film

Highly recommended viewing
A co-presentation of Toronto Free Gallery
and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

A DIFFERENT PATH
D: Monteith McCollum / 96 min / USA
Starring local hero Michael Louis Johnson

Using humour and creativity, activists challenge car culture and take back the streets for pedestrians, cyclists, and wheelchairs. Seattle seniors paint their own scooter lane, Toronto cyclists throw a block party, and a New Yorker commutes by kayak.

Fri May 7 7:15 PM The Royal, 608 College Street - Rush only
Sun May 9 6:30 PM Cumberland Cinemas, 159 Cumberland Street - Tix Available
http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/a_different_path

Very funny video from Clarence at Streetfilms (NYC)

Brian of Frontline Films has let me know that there's a teaser up of his sci-fi film The Cycles that was shot in Toronto - partly at CBN.

A description:

A lowly bike courier named Karen is given a package from the future, confronting her with the dilemma of what drives the universe: free will, predestination, or random chance.

The Cycles is the new short film from Toronto-based Frontline Films, directed by Brian Clement, produced by Jeff McCormack, starring Tam Best, Kelly-Marie Murtha, Robert Nolan, with Derek Chadbourne and Allan Turner.

Super fun. Funny. Highly entertaining!!! Thank you Benny and Lucas!!

This is super cool. TUFF (Toronto Urban Film Festival) is showing this one minute short film by Rebecca Singer entitled: The Ramblers: Halifax Synchronized Bike Team

Watch it on the TUFF site.

With the less than the promised bike lanes being installed this year again, this is a good reminder about the joy of cycling. And please vote for this one. It has a good chance to win.
Note: And yes, I am grateful, very grateful in fact for the bike lanes that did go in this year and no matter where they are, I guess.Queen & Ossington

Micro Cine Fest is a new film festival coming to Toronto this September 2008. Organized by the fine folks at CineCycle, it's not too late to submit films for their first annual festival. Ride to CineCycle and enjoy movies in Toronto's most Bike-friendly cinema.
For more details see www.microcinefest.ca or
Please contact Martin Heath 416 971 4273 www.401richmond.net MicrocineMicrocine back

Critical Mass Toronto

I'm sitting in the theatre thinking that if someone forced me to guess the theme of the next film I would have to say it would be about biking as whimsical, free and pure fun. Then the film would show someone cruising around on their bike, maybe doing something intentionally pointless like doing wheelies, making waffles or pulling a rake in the sand. All very much meant to tap our inner hippie.

The Bicycle Film Festival started eight years ago in New York City by Brendt Barbur. Last fall it first came to Toronto with the help of Benny Zenga of Winking Circle fame, with their tall bikes and other whimsical, eccentric creations. (My inner workaholic Calvinist has a bit of a problem with eccentricity and whimsy.)