Rima Das nominated as the Best Director for Tora’s Husband in Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2023

National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das is nominated as the Best Director for Tora’s Husband in Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2023. Das is nominated alongside Celine Song for Past Lives (USA), Darkhan Tulegenov for Brothers (Bratya, Kazakhstan) and Liang Ming for Carefree Days (People’s Republic of China. Das is also part of 2023 APSA Youth, Animation, Documentary International jury along with Hikaru Toda (Japan), chaired by Midi Z (Taiwan).

Tora’s Husband which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival is a reflection of relations, friendships, humanity, love, understanding and responsibilities, that is personal to the characters and also shows a mirror to the society.

The Assamese feature, Tora’s Husband which released in India on 22nd September across Assam and metro cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad is in cinemas in its third week. Sarbh, Sayani Gupta, R. Balki, Amit Masurkar, Gauri Shinde, Rajshri Deshpande, Astha Tiku watched the film at a recent screening hosted for the industry and gave it a raving response.

Das is known for internationally acclaimed films, Village Rockstars and Bulbul Can Sing, which also premiered at Toronto International Film Festival says, “I am honoured to be part of the esteemed APSA Youth, Animation, Documentary International jury and look forward to watching the best of Asian films. My earlier film Village Rockstars was nominated for Best Youth Film. I am very glad to be nominated yet again, this time as a best director for Tora’s Husband.”