Bicycle Film Festival 2009 Trailer

Still rolling into new cities, the Bicycle Film Festival continues to pick up speed, thanks in part to their clever and beautifully-shot trailer. Cyclists sporting letters that spell out “Bicycle Film Festival” return in this second trailer directed by Marco Mucig, this time for humorous scenes of the partial alphabet playing bike polo. Set to a tune from Italian band Disco Drive, Mucig’s eye captures …

Glass Ghost: Like A Diamond Video

The first video from Brooklyn's piano-drum duo Glass Ghost looks like it could have a copyright two decades old. Produced by Peking (the outfit behind numerous CH videos), the "Like a Diamond" video cobbles together a seemingly random collection of home videos, some with singer Eliot Krimsky superimposed over it, others left in all their retro glory. The edit intersperses shots of Krimsky posturing like …

Brand X Video Shorts Call for Entries

The LA Times' up-and-coming new-media site Brand X is hosting a video competition (that we're judging) to explore what it means to be a next-gen Los Angeleno. Shape your creative vision in a three-minute or less video exposé by this Friday, 12 June 2009 and enter to win a featured showing at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. We'll see you there.