“Because of the pandemic, all our festivals have been virtual, and I am very satisfied and very happy that Sikhlens – Sikh Arts and Film Festival 2021 India Chapter 2021 is taking place in Chandigarh in physical format, the first in 12 months. “Bicky Singh, who founded the festival thirteen years ago in California and accompanied it for the first time in India. Array with the opening of the festival in Chandigarh today.
Singh began organizing the festival with the aim of sharing Sikh heritage and culture with the rest of the world, raising awareness of community-focused paintings.
“Sikhlens searches for other people’s paintings in a variety of fields: movies, books, music and art, and provides a platform for artists to share these paintings with the world, make the sikhs known and made known,” Says Singh, adding that Sikhlens’ Destination S program provides investment systems and scholarships to Sikh and non-Sikh filmmakers. Array whose projects aim to bring inspiring stories about Sikh history and heritage and to launch a verbal exchange on race, harmony, justice and spirituality.
This year, it will be held at the Tagore Theatre from 11 a. m. at 8 p. m. – Entry will be free and 24 films from 8 countries will be screened.
The timing of the annual film festival will come with Sikh-focused documentaries, short films, a children’s segment, adding 3 global premieres, an art exhibition, the release of an e-book, poetry, lectures and discussions.
Rolling Frames Entertainment filmmaker Ojaswwee Sharma, based in Chandigarh, led the bankruptcy in India of the and 4 of his films will also be screened here, supported by Chandigarh’s management and cultural affairs branch, UT.
“Through this festival, we hope to publicize art, culture and heritage and allow the city’s audience to see an unconventional cinema,” Sharma says.
In addition to the world premiere of 3 films: Art Finds Its Way, Kites: Beyond Bo Limits, Silver Lining: The Journey of Rashpal Singh, many artists who have made commendable paintings to constitute Sikhism or facets of Sikhi’s religion and values, having reached the ordinary level will also reward milestones to motivate long-term generations with their paintings.
During this session, 11 Sikh organizations around the world, seeking to make their component in alleviating the global challenge of pandemic hunger, will share their stories.
Among the works projected at the festival, Traasdi Rooh (Punjabi) through Amandeep Singh, highlights the stunning beauty of landscape and architecture through the exploration of deserted non-secular sites in remote parts of Pakistan; while Salman Alam Khan’s “woven beliefs” is a tapestry of concord in Narayanpura, a district of Karachi, where Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs live in combination in one of Pakistan’s largest multi-ethnic communities; and Art finds its way through Ojaswee Sharma traces the life of Aman Singh Gulati, now widely known as Almond Singh, a 19-year-old micro painter who holds the Guinness World Record for making an individual’s largest drawing, and for portraits on almonds.
In a small town in Uttar Pradesh, the protagonist struggled to be informed of art and get his family. com. In a small space, he honed the skill that earned him world records. Many of its remarkable almond pieces represent the essence of Sikhism. and also has the merit of having created guru Gobind Singh’s greatest puzzle art.
His long-term efforts come with bringing sikh principles to life travel by Guru Nanak Dev and Guru Tegh Bahadur in their micro-recorded almonds.
For more than six and a half years, the Sikhlens Digital Voice Program and the Sri Hemkunt Foundation have trained Young Sikhs to make gurdwara films in California and around the world.
These workshops practice more than 1,000 young people from the age of 6 and have resulted in the production of more than 125 short films, some of which will be screened as a component of the youth section.