We speak here: Festivals

Dear Monika,

Your film submission to Culture Unplugged and participation in the festival “We Speak Here” has been beautiful gift for all of us who got the chance to view it. Thank you.

We are delighted to inform you that your film "Bridget's Healing Journey from Uterine Cancer" has been selected among the top ten films for the Film-Maker's Choice (Conscious Art) reward. This group of ten films for the Film-Maker's Choice reward is co-selected by the audience and Culture Unplugged festival team. We have sent these ten films to a festival panel of esteemed film-makers/producers/social scientists/psychologists across the globe.

They are:
Adoor Gopalakrishnan - India
Winner of fifteen National Film Awards and the highest cinema award of India, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, he is one of the established names in the world of parallel cinema.


Barrie Osborne - New Zealand
A greatly renowned film producer, best known for his production of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. He was an Oscar winner in 2004 and has also earned several Oscar nominations.


Eric Khoo - Singapore
A board member of NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, he is ranked as one of the 25 exceptional trend makers of Asia by Asiaweek magazine. He has also served as President of the Jury for the International Competition at the 63rd edition of the Locarno International Film Festival.


Hisham Zreiq - Palestine/Germany
An award-winning Palestinian independent film-maker and visual artist. With backgrounds in computer science and software development, his passion is art. He currently lives in Germany.


Kausar Suhail - Pakistan/Canada
Professor and Chairperson for the Department of Psychology at Government College University Lahore, Pakistan. Distinguished by postdoctoral Fulbright and Commonwealth fellowships, his focuses include epidemiology of mental illness across cultures, cultural differences in family expressed emotions and psychosis, positive strengths of humans and personal well-being.


Michael Peyser - USA
Producer, film executive, and Professor of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.


Molly Hale - USA
A film-maker who suffered a spinal cord injury in an automobile rollover, and after being told there was no hope for movement below her shoulders, proceeded to rehabilitate herself and continues to recover. She also runs Ability Production, a nonprofit company developed with her husband, Jeremy, to bring “ability” information to the public.


Stuart Sovatsky - USA
Co-president of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology and board trustee for the California Institute of Integral Studies, his focus is spiritually-oriented psychology. He has served as co-director for Ram Dass's "prison ashram" and was the first to bring meditation to the homeless in the USA.


Waheeda Khan - India
Professor of Psychology and Honorary Director of the University Counseling and Guidance Centre at Jamia Milia Islamia, she specializes in applied psychology, counseling, emotions, animal and human behavior, peace psychology and environmental psychology. She also serves as a member of the editorial boards for Bahria Journal of Professional Psychology abd Journal of Personality & Clinical Studies.




Along with you, we also are awaiting to hear their voices and receive the votes with anticipation. We will be contacting you soon.


Please share your thoughts on profile & people whom we can invite in future "We Speak, Here" festivals. If there are any other suggestions or thoughts you have regarding this festival, please share and help our mutual efforts refine, evolve & serve better.


Thank you.
Our best wishes to you for this as well as future films.


Yogesh
Culture Unplugged Studios
www.cultureunplugged.com
India | USA | New Zealand


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Thank you.

The Documentary Film
"Moment By Moment " is a film by Emmy winning film maker Dorothy Fadiman. It is the documentary of Molly Hale, who suffered a spinal cord injury in an automobile rollover, and after being told there was no hope for movement below her shoulders, proceeded to rehabilitate herself and continues to recover. "Moment By Moment" is Molly's story, a story about disabilities, health and healing, attitude, choice and intention, sex, intimacy, and relationships.

This film is appropriate viewing for anyone with or without a disability, their family, friends and extended community. We envision getting this into the hands of physicians and rehab specialist, and anyone who serves or cares about people who are aging or who has a disability. Your support in getting out the word is appreciated.