ABOUT KARUNA PRODUCTIONS:

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Karuna is a Sanskrit word meaning “compassion.” Compassion towards other human beings, animals, plants, the planet Earth, as well as one's own self.  Karuna Productions was founded to bear witness to and promote the dignity of life, spirituality, faith and timeless moral values. It is based in New York City, and produces and distributes short films and documentaries about human rights, environmental issues, interfaith and spiritual topics all over the world.

 

For more information please visit: www.karunaproductions.com 

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MAIN CREDITS:

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Executive producers:

Anuttama Dasa

Bhakti Charu Swami

Pancharatna Das

 

Written and directed by:

Krisztina Danka, PhD.

 

Cinematography:

Filip Cargonja

Denes Doboveczki

Zac Lowett

Thiru Naidoo

Krishna Shakti Sanchez

Akos Rozsa

Maxim Varfolomeyev

Hladini Zakheim

 

Sound:

Olga Avramenko

Stipe Kristic

Thiru Naidoo

Gyula Szarnyas

Brendan Van Don

Kuva Zakheim

 

Editing:

Szabolcs Guth

 

Associate Producers:

Devaki Dasi

Dilzad Khariwalla 

Parijata Dasi 

Olessia Podtserob 

Sonia Vasenkina 

Kartika Bodor 

Coralie Tapper 

Mateus Dias 

John Petson Fernandez 

Thiru Naidoo 

Special thanks to the sponsors and supporters:

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Bhakti Caru Swami, Giridhari Swami, Gopala Krishna Goswami, Jayapataka Swami, Niranjana Swami, Radhanath Swami, Sivarama Swami, Ambarish Das, Anuttama Dasa and Rukmini Devi Dasi, Devakinandana Dasa (Singapore), Devaprastha Dasa and Padma Malini Devi Dasi, Devi Deva Dasa, Guru Gauranga Das & Family, Gabriel Fried & Arc-Angel Welding, Gauri Das, Gopal Bhatta Das, Hanuman Das, Hrishikesh and Amrita Hari, Kalakantha Das, Kalindi and Gopisa Fried, Malati Devi Dasi, Mukhya Dasi, Naresh and Bansri Bhatt, Peter Burwash, Radha Jivan Dasa, Radha Mahajan, Sesa Dasa, BBT Brazil, Colorado Collection, Hare Technologies, Inc., ISKCON Baltimore, ISKCON DC, ISKCON Hungary, ISKCON Moscow, ISKCON Nova Gokula, Brazil, ISKCON Philadelphia, ISKCON Richmond, ISKCON Singapore, ISKCON UK, Vaishnava Charitable 

Foundation,, Inc., Vishvambhar Aguilera, Vathsala Asok, Arundhati Biswas Seeteram and Daveka Boodram, Shashi Dasaiah, Jahnava Devi Dasi, Gauranga Dasi, Soumya and Piyali Dey, Pratikkumar Dhuvad, Ramesh Goel, Piyush Gupta, Shanker and Santosh Gupta, Dibya and Balaram Hari, Sujatha Kamath Suryakantam and Venkat Kolluru, Caitanya Mahajan, Anil and Pramila Mahajan, Radha Mahajan,Vishakha Mahajan, Mahaprabhu Das, Ramkumar Manoharan, Monil Mistry, Vishwa Molugu, Kunjrani Pani, Narasinghnath Pani, Poonam Pani, Amrish Patel, Lina and Dharmesh Patel, Arvind and Hasumati Patel,Mitesh and Hemali Patel, Chimanbhai and Neetaben Patel, Nilesh and Rashmi Patel, Rashmika Patel, Tejas and Roshni Patel, Madhusudhan Paul Chythanya Rajanna, Gary and Manisha Robinson, Romapada Das, Wendy Romig, Geetha Shenoy, Ramesh Shroff, Jai and Anju Singhal, Solange Sousa, Naresh and Naina Talreja, Ravi and Sunita Telhan, Ratnesh Tiwari, Yadubara Das, Deepak and Chhaya Vaidya, Neeraj and Shalini Verma, Visakha Dasi.