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Gia Singh Arora is a filmmaker and performer.

Her latest work in the making is INNOCENCE // IN NO SENSE (2022) a short movement and documentary piece on a woman’s lived experience of child sexual abuse. The film helps gain insight into the workings of trauma and pain. It asks the question, do we ever heal? The film is in post-production.

MANGO (2022), an 8mm film with no post-production follows the journey of a girl bored in her sexual relationship and what happens on a hot summer day when she chooses a mango instead of her boyfriend!

GRIEF, ARE YOU LOVE? (2022) The death of Kalpa's grandmother brings her and Asha, the caretaker together in her Sassoon dock home. Both these women experience grief in their unique way based on their relationship with the grandmother.They find solace, in their own ways. A short fiction film currently in post production.

Her short short ANDAR BAHAR (Inside Out) (2022) a 16mm film about a drag artist feeling the comfort of getting ready and performing on stage versus being on the streets of Mumbai in Drag. The film showcased at the 16mm film festival, Mumbai.

EMPIRE (2021), a music video with a dream-like abstract narrative in which a young woman goes on a strange journey encountering herself and her own struggles, all intricately captured through movement. The film showcased at Body and Lens International Festival.

Three short fashion films FALL: LOVE AND LONGING (2019), draws inspiration from Akam poetry, a genre of classical Tamil Sangam literature. The films trace the arc of romance between dancer and the Kanjivaram sari, from playful flirtation, to separation and longing, finally climaxing in a union of the lovers. The film showcased at JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival, Durban

With her growing interest in her family, Gia’s personal short form documentaries are GUTAWA KHICH (Mothers Meal) as her mother and her attempt to cook a meal together. BYE JACHI captures her younger sibling leaving for university as the family drops him off at the airport.

She has previously assisted filmmaker Leena Yadav for a Netflix documentary “House of Secrets” and is currently developing two films and a documentary series with her.

Odissi and Somatics movement forms the base of her artistic intuitions and impulses. Gia has performed at ISKCON Mumbai, Girnar Festival Gujarat, Yoga Pela Paz, Brazil. She has also performed at Method Art Gallery, Tao Art Gallery, Soho House, and Magnetic Fields Festival, Rajasthan.