Arijit Debnath

Arijit Debnath

Films & Animations
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Work Samples

A Hundred Years From Now

2026 • 13 mins • mixed media animation, sound

Combining frame by frame animation, deconstructed cinematic images, and an immersive soundscape, A Hundred Years From Now by Arijit Debnath captures his search for the memories of his mother, activated by a celebration of Bengali cinema, poetry and music. This process of rediscovery comes together in a collaged portrait of cultural melancholia and personal grief.

Press Kit

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Directed, Animated, Photographed, Edited & Scored by Arijit Debnath

Featuring Nilima Debnath, Nani Gopal Debnath

Additional Cinematography by Robby Reis

Sound Mix by Fede Schmucler

Creative Consulting by Shira Avni, Jean-Claude Bustros

Produced as a thesis for the MFA
Cinematic Arts program at Concordia University.

Funded by Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Screenings

2026/09 Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton, AB - Official Selection

Daydreaming

2026 (pending) • 2.5 mins • mixed media animation

An audio-visual poem about wandering through city streets and daydreaming.

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Directed & Animated by Arijit Debnath

Score by Theo Hughes

Primordial Mother

2026 • 5 mins • mixed media animation, sound

*in-progress research creation work

A collaborative short film exploring how one’s native home exists in the imagination. Centered around oral histories, through the lens of cartography and forms of mapping, we trace our lineage through frame by frame animation such as drawing, collage, and photographic intervention.

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Direction, Animation, Sound by Adam Mbowe, Farzana Yussuf, Arijit Debnath

Created in the Collaborative Practices course as part of the MFA Cinematic Arts program.

Metropolis

2022 • 2 mins • mixed media animation, sound

An audio visual exploration of the rhythms, textures and sounds of an urban metropolis.

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Animation & Sound by Arijit Debnath
Sound Mix by Theo Hughes

Produced in the BFA Film Animation program.

Select Screenings

2022 - Les Sommets Cinema d’Animation
2022 - Concordia Film Festival
2022 - VAV Gallery
2022 - Afragola Festival

Stillness

2021 • 1 min • 2D animation

A picture of stillness through a juxtaposition of 2D animation and live action photography.

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Animation by Arijit Debnath

Sound by Nicholas Silvani

Produced at the BFA Film Animation program.

Short Animations, Loops etc.

Animated deconstruction of some footage I took on my phone on a car ride through Prince Edward County.

A short animation for a collaboration with several animators, where all the animations are tied together to form an exquisite corpse.

A little flipbook animation on one of my Dad’s engineering books I had lying around.

Arijit Debnath is a Bengali-Canadian filmmaker and animator. In an experimental cinematic practice that involves a tracing of cultural and diasporic identity, he explores how personal, cultural and cinematic memory are intertwined. His current research dwells on the ever shifting nature of diasporic memory across time and space, and how cultural artifacts like cinema, poetry, and literature from one’s native home can form as portals of connection to diasporic identity.

If you would like to reach me, send me a message: adebnath.to(at)gmail.com