For the last couple of years, we have been sponsoring abbreviated versions of our premier Southern California film festival at venues around the US and the world. These shorter festivals usually run from a couple hours to a half day or even one full day. The “remote” location handles the logistics of booking a theater and inviting the local community, and we provide almost everything else. We have a large catalog of Sikh films they can choose from. They can customize their program around a particular Sikh theme or elect to screen our recommendations from other recent film festivals. We also help with the marketing—posters, e-mails, etc. We then fly our team to the location to serve as projectionists, and filmmakers (when available) so they can have a “Hollywood style” Q&A session during the screenings. We have had these festivals already in Seattle, Bellevue, UC Davis, San Antonio, Princeton, Tampa, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Toronto, London, Chandigarh, India. For the foreseeable future, due to the pandemic, Sikhlens-In-A-Box events will be held virtually on the Sikhlens YouTube channel.
