SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival » Featured http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival Online film festival to encourage youth to get involved in media Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 turBAN http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival/2009/turban/ http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival/2009/turban/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:33:23 +0000 admin http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival/?p=670 TurBAN---directorturBAN is a joint project between Dashmesh Pictures (Sartaj Singh Dhami) and G.N.E. (SaintSoulja aka Tanmit Singh, and The GodFather aka Gurvinder Singh).

In 2004, France passed a law banning all conspicuous religious symbols worn by students in public schools. Irremovable articles of faith, such as the Sikh turban, were included in the ban. Sikh students had to give up their faith, or give up their education. Many were forced to drop out, in the name of ’secularism.’ Even though Sikh soliders were received as hereos in Marseilles in World War I, the Sikh turban is banned in France.

The following video editorial, in the form of a music video, artistically challenges the current regulations invoked in the French public school system.

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1st place competition winner in 2009
for age group 26 or older

 

Directed by: Sartaj Singh Dhami, Dashmesh Pictures (Age: 26 or older)
Location: Washington DC – USA
Length: 9 min, 51 seconds

 

]]> http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival/2009/turban/feed/ 44 Don’t Mess With Manmohan http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival/2009/dont-mess-with-manmohan/ http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival/2009/dont-mess-with-manmohan/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:42:42 +0000 admin http://www.sikhnet.com/filmfestival/?p=643 Dont Mess With Manmohan - director picWe join our hero in the depths of Hounslow where, in trouble with the local gang, having a difficult time at home, failing to impress with his idiosyncratic fashion sense, it is clear that he has lost his way. One day, however, he makes a decision that may just change his life… forever

3rd place competition winner in 2009
for age group 18-25

 

Directed by: Jamie Stern-Weiner & Narvir Singh Khosa (Age: 19)
Location: London, Middlesex – United Kingdom
Length: 16 min, 40 seconds

 

 

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