ANNUAL SIKH FILM FESTIVAL 2008:
Saving Mom and Dad
Director: Kartik Singh; Producers: Romain Bisseret, Julien Monestiez, Kartik Singh

At eight year old Ravi Malhotra's school, they teach that the only way to Heaven is through Christ.  Ravi is extremely upset because he knows that his Sikh parents will never become Christians.  To what lengths will he go to save Mom and Dad?

Director’s Bio
Kartik Singh has been living in Paris for the past twelve years.  It was there that he received an MFA from the Sorbonne for his first film, Les Enfants du Père Lachaise. His next film, Bonne Nouvelle, Mauvaise Nouvelle was made from archive footage, and took First Prize in ARTE’s Rush Competition. L’épave ("The Wreck") won the Grand Prize at the Paris Festival Courts Métrages et Grands Talents.

Eight narrative shorts and 30-plus industrial films later, Kartik is an active screenwriter, and looking forward to making his first feature film. 

His most recent accomplishment, Saving Mom and Dad, is based on his childhood growing up in Middle America with Sikh parents; the feature-length version of which is slated for 2008.