PROGRAM 1: CYCLEMAHESH + Short Films
Sat, Nov 8 at 1pm
BY THE WAY Dir. Sofia Ose ⎮ Germany 2024 9min.
A bike choir riding through the city.
DAILY NEWS Dir. Furqan Ghani, Christoph Fink, Joan Rodilla ⎮ Austria 2025 6min.
A glimpse into a migrant newspaper courier’s night route through Vienna.
THE BRIDGE CYCLE Dir. Nicholas Cizek ⎮ USA 2022 3min.
Twice a day as Nick crests the Manhattan Bridge on his commute the weight of life lifts and everything feels possible.
CYCLEMAHESH Dir. Suhel Banerjee ⎮ India 2024, 61min.
A young migrant worker’s epic 2,000 km bicycle journey home during India’s covid lockdown brings fleeting national fame, but as his story is captured by a filmmaker, he finds himself caught in yet another cycle of disillusionment navigating the fragile illusions of home, friendship and fame in this film that blurs the lines between cinema and reality.
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