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'''Debalina Majumder''' (born 1972, [[Calcutta]], India) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[filmmaker]], [[writer]], [[Film producer|producer]], and [[cinematographer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5165983/filmotype|title=Filmography by type for Debalina Majumder|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1131027/27rabimag.html |title=Rabibasariya Magazine|publisher=Anandabazar.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> " 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==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !![[Film director|Director]]!! Writer !! [[Cinematographer]] !! Producer
!Sound
!Type
|-
|2019
|''Citizen Nagar'' '''(Post-production)'''
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|
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|Documentary
|-
|2019
|''Gay India Matrimony'' '''(Post-production)'''
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|
|
|Documentary
|-
|2018
|''Tin Sottyi...(In Fact...)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ourfrontcover.com/homepageposts/teen-satyi-or-in-fact-true-experiences-of-three-people-who-chose-to-live-differently/|title=Teen Satyi or In Fact – true experiences of three people who chose to live differently|website=Our Frontcover|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|
|
|Documentary
|-
|2017
|''Abar Jodi Ichchha Karo... (If you dare Desire...)''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://queerfilmfestival.ca/film/if-you-dare-desire/|title=Vancouver Queer Film Festival {{!}} If You Dare Desire|website=queerfilmfestival.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
|Yes
|
|Co-cinematographer
|
|Yes
|Fiction
|-
|2016
|Signature Film, Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival<ref>{{Citation|last=debaulicfilms|title=Signature Film Dialogues 2016|date=2016-12-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60GwyOGNO0M|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|2016
|Rashmi Matric Pass
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 2013||''... ebang bewarish" ("...and the unclaimed")''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kindlemag.in/and-the-unclaimed/|title=And the Unclaimed...|last=Bhattacharya|first=Sayan|date=2013-02-05|website=Kindle Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>|| Yes || Yes || Yes || Co-producer
|Yes
|Documentary
|-
|2012
|Signature film, Dialogues:Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival<ref>{{Citation|last=Debalina Majumder|title=DIALOGUES: Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival 2012|date=2013-01-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJHq_6MFxvA|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>
|Yes
|
|Yes
|
|Yes
|
|-
| 2010 ||''Taar Cheye Se Anek Aaro (More Than a Friend)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2292244/ |title=Taar Cheye Se Anek Aaro (More Than a Friend) (2010)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || || Yes ||
|Yes
|Docu-fiction
|-
| 2010 ||Signature film, Dialogues:Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival|| Yes || ||Yes
|
|Yes
|
|-
| 2009 ||''Habul & Co.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316952/ |title=Habul & Co. (2009)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || || ||
|
|Fiction-Telefilm
|-
| 2008 ||''Katha (Monologues)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316946/|title=Katha Monologues (2008)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || Yes || Yes ||
|Yes
|
|-
| 2007 ||''The Broken Land''|| Yes || Yes || ||
|
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|-
|2006
|''Mother Courageous''<ref>{{Citation|last=Debalina Majumder|title=Mother Courageous|date=2015-09-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3O4SWgFgw|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
|Yes
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|2005
|''Tomar Ghare Basat Kare Kaijana (The Wall & Other Stories)''
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Experimental
|-
| 2005 ||''A Stranger in a Bioscope''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301266/|title=A Stranger in a Bioscope (2005)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || Yes || ||
|
|
|-
| 2005 ||''Bombagarh Natyacompany''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316958/ |title=Bombagarh Natyacompany (2005)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || || ||
|
|Fiction-Telefilm
|-
| 2004 ||''Sar..rr..ra (Joy Run)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301338/|title=Sar..rr..ra (Joy Run) (2004)|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || || Yes ||
|Yes
|
|}

==Awards==
"... ebang bewarish" ("...and the unclaimed") received '''Jury Special Mention''' in the Documentary section of [http://www.signsfestival.com/awards.html 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==
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