National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das is nominated as the Best Director for Tora’s Husband in the 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 the 2023 APSA Youth, Animation, and Documentary International jury, along with Hikaru Toda (Japan), chaired by Midi Z (Taiwan).

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

The Assamese feature Tora’s Husband which was 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, and 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 the Toronto International Film Festival says, “I am honored 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.“