Films & Animations
Work Samples
About
A Hundred Years From Now
*current research - creation in progress
This project captures how reconnecting with my Bengali identity informs a cultivation of the memories of my late mother. Through an exploration and celebration of Bengali cinema, poetry and literature, I trace the roots of my heritage and uncover my cultural identity, and in the process discover aspects about my parent’s upbringing in my native home of Bangladesh. This journey of self discovery through cultural works - specifically the works of filmmaker Satyajit Ray and poet Rabindranath Tagore - ultimately brings me to making connections between these works and the memory of my mother.
Directed, Animated, Edited & Scored by Arijit Debnath
Additional Cinematography by Robby Reis
Produced as a thesis for the MFA Cinematic Arts program at Concordia University.
Funded by Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Daydreaming
2025 (pending) • 2.5 mins • mixed media animation
An audio-visual poem about wandering through city streets and daydreaming.
Directed & Animated by Arijit Debnath
Score by Theo Hughes
Primordial Mother
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.
Direction, Animation, Sound by Adam Mbowe, Farzana Yussuf, Arijit Debnath
Created in a Collaborative Practices course.