# Rima Das’ Not a Hero wins Best Indie Film at IFFM 2026-08-14T22:18:00+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Assam filmmaker Rima Das’ latest feature, Not a Hero, won the Best Indie Film Award at the 2026 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, where it had its Australian premiere. It is Das’ second win in the category after Bulbul Can Sing in 2019. All five of her feature films have screened at the festival. Not a Hero premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and received a Crystal Bear Special Mention from the Children’s Jury in the Generation Kplus Competition. The film follows an 11-year-old boy who moves from the city to his ancestral village, where he befriends a horse and joins local children on adventures. ## Coverage - assamtribune.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Not a Hero, Rima Das Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rima-das-not-a-hero-wins-best-indie-film-at-iffm/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rima-das-not-a-hero-wins-best-indie-film-at-iffm/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/