Wheels on the Bus

Wheels on the Bus

from 12 y/o
Nepal
2022
15’

Nepali

Screenings
03.10 12:00 Longing for the Impossible. Short Films Multikino room 2
05.10 09:30 Longing for the Impossible. Short Films Multikino sala 4

Bhyal, a 12-year-old lower-caste boy working as a blacksmith, and his friend Laba are forced to make iron wheels for their upper-caste peers. They take matters into their own hands, breaking social conventions.

sensitive content: class inequalities

Competition

Surya Shahi

He holds a bachelor’s degree in acting from Elon University (USA) and teaches acting at Oscar International College of Film Studies in Kathmandu, Nepal. Surya worked on the Nepali short film A Curious Girl (2017) as casting director and assistant director. He was also the creative producer and actor for the short musical Rato Talo (2019). Wheels on the Bus is his debut.

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