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"This Movie Is Getting Made No Matter What": Inside the Pitch That Won $1.2 Million at Tribeca

On June 4, 2026, Rickshaw alumni Sid Gopinath and Aditya Joshi (The Shorts Program - Cycle 5) alongside producer Alifya Ali walked away with $1.2 million from the AT&T Untold Stories competition at Tribeca for their debut feature, Minnesota Goodbye. Sid and Alifya presented the pitch live on stage.

May 2026 Rickshaw Community Wins

From Rickshaw programs to festival circuits, grant lists, and production companies of their own, our alumni are pretty impressive if we do say so ourselves!

Meet Writer Meg Indurti

Cycle 3 Writer's Room Alumna and Writer's Assistant on "Bait" Talks About Her Writing Career

April 2026 Rickshaw Community Wins

All we do is win win win...

Filmmaker Roshan Sethi Joins the Rickshaw Board

We’re excited to share some news that feels both full-circle and forward-looking: filmmaker and physician Roshan Sethi is joining Rickshaw Film Foundation’s Board of Directors!

Bending Over Backwards

"Bend It Like Beckham" retrospective by Keerthi Harishankar

Usman Riaz on Art and Intuition

A conversation with our Managing Editor Aman Shahzad

Keya Saxena of Junk Flower Films

Interview with our Managing Editor Aman Shahzad

"Representation" in 2025

An opinion from our editor-in-chief

A Note from our Head of Programming

Rohan Palla previews Rickshaw's Cycle 7 programming slate