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202218th Annual
Sikhlens: Sikh Arts & Film Festival 2022
November 18–20, 2022 — Red Carpet at Chapman University; screenings at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana.
Venue
Venue & Parking
Venue
The Frida Cinema (Sat/Sun) · Chapman University Dodge College (Fri Red Carpet)
305 E 4th St #100, Santa Ana, CA, 92701
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Frida Cinema: street + 300 E 5th St lot. Chapman/Dodge College: 283 N Cypress St, Orange.
Food & Drink
Theater concessions and downtown Santa Ana restaurants.
Films
Films Screening
Uprooted
2020
Hidden Histories: Pioneer Sikhs in Canada
The Okra King
American Sikh Project
Ryan Westra
Supreme Motherhood: The Journey of Mata Sahib Kaur
The Forgotten Soldier
Battle of Amritsar
Are We American?
Sikhlens ProductionLight and the Load
Harjeet Singh Oberoi · 2022
Sarbat Da Bhala - Hosiarpur Langar Project
Sikhlens ProductionArt Finds Its Way
OJASWWEE SHARMA · 2021
Sikhlens ProductionJitt De Nishan (The Signs of Victory)
Simratpal Saini, Davinder Singh Mahun · 2022
Jaagdi Neend: Reality Decoded
The 51 Percent
Expressions of Divinity
Loop
Copeless
Lohri
Children of Partition: An Oral History of Pothoharis
Emergence: Out of the Shadows
R.K. Janmeja (Meji) Singh, PhD
Women in the Front Seat
Sikhlens ProductionThe Khalsa Centre- Simran, Seva, Sangat
Davinder Singh · 2024
Rising Lotus
Donkeyhead
Silver Lining: The Journey of Rashpal Singh
Powering the Gurudwaras of Punjab with Solar Energy
Baajre Da Sitta
Anmol
Daryl Brown, Jacquelin Dang, Jordan Prieto-Valdés, Samantha Thomas · 2020
Becoming Atma
Haylie Bantle, CassidyJo Fortin, Gianna Gravalese, Nikki Purewal · 2020
Brothers in Turban: The Sikh Soldiers in Italy
The Sardar of Conde-Sur-Vire
Stephen Ragsdale, Rishabh Thakkar, Kashif Alvi, Josh Mathews · 2020
From Here
Kartarpur Corridor — Collective Memories, Connected Histories
Tilla Jogian
Going Home: Travels in the Lost Homeland
Asma Qadri (Poetry)
Jatin Salwan (Poetry on Film)
Sikh Interfaith Journey
Bully High
Qismat 2
People
Speakers & Panelists
Hosts / MCs
- AB
Aman Batra
Poet, TEDx speaker
Hosted SAFF 2022 Red Carpet Night at Chapman University.
Panelists
- VS
Vishavjit Singh
Sikh Captain America
Subject/collaborator on "American Sikh Project." Known as "Sikh Captain America."
- GS
Gurpreet Singh
Sanjha Punjab
Discussed Pakistan travels in Sanjha Punjab Q&A.
Q&A / Filmmakers
- RW
Ryan Westra
American Sikh Project
Director of animated "American Sikh Project" with Vishavjit Singh.
- DS
Davinder Singh
Filmmaker Q&A at Saturday Late Matinee.
- MD
Manpreet Dhillon
Filmmaker Q&A at Saturday Late Matinee.
- AM
Aneesha Madhok
Actress, "Bully High"
Sikh actress — starred in "Bully High." Q&A moderated by Essraa Nawar.
- MW
Monet Weir
Chapman University graduate
Chapman graduate, starred in "Bully High."
Partners
Sponsors
Presenting
- Fairmont Private Schools
- Commercial Bank of California (CBOC)
- Fletcher Jones Mercedes-Benz
- Yogi Tea
- Frida Cinema
- Chapman University Center for Global Education
- Chapman University Dodge College
- Chapman University Fish Interfaith Center
- Chapman University Leatherby Libraries
- Chapman University School of Pharmacy
Gold
- Aahs Signs
- Akal Security
- Cambridge Financial
- Frontier Heritage
- Halloween Club
- International Multimedia Company Inc.
- IRG: Marble Company
- JR Foto
- JR and Rashmi Shah
- Kaiser Permanente
- Manohar's Delhi Palace
- Singh Chevrolet