Knitted Beliefs
In a village where faiths live side by side, this film explores the quiet bonds that form when belief becomes community rather than division.
Knitted Beliefs
2018
14 min
Salman Alam Khan
Satinder "Bicky" Singh
Sikhlens, Zayer Films, Lost Heritage Productions
Synopsis
Knitted Beliefs examines the texture of interfaith life in a village community, where people of different religious backgrounds have built a shared life together through proximity, daily interaction, and the slow accumulation of mutual understanding. The film is interested in the ordinary rather than the ceremonial: the small moments of connection that don't make news but that add up, over time, to something genuinely cohesive. It's a portrait of a community where belief is shared not by consensus but by coexistence.
The film draws its title from the image of faith as something woven into the fabric of daily life rather than performed separately from it. The Sikh tradition has long emphasized that religious practice is inseparable from how you treat the people around you, and the community the film depicts embodies that principle across religious lines. Knitted Beliefs is a quiet film about the possibility that people of different faiths can live together without requiring anyone to set their beliefs aside.
Film Credits
- Director
- Salman Alam Khan
- Executive Producer
- Satinder "Bicky" Singh
- Produced By
- Sikhlens, Zayer Films, Lost Heritage Productions
- Editor
- Muhammad Kamran Fazal
- Cinematography
- Salman Alam Khan
- Subtitles
- but they will soon be eliminated. And the day will come when Pakistan will be at the very top. God created light of which all the beings were born And from this light, the universe; so who is good and who is bad? Its not about cultures, races or religions. Its about humans and humans are beautiful.
- Film Location
- Pakistan
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Awards
- The Sikhlens World Interfaith Harmony Initiative Award
- Festival Screenings
- Sikhlens Arts and Film Festivals