1st place competition winner in 2007 for age group 26 or older

This short film is done in a comedic fashion, but it also has a moral: As Sikhs we must compassionately educate others about us to end discrimination instead of getting angry or dejected.

Sometimes children make us think about the everyday beliefs that we take for granted. And that’s exactly what a loving husband and father has to do when a series of innocent events lead him to think about his dedication to his faith. See what happens as these events unfold in the charming life of "Gurmukh Singh"

1st place competition winner in 2007 for age group 18-25

"Guru Nanak, please come back" features a young Sikh boy named Bikram who although a reluctant believer in god has to finally seek his refuge to deal with the frustrations pent up within him owing to the ever increasing human suffering and miseries all around him.

A revelation dawns upon him that the age old teachings of Guru Nanak which withstood the test of time are still relevant and perhaps the only solution to all the problems in the world today.

Film by Arpan Singh Jolly
Smriti Sharma
Udit Mendiratta

Short video asking Sikh men and women, boys and girls and finding out their own reasons for wearing a turban.

Every year for the last 18 years some Sikhs have gotten together to organise a 140 mile cycle ride for a children’s charity. This year is the 18th year. This documentary celebrates people of Sikh and other demominations coming together to give selflessly – a true Sikh ethic. The film suggests that it is people who can make a difference!

Like me, lot of other people were inspired and always got inspiration from his NISKAM SEVA.

This video is not made by me but it is made by few volunteers of PINGALWARA SAHIB for Fundraising for Pingalwara and Sikhi promotion.

2nd place competition winner in 2006 for age group 26 or older

3rd place competition winner in 2007
for age group 18-25

3rd place competition winner in 2007
for age group 26 or older

I have been thinking about making a short documentary for the last two years but never had the knowledge or the material in my hands. Last year during the end of the Sikhnet film festival, I made a small tribute to the Sikh Heroes and submitted it but it was too late. The deadline had already passed and the winners were already announced. This year I decided to work hard beforehand so I wouldn’t be late for the deadline.

This video is dedicated to the Khalistani movement in the Punjab region, but the most important reason it is made is for Sikhi to flourish. Just like people have different ideas to spread the words of the Gurus – my idea was unique from everyone elses, I used the times of the struggle in the 60’s,70’s,80’s,90’s, and the 2000’s. The main aspect of the video is representing the values upheld by the Sikh Gurus such as Guru Arjun Dev Jee or Guru Gobind Singh Jee and any other great Sikhs who fought for freedom, stood up for the right path and always were on the side of the TRUTH. 

This video tells the story of the Annual Tour of Guru Ram Das in South America.

Through this tour everyone had the experience of Guru Ram Das

This video is about a person (the drop) who lives a normal life without knowing the reason for his existence. He wanders lost in Maya and then finds the the true meaning of life and how to get out of cycle of life and death, through the path of Sikhi. This video tells us how one can meet the true Guru (Ocean).

"Main Kaun Haan?" is calling all the misguided Sikh youth of today to realize their true identity – Khalsa!

This video revolves around an imprudent Sikh youth who takes present day film heroes has his idols. But by Guru’s grace he goes through an incident which transforms him to the core and he realizes that his real heroes are all the Sikh Gurus and Martyrs who sacrificed everything for the supreme sake of humanity and faith.

This incident took place during the Mogul rule in Baba Banda Singh Bahadur’s time period. The cast consists of young children from the ages of three to fourteen.

This video is dedicated to all Sikh Martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the Chardi Kala of Khalsa Panth. 

The film tries to give a message to the derailed Sikh community, so that they may return to the path shown by our Gurus.

This video is our small effort to show right path to those Sikhs who are mislead by cheat and fraudulent saints and considered them as the true one.

In this film a 13 year old from suburban Atlanta takes on a project to educate his neighbors about himself as a Sikh and to learn about them as well. The mission is to connect with them – drawing on similarities, and inspiring everyone to take a baby step in the direction of making this world a friendlier place by education, connection and inspiration.

Read Angad Singh’s blog where he talks about this video project in more detail:
http://onelightthefilm.blogspot.com

1st place competition winner in 2007
for age group 11-17

A mini-documentary produced for my Penn State University Sociology of Gender class. It showcases women and gender equality in Sikhism. (Fall 2004)

This is a short film about what happened to me at work and how I felt while serving a customer who passed a silly comment about the turban when a Sikh man walked by.

Mother is the building block of every child. I have tried to put a thought in front of all mothers to wake up and try to teach their children about the teachings of Guru Granth Saahib. I have also tried to compare the mothers from our history and their roles with our current mothers.

This video salutes our shaheedis and speaks out for the justice of those cruelly taken from us. –‘A Nation Awaits Justice’.

2nd place competition winner in 2007 for age group 11-17

This is the granary of india, the land of our great Gurus and one of the most developed and wealthiest states of Punjab. Now it has the blot of female foeticide and infanticide on its face and, ironically, the hiers of the great Gurus are responsible for it!

This short-film is an attempt to show what the reality is and how to deal with it….by the power of Gurbani.

Today even Sikhs believe in casts.. while we should not. As Gurbani says ‘Jaat ka Garb na kariyo koi’ which means that no one should be proud of his caste.
Concerning this matter, my friend Gagandeep Singh and I planned this project for Sikhism.
– Gagandeep and Harkamal Singh

Music is a universal language, and the Guru Jis were ahead of their time. They incorporated raags in Gurbani, the medium of spiritual communication.