Sagarika Debnath is a visual artist based out of Savannah, GA. Emphasising on a cross-disciplinary approach, her work skirts the line between image, film, identity systems, animation and motion media design. Her fondness towards human-centric stories of gender, identity and mental health intersect with her constant desire to learn and experiment.
Resume
2016 – 2023
2020 – 2023
experience
Arata
Full Time
Motion Media Designer
Youth Ki Awaaz
Johns Hopkins University
Vitamin Stree
Full Time
Video Producer & Branding
Freelance
2D Animator
Freelance
Sound Designer
08/22 - 03/23
08/2020 – 08/2022
06/2021 – 07/2021
06/2020 – 04/2021
Caress
Freelance
Branding
07/2020 – 06/2021
SCADPro: City of Vidalia
Part Time
Motion Media Designer
09/24 - 11/24
2016 – 2020
internships
Tripoto
Intern
Scriptwriter, Video Editor
Jholawala Films
Pagal Haina
Mental Health Foundation
Intern
Production Assistant
Intern
Video Editor
Volunteer
Direction Department
Teach for India
Volunteer
Filmmaking Workshop
Enactus ADGITM
Team Lead
Graphic Designer
MASH Project
Intern
Communications
AIESEC in Delhi IIT
Manager
Marketing, Communications
03/2020 – 06/2020
06/2019 – 08/2019
03/2018 – 12/2018
03/2018 – 09/2018
08/2017 – 04/2018
08/2017 – 10/2018
06/2017 – 10/2017
08/2016 – 05/2017
Breakthrough India
Intern
Filmmaking
12/2017 – 01/2018
2014 – 2020
education
Indraprastha University,
New Delhi, India
2016-2020
B.Tech in Computer Science
2014-2016
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
2024-2026
MA in Motion Media Design
The Mother's International School,
New Delhi, India
2018 – 2020
recognition
Dotted Bodies
Experimental Drama, 2020, 11 minutes 47 seconds
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Injoy
Grand Jury Prize
App, 2024
Fifth Wall Fest (Philippines)
Official Selection
Body Online -Screendance & Sound Exhibition 2022 (Taiwan)
Birmingham International Dance Festival 2022 (England)
Wench Film Festival 2022 (India)
Jaipur International Film Festival 2021 (India)
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions 2021 (USA)
16 International Film Festival 2021(India)
JMP International Festival 2021 (Japan)
Body & Lens Festival 2021 (India)
Third Prize
SCAD StartUp
skills
2014 – 2024
After Effects Premiere Pro Cinema 4D Maya Substance Painter Photoshop Lightroom Final Cut Pro Miro
That Cloud Never Left, Yashaswini Raghunandan, 2019 • Dear, Can I Give You A Hand?, Wong Ping, 2018 • One Day Pina Asked, Chantal Akerman, 1983 • Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013 • Bookanima, Shon Kim, 2019 • Yi Yi, Edward Yang, 2000 • Tetsuo- The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989 • The Watermelon Woman, Cheryl Dunye, 1996 • Chokh, Utpalendu Chakrabarty, 1983 • Chidambaram, G. Aravindan, 1985 • Petite Maman, Celine Sciamma, 2021 • Tampopo, Juzo Itami, 1985 • Ashes, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012 • Azor, Andreas Fontana, 2021 • Wendy and Lucy, Kelly Reichardt, 2008 • Sanshodhan, Govind Nihalani, 1996 • Thakshak, Govind Nihalani, 1999 • Drishti, Govind Nihalani, 1990 • Videodrome, David Cronenberg, 1983 • Outer Space, Peter Tscherkassky, 1999 • Memories of Murder, Bong Joon-ho, 2003 • Khayal Gatha, Kumar Shahani, 1989 • The Recorder Exam, Bora Kim, 2011 • Portret, Stanislaw Lenartowicz, 1977 • Birha, Ekta Mittal, 2018 • Idhi Katha Matramena, Yugantar Film Collective, 1983 • Saaransh, Mahesh Bhatt, 1984 • I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone, Tsai Ming-liang, 2006 • I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone, Tsai Ming-liang, 2006 • Alms for a Blind Horse, Gurvinder Singh, 2011 • Mahanagar, Satyajit Ray, 1963 • Towers of Silence, Jamil Dehlavi, 1975 • Antareen, Mrinal Sen, 1993 Mid90s, Jonah Hill, 2018 • The Dust of Time, Theo Angelopoulos, 2008 • Paar, Goutam Ghose, 1984 • Soy Cuba, Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964 • News from Home, Chantal Akerman, 1977 • Sakhisona, Prantik Narayan Basu, 2017 • A Brighter Summer Day, Edward Yang, 1991 • The Circle, Jafar Panahi, 2000 • Meshes of the Afternoon, Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943 • The Cow, Dariush Mehrjui, 1969 • I was born, but.., Yasujirō Ozu, 1932
some films i absolutely adore
what i feel
original img: federico fellini
