Award of Excellence – “Ghost Bikes” (USA)

Title: Ghost Bikes
Runtime: 6 min
Country: USA
Director: Ethan Brooks
Placement: Award of Excellence
Competition: June, 2018

Synopsis: There are over 150 white-painted bicycles chained up throughout New York City. Each bike represents a cyclist killed in traffic – each is placed at the scene of the crash.

Mirza puts up the bikes. He remembers these fallen cyclists when everyone else seems to have forgotten them.