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Empire

"Empire" has a dream-like abstract narrative in which a young woman goes on a strange journey encountering herself and her own struggles. The film explores the relationship between the seer and the doer, between the inside and the outside, all intricately captured through movement.

  • Gia Singh Arora
    Director
  • Gia Singh Arora
    Writer
  • Pause Records
    Producer
  • Gia Singh Arora
    Producer
  • Mukta Nagpal
    Key Cast
  • Rahul Gautam
    Cinematographer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Body and Lens International Dance Screening and Seminar
    Online
    India
    September 18, 2021
Director Biography - Gia Singh Arora

Gia Singh Arora is a filmmaker, performer, and dancer.
Her practice freely traverses between the Indian classical form, Odissi, and performance art. Traversing the space between classical and contemporary, art and performance, her
work attempts to navigate dance on film, forging a deeper relationship between the body, the camera, and the tools of filmmaking.

She has previously performed at Yoga Pela Paz, Brazil; Girnar Festival, Gujarat; Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Delhi; Magnetic Fields Festival, Rajasthan; The Method & Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.

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Director Statement

Gia is keen on exploring performance and film through each other, by moving away from storytelling tropes and experiencing reality through her own mindful subjectivity.