Bikechess (2024)

Original title

Велошах

Directed by

Assel Aushakimova

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

France, Kazakhstan, Norway

Runtime

1h 40m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist struggles to keep their ethics while facing pressure from a state that uses absurd tactics. The story looks at how far institutions will go to control the narrative.

darkly comictenseabsurdthought-provokingbleaksuspensefulpoliticalslow-burn

What happens

Bikechess is a 2024 Kazakhstani drama film written and directed by Assel Aushakimova. The French-Kazakh-Norwegian co-production had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on 9 June 2024, where the film won Best International Narrative Feature. With dark humour, the film dissects the levels of absurdity that the state will embrace and the constraints journalists face when striving to maintain ethical standards in the face of institutional pressures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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