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Debalina Majumder (born 1972, Calcutta, India) is an Indian filmmaker, writer, producer, and cinematographer.[1] 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 <Shoot Goals! Shoot Movies!> 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 same-sex relationship.[2] " 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

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Cinematographer	Producer	Sound	Type
2019	Citizen Nagar (Post-production)	Yes	Yes	Yes			Documentary
2019	Gay India Matrimony (Post-production)	Yes	Yes	Yes			Documentary
2018	Tin Sottyi...(In Fact...)[3]	Yes	Yes	Yes			Documentary
2017	Abar Jodi Ichchha Karo... (If you dare Desire...)[4]	Yes		Co-cinematographer		Yes	Fiction
2016	Signature Film, Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival[5]	Yes
2016	Rashmi Matric Pass	Yes
2013	... ebang bewarish" ("...and the unclaimed")[6]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-producer	Yes	Documentary
2012	Signature film, Dialogues:Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival[7]	Yes		Yes		Yes
2010	Taar Cheye Se Anek Aaro (More Than a Friend)[8]	Yes		Yes		Yes	Docu-fiction
2010	Signature film, Dialogues:Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival	Yes		Yes		Yes
2009	Habul & Co.[9]	Yes					Fiction-Telefilm
2008	Katha (Monologues)[10]	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
2007	The Broken Land	Yes	Yes
2006	Mother Courageous[11]	Yes
2005	Tomar Ghare Basat Kare Kaijana (The Wall & Other Stories)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Experimental
2005	A Stranger in a Bioscope[12]	Yes	Yes
2005	Bombagarh Natyacompany[13]	Yes					Fiction-Telefilm
2004	Sar..rr..ra (Joy Run)[14]	Yes		Yes		Yes

Awards

"... ebang bewarish" ("...and the unclaimed") received Jury Special Mention in the Documentary section of 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

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