Maw Theng Gaari (My Bicycle)
Director: Aung Rakhine
Narrative Feature Film / Indigenous Film
Language: Chakma / English Subtitled / 61 min / 2015 / Bangladesh
LOGLINE
Set in a typical peri-urban tribal village My Bicycle is the first feature film to be made in an indigenous language in Bangladesh.
SYNOPSIS
Set in a typical peri-urban tribal village focusing on the struggle of a family to sustain its livelihood through a new trade--carrying passengers in a bicycle, “My Bicycle” is a subtle representation of Bangladesh's most marginalised ethnic population.
AWARDS 🏅
• Best Screenplay / Silver Akbuzat (Ethnic Cinema Festival),
Russia, Dec 2015
• Honorable Mention / Cine Festival da Kurumin Cinema Indigena,
Brazil 2017
FESTIVALS
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, Nov 2015
• Religion Film festival, Italy 2015.
• 16th Rainbow Film Festival, UK 2015
• Kolkata People's Film Festival, India 2015
• South Asia Film Festival, Chittagong 2015
• Hill Film Festival, Rangamati 2015
• Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden 2016
• 17th Asiatica Mediale Film Festival, Rome 2016
• 15th Winnipeg Aboriginal Film festival 2016
• Skabmagovat Film Festival, Finland 2016
• Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania 2016
• Kasa Asia Film Festival, Span 2016
• Phnom Pehn International Film Festival, Combodia 2016
• Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival, USA 2017
• Bodhiaattva International Film Festival, India 2017
• Ficsur International Film Festival, Argentina 2017
