The Cycle of Love

  • Saturday, Sep 12

  • Sunday, Sep 13

  • Wednesday, Sep 16

Showtimes updated on Tuesday evenings
Legend
OCOpen Captioned
Special Content
35mm
SFSensory Friendly
Cinema Studies

The Cycle of Love

A love story like no other, The Cycle of Love is an inspiring, heart-warming, epic true-life adventure about the search for self-belief and risking everything for what your heart tells you. In 1977, PK, a 23-year-old Delhi street artist from a poor, ‘untouchable’ family, picked up a handful of paintbrushes and a second-hand bicycle and set off on a 6000-mile cross-continent mission—to find Lotta, the woman who had captured his heart.

"Delicate and heartwarming, Orlando von Einsiedel’s stirring documentary The Cycle of Love is the kind of film whose sweet subject transcends time and borders."
Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com

PAST EVENTS

Q&A with director Orlando von Einsiedel, film subject P.K. Mahanandia, and other special guests
Sunday, Aug. 30 2026, 2:00
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  • Orlando von Einsiedel is an Academy Award-winning director and the founder of Grain Media. His work includes Academy Award-winning short documentary The White Helmets; Academy Award-nominated feature documentary Virunga; British Independent Film Award-winning feature documentary Evelyn; Academy Award-winning Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You're a Girl), which he executive produced; EMMY nominated Lost and Found for National Geographic, EMMY nominated Convergence: Courage in a Crisis for Netflix, critically acclaimed series Heart of Invictus, Netflix smash hit The Lost Children and new feature documentary The Cycle of Love.


Coming Soon

The Weight

Opens 9/18 — Tickets on Sale Now

Barbara Forever

Opens 9/18

You Had to Be There

Filmmaker Q&A on 9/23 — Opens 9/25

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