Simulating Religious Violence
Rome, Italy | Film Feature
Documentary, Science
What happens when you mix religion with simulation? SRV will take you on a journey that will show you exactly how the coded world can help solve complex problems in our social world. Do you want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes?
Simulating Religious Violence
Rome, Italy | Film Feature
Documentary, Science
1 Campaigns | Lazio, Italy
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What happens when you mix religion with simulation? SRV will take you on a journey that will show you exactly how the coded world can help solve complex problems in our social world. Do you want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes?
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
A documentary film about how computer simulation can reveal solutions to worldwide humanitarian crises.
Called to action by the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing terrorist attack and increasing catastrophes linked to religious extremism in North America and Europe, an international crew of computer scientists and religion scholars develop cutting-edge technology to prevent these disasters.
The team travels from the USA, to Norway, to refugee camps in Greece to understand and simulate connections between religious extremism and the refugee crisis. They use powerful simulation technologies to develop tactics for predicting and preventing religious radicalization and violence.
Gaining a new perspective using technology
Religious extremism is way more complicated than the sensationalistic and simplified way it is portrayed in news media reports and everyday conversations.
How can we see the problem more clearly? How can we begin to alleviate the confusion and division caused by bad information and misplaced blame?
This documentary is born out of frustration with reductive, politicized approaches to humanitarian crises. Simulating Religious Violence is here to turn the tables and cast new light on this crisis, by identifying the causes of religious violence and devising longterm solutions. Computer simulation helps us take a bird’s eye view on society and see complex social problems more clearly.
Supporting Simulating Religious Violence is a way to fight back and demonstrate to people that there are better ways to talk about and respond to complex social problems. Ways that don't perpetuate stereotypes and cruel generalizations—where we decide to be active listeners rather than passive viewers.
The documentary tells a hopeful, but realistic story of an innovative technological response to monumental problems. It is a story about a group of very bright people doing their best—and harnessing all their resources and talent—to make a positive change in the world.
Status
Simulating Religious Violence is currently in post-production. The film awaits sound editing and color correction; then we will submit it to documentary film festivals and seek distribution for television broadcast or streaming platforms. Every stage is costly!
Who Is Behind the Camera?
Jenn Lindsay, Ph.D., award-winning filmmaker and professor of Sociology and Communications, is the Producer-Director of the film. Simulating Religious Violence continues her professional work of confronting the challenges of religious and social diversity.
Executive Producer Wesley Wildman is the Founding Director of the Center for Mind and Culture and a philosopher of religion and is deeply committed to multidisciplinary research and training.
Composer Xurxo Romaní spent his college years at the University of Santiago. He is also a Consultant Dermatologist, Researcher and Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has played instruments since his teens, starting with the Galician bagpipes, mandolin, guitar and the hurdy gurdy.
Who Is Behind the Code?
LeRon, an atheist philosopher of religion, who spends his time thinking about abstract theories. He often gets frustrated with his work being stuck in the ivory tower. He wants to take scholarly work into the real world and make a difference.
Ross is a hardcore computer scientist who specializes in handling "big data," or massive amounts of data that can be mined for useful information.
Justin is a religious studies scholar and a computer modeling expert who is programming a way to predict religious violence.
Saikou is a computer simulation expert who spent years computer modeling war games, simulation of traffic patterns, emergency evacuation schemes and flight simulators.
Help us reach GREEN LIGHT and begin to break barriers! By reaching our goal we plan to retell the story and change perspectives, but its a lot more fun if we do it together!
Spread the Word
Whether or not you can make a financial contribution you can help us by spreading the word about our campaign via social media, email, word of mouth etc. We can't reach out goal without you and this an extremely helpful option!
Here are some examples that you can copy & paste:
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Religion mixed with coding? who would have thought! check out documentary film Simulating Religious Violence and get to know how better solutions to religious violence and extremism can be reached. https://www.srvfilmsupport.com/ #sofarefilms #simulatingreligion
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I support @sofarefilms with their new documentary feature film #simulatingreligiousviolence #sofarefilms, check them out! https://www.srvfilmsupport.com/
More Ways to Support
Follow us on Seed&Spark. By simply following our campaign you already help us out a ton!
Follow our journey! Join us as we grow as a production company and get closer to our vision of diversifying the industry.
Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter!
Find out how to be involved with So Fare Films, we are constantly looking for ways to support the creative endeavors of young filmmakers, reach out to us through our company email! https://sofarefilms.com/
A profound thank you from the So Fare Films team and the SRV team. We simply cannot make it without your help and we are extremely grateful for any and all contributions. This journey has been a long one indeed but we met so many amazing people along the way and we are grateful to be able to tell their story. We hope to be sharing it with you very soon!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Legal counsel
Costs $5,000
It takes a lot of dough to get clearance for copyright protections.
Delivery Requirements
Costs $690
Lots of costs sneak in when prepping a film for distribution!
Film Festival Entry Fees
Costs $1,000
Submission fees to the best documentary film festivals in the world add up quickly!
Sound Design
Costs $3,250
This will make SRV flawless! we want to deliver the best quality sound possible.
Color Grading
Costs $2,000
Will give SRV a picture perfect finish that our audience deserves.
Contingency
Costs $1,000
A little bit of padding for unanticipated expenses will keep us in the green!
Share this update!
About This Team
About So Fare Films
A production company founded and run by independent filmmakers
Producer-Director Jenn Lindsay began making Simulating Religious Violence (SRV) long before she co-founded So Fare Films (SFF) with some fellow filmmakers. Being a one-person band is beyond challenging when it comes to filmmaking. The fim and the production company started taking shape and momentum when Jenn recruited a small team of assistant editors to realize the fim, and then the vision for So Fare Films emerged.
Our small team and dream have grown a ton since then! We are several steps closer to launching SFF, and SRV is an instrumental aspect of our mission, which is to diversify the film industry and broaden perspectives. SRV is a film that shares a perspective on religious extremism and humanitarian problems that is not common on mainstream media or politics. We hope SRV expands your mind about the nature of religious violence and enlightens you about more inclusive and more effective solutions to social problems.
Meet The Crew
JENN LINDSAY (PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, CAMERA, EDITOR)
Dr. Jenn Lindsay is an award-winning social scientist, documentary filmmaker, and musician whose work explores social diversity and transformation. She is a professor of sociology and communications at John Cabot University in Rome and the Co-Founding Producing Director of So Fare Films. She earned her Ph.D. from Boston University in the social science of religion, and her book Pluralismo Vivo, an ethnography of interreligious dialogue in Rome, was published in 2021. http://www.jennlindsay.com
XURXO ROMANÍ (COMPOSER)
Xurxo Romaní was born in Coruña in 1966, and spent his college years at the University of Santiago. He is also a Consultant Dermatologist, Researcher and Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since his teens he has played the Galician bagpipes, mandolin, guitar and the hurdy gurdy, and he also studied medieval musical notation, Gregorian chant, and particularly medieval dance music.
ANDREA MONZANI (MOTION GRAPHICS AND TECHNICAL CONSULTATION)
Andrea Monzani is a freelance graphic specialist, filmmaker and photographer. https://andreamonzani99.wixsite.com/click
DANIELLE ROBERTS (ANIMATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS)
Danielle Roberts is a young aspiring filmmaker with experience spanning pre-production, film production, and post-production, such as scriptwriting, storyboarding, filming, directing, motion graphics and animation, and video editing. https://www.facebook.com/danielle.c.roberts.1
EM CEGIELSKI (LEAD ASSISTANT EDITOR)
Em Cegielski majored in Communications with an emphasis in Digital Media Art at John Cabot University, in Rome, Italy. She is an avid storyteller, a seasoned photographer, a published writer, and a budding filmmaker, with a special focus in post-production and editing. https://cegielskiem.wordpress.com/
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
A documentary film about how computer simulation can reveal solutions to worldwide humanitarian crises.
Called to action by the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing terrorist attack and increasing catastrophes linked to religious extremism in North America and Europe, an international crew of computer scientists and religion scholars develop cutting-edge technology to prevent these disasters.
The team travels from the USA, to Norway, to refugee camps in Greece to understand and simulate connections between religious extremism and the refugee crisis. They use powerful simulation technologies to develop tactics for predicting and preventing religious radicalization and violence.
Gaining a new perspective using technology
Religious extremism is way more complicated than the sensationalistic and simplified way it is portrayed in news media reports and everyday conversations.
How can we see the problem more clearly? How can we begin to alleviate the confusion and division caused by bad information and misplaced blame?
This documentary is born out of frustration with reductive, politicized approaches to humanitarian crises. Simulating Religious Violence is here to turn the tables and cast new light on this crisis, by identifying the causes of religious violence and devising longterm solutions. Computer simulation helps us take a bird’s eye view on society and see complex social problems more clearly.
Supporting Simulating Religious Violence is a way to fight back and demonstrate to people that there are better ways to talk about and respond to complex social problems. Ways that don't perpetuate stereotypes and cruel generalizations—where we decide to be active listeners rather than passive viewers.
The documentary tells a hopeful, but realistic story of an innovative technological response to monumental problems. It is a story about a group of very bright people doing their best—and harnessing all their resources and talent—to make a positive change in the world.
Status
Simulating Religious Violence is currently in post-production. The film awaits sound editing and color correction; then we will submit it to documentary film festivals and seek distribution for television broadcast or streaming platforms. Every stage is costly!
Who Is Behind the Camera?
Jenn Lindsay, Ph.D., award-winning filmmaker and professor of Sociology and Communications, is the Producer-Director of the film. Simulating Religious Violence continues her professional work of confronting the challenges of religious and social diversity.
Executive Producer Wesley Wildman is the Founding Director of the Center for Mind and Culture and a philosopher of religion and is deeply committed to multidisciplinary research and training.
Composer Xurxo Romaní spent his college years at the University of Santiago. He is also a Consultant Dermatologist, Researcher and Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has played instruments since his teens, starting with the Galician bagpipes, mandolin, guitar and the hurdy gurdy.
Who Is Behind the Code?
LeRon, an atheist philosopher of religion, who spends his time thinking about abstract theories. He often gets frustrated with his work being stuck in the ivory tower. He wants to take scholarly work into the real world and make a difference.
Ross is a hardcore computer scientist who specializes in handling "big data," or massive amounts of data that can be mined for useful information.
Justin is a religious studies scholar and a computer modeling expert who is programming a way to predict religious violence.
Saikou is a computer simulation expert who spent years computer modeling war games, simulation of traffic patterns, emergency evacuation schemes and flight simulators.
Help us reach GREEN LIGHT and begin to break barriers! By reaching our goal we plan to retell the story and change perspectives, but its a lot more fun if we do it together!
Spread the Word
Whether or not you can make a financial contribution you can help us by spreading the word about our campaign via social media, email, word of mouth etc. We can't reach out goal without you and this an extremely helpful option!
Here are some examples that you can copy & paste:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Religion mixed with coding? who would have thought! check out documentary film Simulating Religious Violence and get to know how better solutions to religious violence and extremism can be reached. https://www.srvfilmsupport.com/ #sofarefilms #simulatingreligion
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I support @sofarefilms with their new documentary feature film #simulatingreligiousviolence #sofarefilms, check them out! https://www.srvfilmsupport.com/
More Ways to Support
Follow us on Seed&Spark. By simply following our campaign you already help us out a ton!
Follow our journey! Join us as we grow as a production company and get closer to our vision of diversifying the industry.
Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter!
Find out how to be involved with So Fare Films, we are constantly looking for ways to support the creative endeavors of young filmmakers, reach out to us through our company email! https://sofarefilms.com/
A profound thank you from the So Fare Films team and the SRV team. We simply cannot make it without your help and we are extremely grateful for any and all contributions. This journey has been a long one indeed but we met so many amazing people along the way and we are grateful to be able to tell their story. We hope to be sharing it with you very soon!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Legal counsel
Costs $5,000
It takes a lot of dough to get clearance for copyright protections.
Delivery Requirements
Costs $690
Lots of costs sneak in when prepping a film for distribution!
Film Festival Entry Fees
Costs $1,000
Submission fees to the best documentary film festivals in the world add up quickly!
Sound Design
Costs $3,250
This will make SRV flawless! we want to deliver the best quality sound possible.
Color Grading
Costs $2,000
Will give SRV a picture perfect finish that our audience deserves.
Contingency
Costs $1,000
A little bit of padding for unanticipated expenses will keep us in the green!
Share this update!
About This Team
About So Fare Films
A production company founded and run by independent filmmakers
Producer-Director Jenn Lindsay began making Simulating Religious Violence (SRV) long before she co-founded So Fare Films (SFF) with some fellow filmmakers. Being a one-person band is beyond challenging when it comes to filmmaking. The fim and the production company started taking shape and momentum when Jenn recruited a small team of assistant editors to realize the fim, and then the vision for So Fare Films emerged.
Our small team and dream have grown a ton since then! We are several steps closer to launching SFF, and SRV is an instrumental aspect of our mission, which is to diversify the film industry and broaden perspectives. SRV is a film that shares a perspective on religious extremism and humanitarian problems that is not common on mainstream media or politics. We hope SRV expands your mind about the nature of religious violence and enlightens you about more inclusive and more effective solutions to social problems.
Meet The Crew
JENN LINDSAY (PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, CAMERA, EDITOR)
Dr. Jenn Lindsay is an award-winning social scientist, documentary filmmaker, and musician whose work explores social diversity and transformation. She is a professor of sociology and communications at John Cabot University in Rome and the Co-Founding Producing Director of So Fare Films. She earned her Ph.D. from Boston University in the social science of religion, and her book Pluralismo Vivo, an ethnography of interreligious dialogue in Rome, was published in 2021. http://www.jennlindsay.com
XURXO ROMANÍ (COMPOSER)
Xurxo Romaní was born in Coruña in 1966, and spent his college years at the University of Santiago. He is also a Consultant Dermatologist, Researcher and Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since his teens he has played the Galician bagpipes, mandolin, guitar and the hurdy gurdy, and he also studied medieval musical notation, Gregorian chant, and particularly medieval dance music.
ANDREA MONZANI (MOTION GRAPHICS AND TECHNICAL CONSULTATION)
Andrea Monzani is a freelance graphic specialist, filmmaker and photographer. https://andreamonzani99.wixsite.com/click
DANIELLE ROBERTS (ANIMATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS)
Danielle Roberts is a young aspiring filmmaker with experience spanning pre-production, film production, and post-production, such as scriptwriting, storyboarding, filming, directing, motion graphics and animation, and video editing. https://www.facebook.com/danielle.c.roberts.1
EM CEGIELSKI (LEAD ASSISTANT EDITOR)
Em Cegielski majored in Communications with an emphasis in Digital Media Art at John Cabot University, in Rome, Italy. She is an avid storyteller, a seasoned photographer, a published writer, and a budding filmmaker, with a special focus in post-production and editing. https://cegielskiem.wordpress.com/