Profile
Adit Dewan is a filmmaker and curator based in Bangladesh. Adit is a co-founder of the Hill Film Festival, as well as serving as festival director, which focuses mainly on the indigenous language films of Bangladesh. His filmmaking and curatorial practice are focused on, but not limited to, indigenous language, culture and politics of Bangladesh. He loves to look for the meaning, power dynamics, existence etc. combining the human, animal and natural worlds. Adit has received the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) Fellowship 2024 from the Goethe-Institut, New Delhi and Khoj International Artists’ Association.
Adit holds a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Zoology from Dhaka University, Bangladesh, and a Master's degree in Film Studies from Jadavpur University, India. As part of the Chakma indigenous community, his filmmaking and curatorial journey is focused on the indigenous themes and people of the Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT).
