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Rima Das’ Not a Hero wins Best Indie Film at IFFM
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’…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is that another festival prize alone proves a film’s universal success. It does not. Das’ record is strong, with her films earning more than 75 awards across over 150 festivals, but awards remain a selective measure. The better test is whether Not a Hero reaches Indian children and families beyond the festival circuit, and whether its village story connects without being reduced to an exotic postcard.
Source: assamtribune.com
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