Project Kashmir

AUGUST 2007

Senain and Geeta have been selected as delegates to this year’s Asia Society Asia 21 Young Leader’s Summit taking place in Singapore from October 5-7, 2007. The Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative aims to help prepare tomorrow’s leaders for the challenges and responsibilities of global citizenship by bringing together fellows from across world to generate creative, shared approaches to leadership and problem solving. Through Asia 21, the region’s leaders work together to develop collaborative approaches to the region’s shared challenges, to build networks of trust across geographic boundaries, and to educate each other in the highest ideals of values-based leadership.

JUNE 2007

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival collaborates for the first time with the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program to showcase work-in-progress scenes from PROJECT KASHMIR at the 18th Human Rights Watch International Film Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City. The screening was followed by a discussion with Senain and Geeta exploring the conflict in Kashmir as well as the question of faith and the Muslim experience today.

MAY 2007

The Tribeca Film Festival and ITVS present an outreach workshop for TRIBECA ALL ACCESS participants. The workshop highlighted Project Kashmir's innovative outreach plan film and the film's audience engagement strategies.

JANUARY 2007

Senain and Geeta are interviewed on THE RIZ KHAN SHOW, Broadcast live, on Al-Jazeera English, the program allowed viewers from around the world to question Senain and Geeta directly via phone, email, SMS, video-mail and fax about the film and the conflict in Kashmir.

AUGUST 2006

Senain and Geeta selected to be Sundance Fellows and attended the Sundance Institute Composers Lab and Producers Conference at the Sundance Resort in Utah.

JUNE 2006

Project Kashmir was accepted by the Sundance Institute as one of four projects in the prestigious 2006 Documentary Film Editing and Story Laboratory. Senain and Geeta attended the Lab and worked with Academy and Sundance Award Winning directors and editors.

APRIL 2006

Khurram Parvez, one of the young people featured in the film, was presented with the prestigious Reebok Human Rights Award for his contribution to human rights causes.