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 Congratulations to the finalists in the “One Nation, Many Voices” online film contest! Thousands of users visited the film contest Web site (www.onenationfilmcontest.org), casting more than 18,000 votes for their favorite entries. Six finalists were selected in each of the six categories: Animation/Music, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Under 60 Seconds, and Youth.
“We received an overwhelming response from Los Angeles to Jacksonville to Washington DC and are very pleased with the diversity and quality of entries we received,” said Kim Spencer, President of Link TV, the national television channel dedicated to providing Americans with global perspectives on news, events and culture and a cosponsor of the contest. “Viewing the films that were submitted across the various categories makes us realize that the stories of the American Muslim community are the stories of the American experience itself.”
“Our hope is that this online film contest will provide a platform to continue that search for common ground among all Americans, both Muslim and non-Muslim, observant and non-traditional, Americans of faith and those who choose to express their spirituality in other ways,” he added.
A distinguished panel of judges including journalist Mariane Pearl, actor Danny Glover, comedian Azhar Usman, former Laker great and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and philanthropist Sara Abbasi will review the finalists to select a winner in each category as well as a grand prize winner, who will be awarded a $25,000 cash prize and a filmmaker debut on Link TV. Winners will be announced on Feb. 2
The finalists’ entries are viewable online at http://www.linktv.org/onenation/films/finalists. The full list of finalists follows:
Animation/Music
• “A Land Called Paradise” by Lena Kahn
• “Arranged” by Mediha Sandhu
• “Durrah and Amasa” by Fatima Ashaela Ibrahim
• “I, Too, Sing America” by Joan Mandell
• “Progress Theater’s Freedom Song” by Progress Theater
• “Requiem for Tomorrow’s Conscience” by Chris O’Dea
Comedy
• “I Am a Muslim” by Murad Amayreh
• “Muslim 101” by Usame Tunagur and Archana Mahalingham
• “Muslim While Flying” by Baba Ali
• “Night Before Eid” by Videohead Productions
• “The Sleeper Cell” by Lena Khan
• “Vantage” by Hedia Anvar
Documentary
• “Healing Our Community” by Umma Clinic Productions
• “Soul Mechanic” by Jehan S. Harney
• “The Children of Adam” by Nina Pari Azhabeikzadeh
• “TheSkatersGreen” by Imran Khan
• “U.S.A v. Me” by Noor Elashi
• “United States Citizen’s Family Condemned” by Ellie Bernstein
Drama
• “Christmas in New York” by Bogdan Apetri
• “Forbidden Love” by M. Hasna Maznavi
• “From the Ground Up” by Mohammad Maaty and Jared Cleary
• “Glimpse” by Ameena Sky Media and Qasim A. Basir
• “Transit” by Avais Chughtai
• “Under the Veil” by Fatemeh Farshneshani
Under 60 Seconds
• “Analogy” by Ioana Carcea
• “Bassem is Trying” by Lena Khan
• “False Impressions” by Saman Piracha
• “Ms. Judgments” by Wajahat Ali
• “Niqab” by Janet Maya and Labeed Ben-Ghaly
• “Scout Leader” by Joan Mandell
Youth
• “Faith or Fatherhood” by South Asian Youth Action!
• “I Am an American Muslim” by Omar E. Hamid
• “Muslims in America” by Stephen Sotor and Tim Jurik
• “Questions of Race in Islam” by Laylaa Abdul-Khabir
• “Thank You God!” by Faisal Abdullah
• “The Countdown” by Rene Dongo
Posted January 30, 2008
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