SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival » – Senior: Age 26+

Dastaar

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:36:16 +0000

This video was created just in time for the younger generation to tell them the importance of Dastaar (Turban)

Directed by:	Miss Kaur (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Undisclosed
Length:	2 min, 49 seconds

Marrying a Turban

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:22:53 +0000

Marrying a Turban is a short photostory depicting the current mindset of a section of Sikh females who have developed an affinity towards “clean shaven Sikh men”. The idea behind this story has evolved from online discussions on various forums and it should not be stereotyped to the entire section of Sikh Females.

Honorable Mention for SikhNet "Hot Topic" award

Directed by:	Jasdeep Singh (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Chandigarh, Punjab – India
Length:	6 min, 30 seconds

Justice & Hope

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:05:10 +0000

This film explores the continued and essential desire of Sikhs for Justice

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

Directed by:	Dr Savi S Arora (Age: 26 or Older)
Location:	London, Middlesex – United Kingdom
Length:	12 min, 25 seconds

Rabb Taan Vekh Reha

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:36:51 +0000

This is my first attempt at film making and it is a small simple story that tells so much about how we act as if God is not present in our lives and everywhere.

Directed by:	Gulsher Singh Bal (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Vernon Hills, UL – United States
Length:	7 min, 28 seconds

Summer Solstice 2008

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:32:18 +0000

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

Directed by:	Ek Ong Kar Kaur (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Valley Village, CA – USA
Length:	25 min, 44 seconds

Story of Turban

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:09:57 +0000

This is an anonymous entry. It’s a story of the turban in first person from the turban’s perspective.

Reasons

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:08:52 +0000

This movie talks about the differnt reasons people give for cutting their hair.

Directed by:	Gujinder Singh (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Sydney, NSW – Australia
Length:	1 min, 43 seconds

Anand Sahib Path

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:11:31 +0000

Multi Camera technique

Directed by:	Rajinder Singh Singh (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	New Delhi, Delhi – India
Length:	3 min, 49 seconds

turBAN

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:33:23 +0000

turBAN 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.

Download turBAN MP3

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

Healthy, Happy, Holy.

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:18:19 +0000

Healthy. Happy. Holy tells the stories of four second-generation Western Sikhs. The film follows them from their early childhood in the American Sikh Sangat, to their years in Indian boarding schools and their return to the United States as teenagers. The film also looks to the future, going to the current boarding school where the next generation of Western Sikhs is growing up.

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

Directed by:	Adithya Sambamurthy (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Oakland, California – United States
Length:	21 min, 39 seconds

Address

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:59:26 +0000

The video extends gratitude to people who have maintained their unique identity and tenders prayer for those who have lost their path and correct address.

Directed by:	Harjeet Singh Gill (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Allentown, Pennsylvania – United States
Length:	07 min, 30 seconds

Baghbaan – Sikh Missionary College

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:58:14 +0000

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.

Directed by:	Bhupinder Singh (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Mohali, Punjab – India
Length:	19 min

The Power Of Media

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:12:46 +0000

In this second submission for this year, using Fair use copyright rules this education focused film explores 3 aspects of media, 1-Where Sikhs are misrepresented, 2-Constructive use of media & 3-Opportunities for us to learn and communicate more about our heritage.

Directed by:	Dr Savi S Arora (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	London, Middlesex – United Kingdom
Length:	8 min, 5 seconds

Turban Tying Pride

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:55:56 +0000

My local Gurudwara is quite proactive in promoting Gursikhi focused events — one of them being a turban tying competition at the yearly Vaisakhi Mela. This is a light-hearted take on the judging criteria that should inspire Sikhs to wear their dastaars with pride!

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

Directed by:	Savraj Singh (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Pennington, NJ – United States
Length:	5 min

Teen Puncture (Three Punctures)

admin — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:40:25 +0000

Teen puncture (Three punctures) is a story of a puncture wala who gets a message from his daughter that her school teacher said that four months school fees are pending, If they don’t pay by morning, they will kick her out of school. What will he do now…..??

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

Directed by:	ASHISH BHATIA (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Mumbai, Maharashtra – India
Length:	06 min, 40 seconds

Why do you wear a turban?

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:29:50 +0000

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

Directed by:	Sikh Coalition (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	New York, NY – United States
Length:	1 min, seconds

Peddle Power

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:25:10 +0000

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!

Directed by:	Dr Savi S Arora (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	London, Middlesex – United Kingdom
Length:	12 min, 29 seconds

Pingalwara – Home for Homeless

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:15:26 +0000

This video is dedicated to BHAGAT PURAN SINGH JI, a noble Sikh with a noble Vision and Mission – to help who are helpless or mentally and physically disabled. He give his life in this seva without any racism or distinction of caste, as a true Sikh of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. He is also also very keen to protect the enviroment from polloution and he wrote thousands of articles on enviromental protection and its effects in order to create awareness among all peoples.

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

Directed by:	Pingalwara sangat (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Amritsar, Punjab – India
Length:	13 min, 49 seconds

Gurus Pride

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:04:10 +0000

The tree of Sikhi required the blood of martyrs as water and the limbs of martyrs as fertilizer. But today we have forgotten the sacrifices that have gone into the making of Sikhi and our Guru has lost pride in us.

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

Directed by:	Sukhvinder Pal Singh (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Hyderabad, AP – India
Length:	9 min, 25 seconds

Beti

admin — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:45:51 +0000

Female foeticide is rampant in the Sikh community, especially in Punjab, while Sikhism gives the highest place to women. This movie is a voice against female foeticide.

Directed by:	Sukhvinder Pal Singh & Gagandep Kaur (Age: 26 or older)
Location:	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh – India
Length:	2 min, 47 seconds