Honorable Mention for SikhNet "Most Unique Documentary Topic" award

Remember, Sikhs have sacrificed their lives for freedom over many generations.
Remember, Sikhs defend the defenseless, this is a key ethic.

We need to remember the genocide that took place in June and November 1984. The Sikh genocide like the Jewish genocide has to be remembered year on year to ensure that to honour the lives of innocent victims and ensure that such a situation never happens again.

Hope is important for a better tomorrow.
Together we can work towards reconciliation, charities for those who continue to struggle and improving our understanding of each other.

2nd place competition winner in 2009
for age group 26 or older

1st place competition winner in 2009
for age group 18-25

I love summer solstices and have attended two for the last 3 years. i made this movie to show someone who never have been at summer solstice what it’s about.

3rd place competition winner in 2009
for age group 26 or older

THE BIGGEST HOLA MOHALA EVENT OUTSIDE OF PUNJAB!
Held in the UK by the Sikh School of Martial Arts: Shin-Kin:
-over 200 fighters – men, women and children nationwide
-7 different competitions! – semi contact, full contact, one touch wrestling, freestyle wrestling, kicks only, weaponry & archery
-100 categories – from girls under 6 to ladies over 30, boys under 5 to men over 30
-10th Tournament for Hola Mohala running since 1983

Based on the real life experience of an international student coming to study in the UK, this video depicts some of the pleasant and some not so pleasant experiences that he has on visiting the local Gurudwara. While he is more than overwhelmed to meet the Western Sikhs and is highly impressed with the devotion that they have towards the religion but he does find out some unpleasant practices on his regular visits to the Gurudwara.
The intention of this video is purely to bring out such issues to the wider Sikh community about some of the practices related to the serving of Langar at some of the Gurudwaras. This is in no way a criticism of the management committee or the local people attending the services at the Gurudwara. Having said that we still feel there is still a huge opportunity for Sikhs to actually use the beautiful institution of Langar to actually spread the message of Selfless Service and Vand Chakna with the wider non-Sikh world around.
We might have said something unreasonable or critical in our video, for which we beg your pardon. Please ignore our mistakes as ignorant youth who have started taking interest in Sikhi and have yet to learn a lot. Hope this effort of ours serves it purpose of actually putting this idea across to the revered Sadh Sangat and makes Sikhs’ think about it.

Directed by:	Baldip Singh & GauravGeet Singh (Age: 25)
Location:	Bradford, West Yorkshire – UK
Length:	19 min, 18 seconds

We all have to come together and work according to the phrase:
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime” Also, please understand that a long term sewa is the only way to help our Bothers and Sisters to come out of their present state.
 
Organizations working for this cause.
http://www.akharsoh.org
http://www.guruangaddev.org
http://www.nishkam.org/services.aspx?catg=22
http://www.sochnet.com
http://www.forgottensikhs.com/Organisation.htm
 
Feel free to E Mail us at daman.ss@gmail.com or info@guruangaddev.org
 
Best Regards
Daman Preet Singh and Tarandeep Kaur.

This experience helped me a lot in making this useful video.

The U.S.A is proudly known to be the Melting Pot of the World. But a teen Sikh American is not comfortable with the idea of assimilation at the cost of diversity. He would  rather see his country to be a salad bowl where uniqueness is a good thing as long as it’s accompanied by co-existence.  

Angad’s second documentary  ‘Roots and Wings’ poses  the question if one has to cut off their roots in order to spread their wings and soar high. He highlights the challenges the Sikh Youth face every day being both American and Sikhs, the spirit with which they overcome them and what they expect out of their fellow citizens.

The documentary speaks to anyone that faces challenges on account of being ‘different’ – whether visibly or ideologically. It persuades the audience to expand their horizons and think beyond stereotypes.

More About the Film: http://rootsandwings-themovie.blogspot.com

1st place competition winner in 2008
for age group 11-17

NOTE: This documentary was recently finished and re-sent to us to showcase on SikhNet. It was not complete when it was submitted in 2008 to the film festival, even though it won first prize in 2009. The video will not be in the 2009 competition.

My intention of making this documentary was to motivate my brothers and sisters to make a conscious effort to understand Gurbani and the first step to doing that is by reading Gurmukhi.

1st place competition winner in 2008
for age group 18-25

3rd place competition winner in 2008 for age group 11-17

1st place competition winner in 2008
for age group 26 or older

This documentary film is based on highlighting aims & actions of the Sikh Missionary College, Ludhiana, spreading true spirit of Sikh thought and Sikh Jiwan Jaach (way of life) through their mass participative policies, projects and programmes. 

3rd place competition winner in 2008
for age group 26 or older

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

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

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

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.