Debalina Majumder (born 1972, Calcutta, India) is an Indian filmmaker, writer,

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, and

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. She studied Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University. Debalina has worked on feature-length documentary films, short films, travelogues, music videos, corporate films, telefilms and experimental films. She is passionate about environmental issues, gender, sexuality and occasionally writes for newspapers and magazines. She has also extensively worked as a cinematographer. In 2005, her short film about mud football in Kolkata, (''Sar..r..ra/ Joy Run)'' was selected to the short film competition, Berlinale Talent Campus, at Berlin, and also included in the Fifa 2006 World Cup Compilation. Based on the story of two lovers who committed suicide, in the village of Nandigram (West Bengal, India), Debalina's film "... ''ebang bewarish''" ("...and the Unclaimed"), questioned social taboos and familial non-acceptance in regards to

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. " Based on the same event, Debalina's fiction film "''Abar Jodi Ichha Koro''" (If You Dare Desire) was released in 2017. She has then followed up with "''Tin Sottyi''..."(In Fact...), a celebration and documentation of three non-normative lives. ''Gay India Matrimony'' and ''Citizen Nagar'' are in their post production phases.

Filmography

Awards

"... ebang bewarish" ("...and the unclaimed") received Jury Special Mention in the Documentary section o
SiGNS 2014
organized by the Federation of Film Societies of India, Kerala on 1 June 2014. Nearly 160 films under categories such as national competition for documentaries and short films; artists’ cinema were screened at the 8th edition of SiGNS, the pioneering festival in India for digital videos. "Abar Jodi Ichha Koro" (If You Dare Desire...) won the Diversity-award for best feature film at the 18th Barcelona International LGTIB Film Festival (2018), Barcelona, Spain and Best Film, Gender at the 6th Woodpecker International Film Festival, New Delhi, India, 2018

References

1972 births Living people Indian women filmmakers Indian women film directors Indian women cinematographers Bengali film cinematographers Indian women film producers Film producers from Kolkata Jadara University Film directors from Kolkata 21st-century Indian film directors Cinematographers from West Bengal Women artists from West Bengal Businesswomen from West Bengal Indian film producers Indian cinematographers {{LGBT-bio-stub