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The Fourth Annual SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival is gearing up RIGHT NOW and is open for your submissions! OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, The film festival has inspired OVER A HUNDRED film submissions from all around the world. The Festival idea originated in 2006 with SikhNet's recognition of the immense popularity and creativity of video postings sites like YouTube, and the need for youth to get involved in media and use their great creativity to better communicate the Sikh identity and values. Now in it's fourth consecutive year, the online festival has been judged a huge success by the contestants as well as the creators. Film Festival winners from previous years like Angad Singh and Jasmeet Singh have gone on to have their films shown on television in the U.K. and India as well as having them screened at other film festivals around the world. "Tapping into the creativity of Sikh youth worldwide has been one of SikhNet's primary goals. In 2006, when we began the online film festival, we could not envision how many beautiful and creative films we would receive. Nor could we have imagined the tremendous support we have received from the Sikh community worldwide." - Gurumustuk Singh NOW is the time to submit YOUR homemade film. If you don't know what to do, start tossing ideas around with your friends and family right away. It's really easy to get started even if you've never tried your hand at filmmaking. Last year our second place winner in the Junior Division was first-time filmaker Kirat Singh Shahi. If Kirat Singh can win, so can you! This year in addition to the great prizes which will be given for 1st 2nd and 3rd place in both the intermediate and junior divisions (18-25 years old and 11-17 years old respectively) we are awarding a "Best Film in Genre" in each of three categories: DRAMA, COMEDY and DOCUMENTARY film. The best films from filmmakers age 26 and older will also be selected and will shown online, but Senior Division filmakers will not be eligible for prizes. (After all, it IS a YOUTH film festival!) Here's one of the many comments Sikhnet has received from the young filmmakers: "The Sikhnet Film Festival! All I can say is WOW! The Sikhnet Team is truly doing big work and inspiring all to do the same as well. No fancy words. Just the same old line .. Keep It Up Sikhnet Team. YOU RULE ;-) -- Navneet Singh Saini |
Junior Division (11-17 years old)
Prizes to be announced
Intermediate Division (18-25 years old)
Prizes to be announced
Senior Division (26 - 126 years old)
(no prize - but your film will get exposure on SikhNet)
We invite Sikh Youth all over the world to participate. Do you have access to a computer... and and some type of camera? Well now's the time! Make a video and submit it. You do not need to have had any prior experience in filmmaking. It's like a "Sikh essay contest" but you will use multimedia to convey your message. It's a great summer project and a chance to do something different and learn something new. Learn more and get help getting started.
