Now in its 10th year
2-3-4 March 2018
With film screenings and discussion with sp ecial guest\, award-winning Punjabi language filmmaker Gurvinder Singh
Friday\, 2 March 2018 7:30-9 p.m.
UBC A
sian Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver
"Awazzan" ("Voice s\,"2016): A documentary on the UK-based Punjabi language poet Amarjit Chan dan.
"Anhe Godhe da
Daan" ("Alms for a Blind Horse\," 2011): A film exploring the experience o
f marginality in contemporary Punjab
Winner of two National Awards (In
dia)\, screened at Venice Film Festival\, and award winner at the Abu Dhabi
Film Festival.
Sunday\, 4 March 2018 4:30-7:45 p.m.
Surrey Centre Stage (Surrey City Hall)\, 3450 104 Ave\, Surrey
Co-
organized with the Gursharan Singh Memorial Lecture Committee.
"Chaut
hi Koot" ("The Fourth Direction\," 2015): A film portraying individuals and
families negotiating a space between separatist and state forces amidst th
e violence of the 1980s in Punjab\, India.
Screened at Cannes and awar
d winner at the Singapore Film Festival.
An award for lifetime achieve
ment to BC-based Punjabi writer\, Inderjit Kaur Sidhu\, as well as awards f
or student Punjabi-language essay contest winners will be presented.
Made possible by the generous support of the Sidhu fam ily\, in loving memory of Harjit Kaur Sidhu (nee Gill)\, devoted wife\, mot her\, and strong advocate for education\, Punjabi culture and language\, an d women’s issues.
Organized by the Department of Asian Studi es\, UBC\, with the support of the UBC Dean of Arts\, the Department of The atre and Film\, and Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\; the Dr. Har i Sharma Foundation\; the Gursharan Singh Memorial Lecture Committee\; and the University of Toronto\, Centre for South Asian Civilizations. Held in association with the South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN) at UBC\, organized by the Centre for India and South Asia Researc h\, with support from the Departments of History and Asian Studies\, and IC -IMPACTS. SACPAN takes place at UBC during the days of March 2-3\, and feat ures keynote addresses by Professors Ruby Lal and Gyanendra Pandey of Emory University\, and papers from faculty and students from institutions in Was hington\, Oregon\, and B.C.
About the Harjit Kau r Sidhu Memorial Program:
The Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Pr ogram celebrates the rich life of Punjabi language and culture and its impo rtance in BC\, in memory of a woman who shared such passions. Our goal is to call attention to important new scholarship on Punjabi language and cult ure and bring it to our students and the broader Vancouver area audience\; encourage and recognize achievements in Punjabi language cultural productio n\; and honor students for their work in learning and using the Punjabi lan guage.