Rima Das is an internationally acclaimed, National Award-winning filmmaker from Assam, celebrated globally for her poetic, deeply humanistic, and fiercely independent approach to cinema. As a true auteur, she famously acts as a one-woman crew—writing, directing, producing, shooting, and editing her own projects. Rima burst onto the international stage with her masterpiece Village Rockstars, which served as India's official entry for the Academy Awards.
A cherished creative pillar of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, she returns to the festival following the immense global success of the collaborative cross-country anthology feature My Melbourne. Her latest independent feature, Malini, continues to showcase her extraordinary talent for transforming simple, localized human stories into universally resonant art. IFFM is incredibly proud to welcome back this visionary filmmaker to our official global stage this year.
