{"id":15031,"date":"2016-10-12T15:35:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=15031"},"modified":"2016-10-12T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T17:42:10","slug":"11th-annual-sikhnet-youth-online-film-festival-winners-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/11th-annual-sikhnet-youth-online-film-festival-winners-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"15-year-old Indian American Amrita Kaur Bhasin\u2019s Winning Film on Environment has Message for All"},"content":{"rendered":"
Undeniably, the Sikh community is known for unconditional service to the mankind. The Sikh do always come forward to help those in need.<\/strong> In 2015, a group of Punjabi NRIs extended the community kitchen service beyond temple premises to provide around 14000 refugees with daily food in the conflict-torn regions of Syria.<\/p>\n Their interest is not limited to serving the needy and the hungry. They also care about the environment, the planet and Mother Nature<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong> It is evident from the submission of thought-provoking films on the future of earth and environment by young Sikh filmmakers to the SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival 2016.<\/p>\n \u2018Mother Earth \u2013 Mata Dharat\u2019 was this year\u2019s theme of the SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival, an exclusively digital media based platform for young filmmakers from the Sikh community worldwide.<\/strong> It is also a launch pad for filmmaking aspirants having potential. Initiated in 2006, it has turned many promising young directors\u2019 lenses to socio-economic issues, socio-political affairs, humanitarianism and likes.<\/p>\n Young Sikh filmmakers from India, the United States and Kenya submitted their films on nature and environment to the 11th<\/sup> annual Youth Online Film Festival.<\/strong> Sixteen films were divided into three groups: Juniors (11-17 age group), Intermediate (18-28 age group) and Senior (aging above 28). Out of the 16 submissions, five films became winners of the festival.<\/p>\n The five films shortlisted for cash prize and certificate are Sangraand, Selfless Shade<\/em>, and Bute da Prasad<\/em> in the Intermediate group, Paani Pita<\/em> in the Junior category, and The<\/em> 5 R\u2019s of Eco-Sikhism<\/em> in the Senior category. Each of these winning films highlights various environmental issues<\/a><\/span> that threat the existence of life on earth, and focuses on possible solutions to protect environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n