Another ‘dialogue’ documentary
Following the response on Talking Faith highlighting the relevance of dialogue in interfaith and intercultural relations, the second documentary film “Hearing the Other Side” is now available focusing on Muslim immigrant youth and their encounter with media and identity issues following the assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh in the Netherlands. The film narrates the experiences of young people and women, and how they are affected by media sensationalism and Islamophopic hype created by some conservative Dutch politicians. What is it that brings the churches and mosques together to counter the stereotypes and challenge the biases attached to faith and cultural identities. To answer this, Hearing the Other Side initiates dialogue by providing an opportunity to hear the voices, not much prominent in the media. Film’s trailer, images and updates are now available on its website www.hearingtheotherside.com.
SAFMA National Documentary Festival
Talking Faith has been screened at the National Documentary Festival by SAFMA (South Asian Free Media Association) on 15 December, 09. The event took place at the South Asian Media Centre in Lahore, and the screening was held under the category of “People, and Peace”. The screening was followed by the responses from the panelists and an open house discussion. Among the respondents were Munu Bhai, President Free Media Foundation and Shirin Pasha, Head Film and TV department at the National College of Arts in Lahore. Other documentaries being screened at the festival were mostly independent ventures on social and political issues including Battle for Pakistan by Maheen Zia, Mukhtar Mai by Beena Sarwar, Freedom’s Sisters by Maham Nabi Malik, and another documentary on the rights of religious minorities, In the Name of Faith by Naveed Naseem.
Screening at Payap University
Talking Faith will be screened at the Payap University on 3 September, 09 at 5:00 PM in Chiang Mai. The screening will be followed by a question answer session with Naveen. The event is being organised by the Office of International Campus Life of Payap. For details http://ic.payap.ac.th or contact jloh@payap.ac.th.
Talking Faith screening in the Netherlands
Talking Faith was screened by a group of artists at the Villa Grijpsheer in the Hague on 3 June, 09 followed by a question and answer session with Naveen. The screening was being organised for invited audience from the artist’s community, and took place during the production of another documentary film Naveen is currently producing. This recent documentary project of hers will be exploring the impact of media on Dutch Muslim youth and the initiatives of dialogue in the Netherlands. The research for this film has been carried out with support from WCC – World Youth Programme and Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO). The film will be made available in October, 09.
Telecast on Aag TV and screening in London
Talking Faith was recently broadcasted on Aag TV, a television channel for youth in Pakistan on 18 and 19 June, 09. The telecast was part of the National Short Film Competition organised by British High Commission, London International Documentary Festival (LIDF) and Geo Television Network. Talking Faith was one of the three films to be selected as part of this initiative called “filmmaking for social change”. The project was to support young and upcoming filmmakers addressing social issues by providing them airspace on national television with an extensive audience in the country. As a follow up to this, Talking Faith was also screened at LIDF in London along with other international documentaries on 1 April, 09. Comments about Talking Faith and other screened films can be made on LIDF’s feedback page here.
Talking Faith, a special mention by Kara jury
Out of forty international documentaries being screened at the vibrant Karachi International Film Festival in February, Talking Faith was a special mention by the jury, comprising of Naziha Syed Ali, Shandana Minhas and Meenu Gaur. The note says:
“The jury also would also like to make special mention of the documentary Talking Faith for its courageous and insightful examination of interfaith politics in everyday life as opposed to in a time of crisis, as is the norm.”
An absolute encouragement for the first time young filmmakers of Talking Faith. See the details on www.karafilmfest.com
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Talking Faith at Kara Film Festival this February !
Talking Faith will be screened at the 7th Karachi International Film Festival on 13th February 2009, 3 PM followed by Q & A at the Arts Council Auditorium in Karachi. This comes with huge efforts from the Kara Film Society, who has finally managed to hold this event after being postponed twice due to the political and security upheavals in the country.
Kara Film Festival from the past few years have been known for exhibiting the work of regional filmmakers along with the international talent. It has promoted the work of numerous filmmakers in the categories of short films, features, animations and documentaries. The currant Kara will be screening over 230 films including 120 short films, 60 documentaries and 50 feature films from 44 countries around the world.
Talking Faith will be one of the films addressing social justice issues, and the only one focusing on religious minorities and dialogue in Pakistan in the category of documentaries. To catch Talking Faith and other films, schedule and details are available on the festival website
taking place from 4-15 February in Karachi.
Screening at FCCT, Thailand
Talking Faith was screened at Foreign Correspondence Club of Thailand (FCCT) on 5 February, 2008 in Bangkok. For five decades, the Foreign Correspondence Club of Thailand has played a vital role being Southeast Asia’s most active press club. The club advocates press freedom as a cornerstone of civil society in emerging democracies and is a vital venue for an open exchange of information. In FCCT’s Contemporary World Cinema Series several feature and documentary films on varied social and political issues had been screened. Talking Faith would be one of them, providing an insight into interreligious dialogue in post 9/11 Pakistan. For more details on FCCT Bulletin Click here .
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Talking Faith in Lahore
taken HD download The month of April is associated essentially with spring in Punjab, and Vasakh Film Festival pitched in quite befittingly to the feeling of festivity around. The event previously known as matteela film festival showed the best documentaries from all over South Asia, and Talking Faith was one of them.
Talking Faith was screened at Vasakh on 24 April at Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Auditorium in Lahore, Pakistan. The evening commenced with a note from the organiser, and as the festival gained momentum, it managed to gather quite a number of audiences.
Talking Faith engaged the viewers and received astounding ovation from the spectators. The success of Talking Faith was how it reflected the issue of interreligious dialogue and diversity of Lahore, whilst telling the personal stories of individuals. Details about the festival and film’s listing can be read at Dawn
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(Source: Anam Gill – Lahore)
Talking Faith featured in Bioscope
Naveen speaks to Bioscope, a monthly newsletter launched by New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest about making of Talking Faith and the experience of being a first time filmmaker. Read the complete interview at Bioscope
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Let’s get started!
After a couple weeks of work and debates, I can say we are finally launching a first version of this Talking Faith website to the public. There is still a lot to be done download the wrestler dvd HD changeling download
, especially when it comes to pictures. There will be pictures in many corners and pages of this site, but that takes a little longer to prepare. As the webmaster, I thought it would be good to give the kick-off and keep working while the information about the film is already available and accessible.
So, I invite you to visit us again in a couple of days. There will be many interesting things to see!
A little bit about us
The process of creating this website is quite interesting. It’s a positive outcome of globalization, I like to think.
Well… The film was shot in Pakistan, with Pakistani people and stories, and a Pakistani director: Naveen.
The website is been managed from Brazil, by Brazilian people: Gustavo (that’s me) and André (my brother, who’s going to help with the photo editing).
This page electronic files are being stored in a Canadian server, by our Canadian friend Chris McAllister. The costs of this hosting operation are a donation from his company, Metatech Solutions
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And we all know each other because once we lived, worked and became friends in Geneva, Switzerland, at the World Council of Churches (which is also the film sponsor).
There you go… We have Asia, South America, North America and Europe, all connected to make this project possible. The positive site of globalization, I say!
Photos and videos
Here I am again, to annouce a couples of improvements in Talking Faith website.
First of all you will find pictures in every page. One of the highlights is the Behind de Scenes section, where you can see photos of the production process.
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Promotion
Email contact has given us the opportunity to get the Talking Faith website known around the globe:
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In a couple of days we have received hundreds of page views, from more than 12 countries, as you can see in the map above.
Talking Faith at ISAFF Seattle
Talking Faith will be premiering internationally at 4th Independent South Asian Film Festival (ISAFF) in Seattle, US in October, 2007. The five-day film festival is Tasveer’s most extensive production. Tasveer is a Northwest not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promote independent South Asian cinema. The festival will be screening films and video works on subjects related to South Asia or its Diaspora.
The festival fondly referred to as ISAFF is an extravaganza that takes place every year. It has showcased films like Me and the Mosque, Silent Waters and White Noise to name a few. It creates a lively, stimulating and focused environment for conversation, education and exploration of issues that South Asia faces. Through a series of film screenings, panel discussions, workshops, and cultural programming, it involves audience not just with the film and video work presented, but to create a prolonged space where the social, political, personal and international issues coming out of those works can be discussed and understood.
New ways to watch the film
In order to make this documentary more widely accessible, today we have made available new ways to watch it.
First of all, you can watch the film in its full length (31 min) directly in your web browser. The same way we had those 4 short clips, now we also have the complete movie. Click here to watch iron man movie download .
Second, but not last, we have two new downloadable versions of Talking Faith: 55MB and 100MB. You can go to our download section and check it out! These two files are stored in a different server, so you will have to follow their instructions and limitations. You may have to wait a couple of seconds (there will be a countdown) before the download starts. You will also be asked to type in a verification code. The two files are compressed, so the quality will not be like in a DVD.
Exploring interfaith issuess in a non western way
One of the oldest churches, the Plymouth Church in Seattle commented on Talking Faith to be an ‘extraordinary’ film exploring the interfaith issues in a completely non western way. It says in its newsletter, “Talking Faith consists of a free spirited series of conversations among Pakistani Christian and Muslim students. Their candid and often passionate points of view provide a unique window into Christian and Muslim faith issues completely outside a western cultural context. In several instances students point out that religious differences are typically overstated for the sake of furthering cultural and political points of view. In viewing this film we learn how deeply cultural traditions and social customs can affect the religious perceptions of Christians and Muslims outside our familiar western tradition.” It also said that ISAFF which is premiering Talking Faith “involves audience not just with the works presented, but also in discussions that treat the social, political, personal and international issues raised by those works.” The complete review can be read here on Plymouth Church Newsletter bolt divx .
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