Berlinale Talents Project - Wheels on the Bus

Logline: After being bullied into making iron wheels for his upper-caste peers, BHYAL (12), a lower caste black-smith boy, and his friend LABA are compelled to break social conventions by taking matters into their own hands.
Talent: Sushant Shrestha
Role of participant: Producer
Director: Surya Shahi
Producer: Prabin Kumar Rawat, Sushant Shrestha, Rajesh Prasad Khatri, Surya Shahi
Screenwriter: Rajesh Prasad Khatri, Surya Shahi
Status: finished
Year of production: 2022
Running time: 16 min
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Nepal
Production Companies: Rato Talo Production, Cryptid Films, Resonating Pictures

Festivals and Awards

1) Berlin International Film Festival 2022 – Generation KPlus

2) Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2022, Germany

3) DokuFest - DokuKids 2022, Kosovo

4) Film Festival della Lessinia 2022, Italy

5) Osnabrück Independent Film Festival 2022, Germany

6) Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival 2022, Poland

7) KUKI - Interfilm Berlin 2022, Germany

8) Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2022, Nepal

9) Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2022, USA

10) Official Selection – TASVEER South Asian Film Festival 2022, USA

11) Hanoi International Film Festival 2022 (HANIFF), Vietnam

12)Nepal America International Film Festival 2023, USA

13) Indie Meme 2023

14) Taiwan International Children's Film Festival 2024, Taiwan

15) Trento Film Festival 2024, Italy