Project Detail

Riding Time

Name: Riding Time
Director: Roopa Gogineni, Farhaan Mumtaz
Genre: Asian, Children’s, Woman Director
Released: 2025
Duration: 18 min 31 sec

Synopsis

Neza bazi, an ancient South Asian cavalry sport adopted by British colonial officers, has two distinct scenes in today’s UK. There is the national team (posh, tweed-wearing) and a quickly growing Pakistani British circuit at the heart of this film. Then there is Jaleal, a dual-heritage competitor who braids manes and sharpens lances while quietly dreaming of show jumping.
Filmed over three summers in the northern town of Bradford, RIDING TIME meanders from the absurd to the profound. Juxtaposing the boisterous play and caretaking of the stables with the pounding hooves and fine kurtas of competition, the film follows its protagonists into a transcendent space between geographies, childhood and adulthood, people and horses.
Official Selection Leeds International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2026 - Generation Kplus - International premiere

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 18 min 31 sec
Director: Roopa Gogineni, Farhaan Mumtaz
Producer: Roopa Gogineni, Fahd Ahmed
Executive Producer: Hannah Bush Bailey, Trevor Snapp
Editor: Fahd Ahmed, Roopa Gogineni
Director of Photography: Trevor Snapp
Associate Producer: Farhaan Mumtaz
Colourist: Thierry Phung
Sound Mixer: Manuel Vidal

Genre

Asian Children’s Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund

UK, France co-production

Roopa Gogineni

Gisa Productions

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