Gay India Matrimony
- Talent
- Debalina
- Role of participant
- Cinematographer, Director
- Director
- Debalina Majumder
- Producer
- Films Division of India
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2019
- Running time
- 67 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of Production
- India
- Production Company
- Films Division of India
Contact
- Name
- Debalina Majumder
Festivals and Awards
1) 13th DIALOGUES: Calcutta International LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival 30.11.2019
2) South Asian Film Series, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Freie Universität Berlin, 18.12.2019, 06.03.2020
3) 11th edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF), 2020
4) as part of Vikalp Bengaluru's monthly screening in collaboration with Bangalore International Centre, February, 2021
5) Broadway Cinematheque, an arthouse cinema in Hong Kong, screened the film as part of Hong Kong’s 'EU-ASIA RAINBOW DOCS Film Festival', co-organised by the Goethe Institut Hong Kong and the European Union’s Office to Hong Kong and Macao, 2021
6) Online screening as part of *Censored Weekend* organised by Anveshan, 01.08.2021
7) As part of Crossings, hosted by CeMIS (the Centre for Modern Indian Studies) at the University of Göttingen, Germany, October 2021
8) 'Beyond Borders: A Feminist Film Festival' under the theme 'PERSONAL IS POLITICAL'. The festival was organised by Jagori and Kriti Film Club as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, and to celebrate the South Asian Women's Day (30th November).
9) Part of a festival ‘Women’s Day Reels’ organised by Kriti Film Club at Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 5th March, 2022
10) "Queer Political Assemblages 2.0 - Queer Homing Desire" a conference held on 7th and 8th of March 2022 organised by Department of English, Jadavpur University, as a part of the celebrations surrounding the International Working Women's Day showcased 'Gay India Matrimony'.
11) Stories from India (Long Documentary) section of the 8th Kolkata People's Film Festival, 2022, held in March, 2022.
12) Film Southasia’s (FSA) silver jubilee year, the 13th edition of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries.
13) Selected for the travelling festival - Travelling Film Southasia - that screens across the globe between subsequent biennial mother festivals in Kathmandu. The TFSA tradition started with the first Film Southasia festival held in Kathmandu in September 1997.
14) Indian Documentary Film Festival (IDFFB), Bhubaneswar, 2022
15) Queer stories curated film section for Jyoti Filmato International Short Film Festival in Bangalore in Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, March, 2023
16) Closing film at the University of Hyderabad as part of a Symposium. This is a part ofTraveling Film Southasia screening. March, 2023
17) As Part of ‘Stree’, a festival of films celebrating International Working Women’s Day. Organised by Auroville Film Institute at Bharat Nivas Kalakendra, Pondicherry. March, 2023.
18) Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) – special screening, March, 2023
19) Art Against Oppression, Jadavpur University - – special screening, March, 2023
20) 11th Sexuality Academy organised by Sappho for Equality at Diamond Harbour, March, 2023
21) Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, March, 2023
22) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Savitribai Study Circle (SSC), Advanced Centre of Women's Studies, March, 2023
23) The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, March, 2023
24) Cultures of Protest by Department of English, Jadavpur University, March, 2023
25) A screening by GAYSI, a media platform and safe zone for queer desis, screened the film at Soho House in Mumbai, April, 2023
26) A screening organised by an artspace and art residency, 1Shanthiroad, April, 2023
27) Presidency University Film Society, cholo!chitro, 2023!
28) Gender and Sexuality Student Club, Orenda, Gandhinagar IIT. April,2023
29) 'Same Love, Same Rights', as part of the Monthly Film Screening & Conversations organised by People's Film Collective, Kolkata. June, 2023
30) Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata. June, 2023.
31) As part of 'What is in our Gait? The Performative & Queer' organised by Kolkata Centre for Creativity. June, 2023
32) As part of Travelling Film Southasia, India International Centra, July, 2023.
“Film Southasia selected 14 exceptional nonfiction productions of the last two years to create the Travelling Film Southasia 2022 (TFSA’22) package. The films have been selected from the 65 documentaries screened at FSA’22, held in Kathmandu, 2022.”
33) As part of the event "Queering Marriage and Family: A Feminist Exploration" organised by School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University. July, 2023
34) AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia’s ‘FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS’ in collaboration with Film Southasia. August, 2023
35) As part of "Gender 360"! The Southasia Trust incollaboration with Krea University for "Gender 360" at Krea University, Sri City, India. September, 2023
36) Screening at Lahore, organised by Travelling Film Southasia in partnership with Olomopolo Media, an arts organization in Lahore. September, 2023
37) Screening at the British Club, organised by the Hummingbird Art and Cultural Society in association with Prantakatha and Britsh Council
38) Screening at Gandhi Bhavan, Silchar as part of Barak Rainbow Queer Fest organised by SAGE - The Barak Queer Collective. November, 2023
39) Screened at 'Parda Faash', a two-day festival of films from and about South Asia. Developed in collaboration with Film Southasia, Asia Society India Centre and the Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai. April, 2024.
2) South Asian Film Series, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Freie Universität Berlin, 18.12.2019, 06.03.2020
3) 11th edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF), 2020
4) as part of Vikalp Bengaluru's monthly screening in collaboration with Bangalore International Centre, February, 2021
5) Broadway Cinematheque, an arthouse cinema in Hong Kong, screened the film as part of Hong Kong’s 'EU-ASIA RAINBOW DOCS Film Festival', co-organised by the Goethe Institut Hong Kong and the European Union’s Office to Hong Kong and Macao, 2021
6) Online screening as part of *Censored Weekend* organised by Anveshan, 01.08.2021
7) As part of Crossings, hosted by CeMIS (the Centre for Modern Indian Studies) at the University of Göttingen, Germany, October 2021
8) 'Beyond Borders: A Feminist Film Festival' under the theme 'PERSONAL IS POLITICAL'. The festival was organised by Jagori and Kriti Film Club as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, and to celebrate the South Asian Women's Day (30th November).
9) Part of a festival ‘Women’s Day Reels’ organised by Kriti Film Club at Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 5th March, 2022
10) "Queer Political Assemblages 2.0 - Queer Homing Desire" a conference held on 7th and 8th of March 2022 organised by Department of English, Jadavpur University, as a part of the celebrations surrounding the International Working Women's Day showcased 'Gay India Matrimony'.
11) Stories from India (Long Documentary) section of the 8th Kolkata People's Film Festival, 2022, held in March, 2022.
12) Film Southasia’s (FSA) silver jubilee year, the 13th edition of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries.
13) Selected for the travelling festival - Travelling Film Southasia - that screens across the globe between subsequent biennial mother festivals in Kathmandu. The TFSA tradition started with the first Film Southasia festival held in Kathmandu in September 1997.
14) Indian Documentary Film Festival (IDFFB), Bhubaneswar, 2022
15) Queer stories curated film section for Jyoti Filmato International Short Film Festival in Bangalore in Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, March, 2023
16) Closing film at the University of Hyderabad as part of a Symposium. This is a part ofTraveling Film Southasia screening. March, 2023
17) As Part of ‘Stree’, a festival of films celebrating International Working Women’s Day. Organised by Auroville Film Institute at Bharat Nivas Kalakendra, Pondicherry. March, 2023.
18) Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) – special screening, March, 2023
19) Art Against Oppression, Jadavpur University - – special screening, March, 2023
20) 11th Sexuality Academy organised by Sappho for Equality at Diamond Harbour, March, 2023
21) Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, March, 2023
22) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Savitribai Study Circle (SSC), Advanced Centre of Women's Studies, March, 2023
23) The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, March, 2023
24) Cultures of Protest by Department of English, Jadavpur University, March, 2023
25) A screening by GAYSI, a media platform and safe zone for queer desis, screened the film at Soho House in Mumbai, April, 2023
26) A screening organised by an artspace and art residency, 1Shanthiroad, April, 2023
27) Presidency University Film Society, cholo!chitro, 2023!
28) Gender and Sexuality Student Club, Orenda, Gandhinagar IIT. April,2023
29) 'Same Love, Same Rights', as part of the Monthly Film Screening & Conversations organised by People's Film Collective, Kolkata. June, 2023
30) Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata. June, 2023.
31) As part of 'What is in our Gait? The Performative & Queer' organised by Kolkata Centre for Creativity. June, 2023
32) As part of Travelling Film Southasia, India International Centra, July, 2023.
“Film Southasia selected 14 exceptional nonfiction productions of the last two years to create the Travelling Film Southasia 2022 (TFSA’22) package. The films have been selected from the 65 documentaries screened at FSA’22, held in Kathmandu, 2022.”
33) As part of the event "Queering Marriage and Family: A Feminist Exploration" organised by School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University. July, 2023
34) AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia’s ‘FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS’ in collaboration with Film Southasia. August, 2023
35) As part of "Gender 360"! The Southasia Trust incollaboration with Krea University for "Gender 360" at Krea University, Sri City, India. September, 2023
36) Screening at Lahore, organised by Travelling Film Southasia in partnership with Olomopolo Media, an arts organization in Lahore. September, 2023
37) Screening at the British Club, organised by the Hummingbird Art and Cultural Society in association with Prantakatha and Britsh Council
38) Screening at Gandhi Bhavan, Silchar as part of Barak Rainbow Queer Fest organised by SAGE - The Barak Queer Collective. November, 2023
39) Screened at 'Parda Faash', a two-day festival of films from and about South Asia. Developed in collaboration with Film Southasia, Asia Society India Centre and the Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai. April, 2024.