 8pm show).
1. Snow Bike - Araby Williams & James Spruill
2. Janine's Bike - Taliah Lempert
3. Ghost Bikes - Daniel Panzer
4. Pedal Away From Global Decay - Rachel Brown
5. Welcome to Grime Street - Krillz
6. Pirates of Broadway: Salmon - Laura Newman
7. Gear Up Bicycle Safety & you - Nora Wolf & Philip Chernyak
8. Shut yr mouth - Crazy Nick WINNER!
9. Cyclehawk - El Diablo
10. Dumbo 2 - Edan Rosenberg
11. Ignition - Chombo
12. Copenhagen Streets - Elizabeth Press / Streetfilms
13. The misadventures of a bike thief - Adam Katzman
14. Prolly changes a flat - Sara Kinney
15. Quest for G - Gatorade
16. Empire - Luke Stiles & Crihs Thormann
Winter 2010 screening
The date for the next screening has been set for February 21st. Our show will return again to Public Assembly - 70 N. 6th St between Kent & Wythe in Brooklyn. Make sure you polish up your works in progress or the brilliant ideas you've always wanted to turn into reality. Submissions are due by February 14th.
Sept 27 2009 Program
Bike Shorts returned to Williamsburg after a 5 month hiatus for one of our best shows ever. Over 110 people crammed into Public Assembly for 17 short films between 30 seconds & five minutes long. The crowd roared for Bikes vs. Boyfriends, Je Suis Bike, and Cycle of Love, and in the end, Cycle of Love prevailed. The short piece about a lovestruck tricycle debuted last night, and is moving on to 2010's Bicycle Film Festival. Congratulations to Brittlee Bowman & Cat Marshall, the filmmakers.
1. Tokyo Skids - Michael Kim
2. Ouroboros - Sam 3
3. New Shoes - Rahul Chadha
4. Fixed City | Trailer - K. Ansand & M. Gilluck
4. Bicycle Paintings - Taliah Lempert
5. Hot Girl on a Bike - Avi Fox-Rosen
6. Bikes vs Boyfriends - Marin Tockman and Emily Demarest
7. Right in Front of You - Tommy Green
8. Profile: Josh Hadar - Revel In NY
9. Quadracycle - Angela Soto
10. Cycloptopus Cycling Safety PSA - Inbar Kishoni and Halston Bruce
11. Bicycle Paintings - Taliah Lempert
12. The pleasure of Days - Joseph Baker and Lindsey Wolcowicz
13. Je Suis Bike - Jillian Buckley & Jorge Garcia-Spitz
14. Profile: Tod Seelie - Revel In NY
15. Messenger trailer - Tony Leonardo
16. Cycle Of Love - Cat Marshall & Brittlee Bowman WINNER!
Late Summer screening
Our next screening will be at 8pm on Sunday, September 27th at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Admission is $5, or free if you've submitted a film. Submissions are due by September 20th.
Bike Shorts 9 - April 12 2009
Bike Shorts is taking a hiatus until late summer - mostly because one of it's two organizers is riding his bike across the country. You can follow him on twoarmparty.com.
Thanks to everyone who came out to Sunday's show. You've got lots of time to create new work for us, and the weather should be fantastic for riding! Have a great summer. Here's the lineup from the show:
Video Mixing - VJ Velchrome
1. Bicycle Riding - Zack McTee
2. Pick Up at The Pit - Gus Hoiland
3. But He Was Alright - Alexander Khudokon
4. Los Marcos Madness - HD Net
5. Pirates of Broadway Part Deux - Laura Newman, Gaylen Hamilton, Monica Hunken, Benjamin Cerf
6. Bike Safety PSA #1 - William Levin
7. Boobs - Jordana Swan
8. Livable Streets Education - Clarence Eckerson
9. La Bici Cupido - John Murphy
10. Bicycle Riding - Zack McTee
11. Best Day Ever - Los Marcos
12. Red Hook Crit - Gabriel Allen
13. Columbia Twosome - Sara Kinney WINNER!
Free Crumpler Camera Bags
Everyone who submits a film to our next screening and comes out to the show will win a free Crumpler Camera bag. 
Submissions are open!
Submissions to Bike Shorts are always being accepted. We have screenings every two to three months, so you can always send us your work. Please feel free to repost this flyer and spread the word about the show.
The New Galapagos
Bike Shorts enthusiasts braved frigid temperatures to make it to our first screening at Galapagos's beautiful new space in DUMBO. Based on the reactions of the audience and the staff at Galapagos, it was another complete success. Congratulations to Rachel Brown and Will Lin for winning the $100 prize and to J. Martinez for being runner up! And thank you to one of our regular submitters, Sara Kinney, for making the beautiful amulets for us to give out to our top winners.
Video Mixing - VJ Velchrome
1.Extreme Bike Mounting, part 1 - Gus Hoiland
2. Bicycle Film Festival 2008 Sequences - J. Martinez RUNNER UP!
3. Kriwo in Berlin - Philip Bucknall
4. BMX
5. Tour de Brew at Allentown Brew Works - Mike Fegley
6. NYC Street Memorial 2008 - Elizabeth Press
7. Bike Krill - Rahul Chadha
8. PR Unicycle - Samuel Torres
9. Transforming NYC Streets: A Conversation with Janette Sadik-Khan - Clarence Eckerson
10. Riding Inside - Matvils Geldonis
11. Brakes - Rachel Brown WINNER!
12. Extreme Bike Mounting, part 2 - Gus Hoiland
13. Empire: Dwain - Luke Stiles & Crihs Thormann
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The next Bike Shorts screening will take place on Sunday January 25th at Galapagos's new location in DUMBO. Keep filming and creating. Remember that you don't have to be able to do barspins or backwards circles to make a movie about a bike. Be creative! Submit your work to us whenever you're finished. The deadline is January 18th.
Thanks, old man weather!
The weather took a turn for the better this week, and the mid-October outdoor Bike Shorts was another hit. We have no idea how many people showed up, because Solar 1 doesn't really have a door, but we used up all of their 150 chairs, and a few people were standing. Sign up for our mailing list to get information on our next screening in January. And if you're still inspired from the films you saw, don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today! Start working on your projects whenever you've got some free time.
Thanks again to everyone who submitted their films. Congratulations to Blaise Cepis, who's "The Enthusiast" was the surprise hit of the night.
1. A First Goodbye - Bay Star
2. ECMC Warsaw 2004 - Ben Stewart
3. DC Polo - Gus Hoiland
4. Bike Lane 911 - Nick Whitaker
5. Paris Velib - Chis Ryan
6. Howard No$ell: Extreme World of Sports - Jessie Epstein
7. Citizen By Bike - Keirie Piccininni
8. See you 2010 in Berlin - BNY and True Yokx
9. The Enthusiast - Blaise Cepis WINNER!
10. Bike Messenger - Susan Wachsler
11. Wombat in Combat - Chis Ryan
12. Empire - Luke Stiles & Crihs Thormann
FEATURE: Council of Doom - Jeff Schmidt
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The next Bike Shorts screening will take place on Sunday October 12th at Solar 1. This is our first time bringing Bike Shorts into Manhattan, and we're excited to be bringing it to one of the city's most environmentally friendly venues. Keep your cameras rolling, and submit your work to us whenever you're finished! The deadline is October 5th.
Outdoor Bike Shorts
Slides Taliah Lempert - bicyclepaintings.com
1. Biking - Reid Bingham
2. Ruhrpottrocknroll 2008 - Kai Edel
3. Someone Faster - Geoff Adams
4. My Paper Mind - Javan Ivey
5. Sunchasers: Michael - Irvin Coffee
6. Bike Kill V - Marin Tockman
7. Park Ave (AKA Dumb Luke) - Brian Ferraro
8. Faster - Jeff Stark
9. Bicychlamydia - Andrew Miller WINNER!
10. Puppy Tales: The Puppy Oshaugnessy story - Joe Lumbroso
11. The Legend of Los Marcos - Ken Stanek
FEATURE: Bootleg Sessions v.2 - Burd Philips
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July 5th at The Yard
Boy is this going to be a great screening! All day long, Summercamp is going to be running strong, and it's going to end with two great bands, TheUSAisamonster and Ultradolphins. Once dusk sets in, not only does Bike Shorts have have fresh new work to show you, but we're screening the NYC premiere of the Bootleg Sessions 2 as well! And not only are we giving away $100 in cash to the evening's best film, but every filmmaker is getting a free Crumpler bag, just for their submission! There's still time to get your film to us (but not much), so do it now!
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Saturday, July 5th. 9pm
Bike Shorts is having it's 1-year anniversary with an outdoor screening on Saturday, July 5th at The Yard in Gowanus Brooklyn. Submissions are due by June 28th. There will be a full day of activities at the Yard before the screening. (more details to come). Admission to Bike Shorts will be $5, and admission to the whole day (including the screening) is $10.
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Bike Shorts had it's 5th screening last week at Galapagos, and again, it was a huge success. It was our longest program of shorts ever, and an interesting feat was achieved: there were no alleycat videos, no polo videos, and no trick videos. People are out there making all sorts of stories using bikes, and that is a great thing. Not only was our program one of the more dynamic programs yet, we got BikeSnobbed! Unfortunately, the snob left before our winner's piece came on.
March 30, 2008
Slides - Takuya Sakamoto
1. Jessica Simpson will Die - Josh Whitesnake
2. Adam - Ken Stanek
3. Spring Teaser - Cyclejerks
4. Cavalry Couriers - Charles Kuralt
5. Stop moving, keep rolling - Alex DiCarli & Maximiliano Ferro
6. Flat - Elizabeth Press & Carolyn Samponaro
7. Toolbox - Ch0mb0
8. Spoke & Dagger - Marc Rochester
9. Nikis Hour - Luke Stiles
10. Cavalry Couriers - Conan OBrien
11. Brooklyn Bike Move - Nick Whitaker
12. Get Faster - Heather Muller WINNER!
13. X-Days - Josh Whitesnake
14. Japan - Keirin Berlin
Video Mixing - Gabriel Allen
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March 30th at Galapagos
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Last week's Bike Shorts was a huge success, yet again. Galapagos was packed full of bike enthusiasts and talented filmmakers. On top of that, we've been invited back for another screening on March 30th! We featured films from several regular contributors, including "Sunchasers" a beautiful piece on paralympic track cyclists by last month's winner, Irvin Coffee. Five short pieces were submitted by Kierie Piccininni, who has been making a film a day for the past 80 days and counting. Keep track of her work on her youtube channel: citizenbybike. One submission we regretfully had to cut from our program (due to length) was from Streetfilm's Clarence Eckerson, on Bogota's Ciclovia. When all was said and done, the clear winner was the epic action flick, starring NYC's newest, sexiest bike heroines, the Thunderlips.
January 13, 2008
Slides - Will Sherman
1. Monstertrack is not a race video - Play in Traffic Productions
2. Bike Expedition: Portland - Grzegorz Tarnowski
3. Cyclist(s) of the Month: The Neistat Brothers - Nicholas Whitaker
4. Goodbye Gonzales - Paul Rauen
5. Dream On
Moment of Silence for the Fallen
Sneaky Bike Lock
Woman Magician
Balloon Ride - Kierie Piccininni/ citizenbybike
6. Bike Lane of Death - Chris Ryan
7. Sunchasers - Irvin Coffee
8. December 7th Chvnk - Paul Rauen
9. The Legend of Thunderlips - Thunderlips WINNER!
10. 2007 Granogue Cyclocross - Nick from Philly
11. Amsterdam Messengers - Michael B. Blayney, Ph.D.
12. Steady Scraping Trailer - Colin Arlen & Colby Elrick
Slides - Luke Stiles
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January 13 2008
We've got a seriously exciting new venue and an even more exciting lineup for the next Bike Shorts screening. This edition of
our series will take place at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Galapagos is a fantastic venue that has been on of the premiere spots of Brooklyn's cultural landscape for almost 13 years. It has been described by
some Bike Shorts organizers as "perfect". And now, they're letting us in to show your films there. We're pretty excited.
We're also excited about the fact that we're going to present the New York City premiere of
The Bootleg Sessions. This Philadelphia born & bred project
is going to blow your mind. And there's a good chance you might be IN some of the shots as well. So don't miss it! Check out a
preview to the right.
The Bike Shorts screenings just get better and better. This month featured 16 different pieces by 12 different filmmakers.
In our largest single screening yet, 135 people packed into
Larry Lawrence Bar, which provided an excellent venue for a Sunday evening of alleycats, silent flicks, animated bike tools,
and much, much more.
On a serious note, however, Bike Shorts needs to address the issue of the bathroom mirror that got tagged at the end of the evening.
The night was great, and everything was going well until a tag was etched on Larry Lawrence's mirror. Not just tagged, etched.
That's just not cool.
The owners weren't particularly happy about it. We understand the impulses behind a tag, but we're asking you, our audience,
not to deface our venues. If you like our screenings and want them to continue, things like this make it difficult for us to get invited
back.
OK, enough preaching. Here's the lineup from September 30th's show. Be sure to check out Girlfriend in a bag, the winner of our $100 prize.
1. MASH Trailer - Gabe Morford and Mike Martin
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2. My Bike - Kenton Hoppas
3. What's a girl to do - Bat for Lashes
4. Tool Box 1 - Chombo
5. Bike Short - Brian Ballantine
6. Girlfriend in a Bag - TrackstarWINNER!
7. Look Campaign - Nick Whitaker
8. LOS MARCOS MAYHEM promo - Ken Stanek
9. Tool Box 2 - Chombo
10. Monster Track 8 - Playintraffic productions
11. Dumbo Greenspace - Nick Whitaker
12. Tool Box 3 - Chombo
13. Strap Hanger's Mass - Team Spider Television & the Times-Up! Video Collective
14. X-Days - Josh Whitesnake
15. Spoke in the wheel, spoke in the wind - Bill Dozer, Gina Scarfino, Shilo
Jean Byrd, Araby Williams
16. Tool Box 4 - Chombo