Child of Empire
Synopsis
CHILD OF EMPIRE takes audiences through a deeply personal perspective of this epic historical event. Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed, a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey — share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - New Frontier - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- XR / Immersive
- Running time
- 16 min
- Format
- VR
- Director
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Sparsh Ahuja, Erfan Saadati, Stephen Stephenson, Omi Zola Gupta
- Producer
- Sam Dalrymple, Saadia Gardezi
- Executive Producer
- Lisa Marie Russo, Elodie Maillet Storm, Erica Garber, Liz Rosenthal, Sharon McHallum, Mirko M. Scolari
- Screenwriter
- Omi Zola Gupta
- Composer
- Vasundhara Gupta, Amira Gill
- Animation
- Vlad Stoenescu, Adrian Neacu, Alexandra Nia, Elena Butura, Ana Buretea, Eduard Dan
- Production Associate
- Jayosmita Ganguly, Ollie Cameron, Ludo Fraser-Taliente, Tanya Sujan, Farzana Qureshi
- Production Partner
- Happy Finish
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