Child of Empire

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[FR] Récit personnel et intime, Child of Empire vous plonge au coeur de la sanglante partition de l'Inde et du Pakistan en 1947, l'une des plus grandes migrations forcées de l'histoire de l'humanité. Deux hommes - Ishar Das Arora (interprété par Adil Hussain), un Indien hindou qui a migré du Pakistan vers l'Inde, et Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed (interprété par Salman Shahid), un Pakistanais musulman qui a fait le voyage inverse - partagent leurs souvenirs d'enfance en jouant à un jeu de société.

[EN] Child of Empire takes audiences through a deeply personal perspective of the 1947 Partition. Two men from the Partition generation Ishar Das Arora (voiced by Adil Hussain), an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed (voiced by Salman Shahid), a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game.

Premiere status
European Premiere
Experience Location
Grand Foyer (Forum des images)
Lead artist(s)
Sparsh Ahuja, Erfan Saadati, Omi Zola Gupta, Stephen Stephenson
Artwork category
Documentary
Technologies used
3D animation6DoFInteractivity
Topic(s)
AnimationCulture and artsHistory
Estimated duration (minutes)
17
Release date
2022
Language(s)
English

Production Strategy

Production company(ies)
Project Dastaan (UK), Anzu Films (UK)

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