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April 28, 2023

April 28th to May 1st

Birdsong

Laos | Documentary

2022 | 18 mins | Hmong,English

About the Artist

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Omi Gupta and Sparsh Ahuja are filmmakers based between London, Melbourne and New Delhi.

Their first collaboration, 'Child of Empire', a VR experience of the 1947 Partition of British India, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film opened to glowing reviews in The Economist, and was also the front page article of The Hindu weekend following Sundance.

Sparsh is lead producer on 'Lost Migrations', a series of three animated shorts on postcolonial South Asia. Omi has written one episode in this series, called ‘Seabirds’, which follows the story of the Tamil exodus from Burma following the Japanese occupation in the Second World War. Their work has exhibited at the BFI and V&A, London.

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Trailer

Credits

Crew:

Director:   

Sparsh Ahuja & Omi Gupta

Writer:

Sparsh Ahuja & Omi Gupta

Producer(s):

Film Editor:

Featured Cast:

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Neng Chue Vang

Neng Chi Lee

Chia Por Lee

Thank you to our community partners for this screening!

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