Debalina Majumder (born 1972, Kolkata, India) is an Indian filmmaker,
writer, producer, and cinematographer. 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. " Based
on the same event, Debalina's fiction film "Abar Jodi Ichha Koro" (If
You Dare Desire) was released in 2017.
writer, producer, and cinematographer. 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. " Based
on the same event, Debalina's fiction film "Abar Jodi Ichha Koro" (If
You Dare Desire) was released in 2017.
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