Rima Mori

Rima Mori was born in Junagadh and raised in Ahmedabad, India. Her mother is a housewife and father has been a successful journalist. Rima earned a bachelor degree in commerce and then started her diploma in Mass Communication and Journalism. Whilst studying in the last semester of mass communication and journalism she wrote, produced and directed a short film as thesis project. It's also when her interest started growing in film making. After her graduation she became an intern at a local news channel and applied for an MFA course in USA. In 2018 she graduated in Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from New York Film Academy, California. She has worked in news, Short Films, Feature Films, Documentary and TV as a writer, director, producer and script supervisor. The Portrait of a Vagabond was her first film as a professional after her graduation which was inspired by one of the short stories written by Oscar Wilde called Model Millionaire. Her second film Slumberland was inspired by O. Henry's short story called The Cop and The Anthem. Both films explores the issue of homelessness with a twist of comedy time to time. Rima directed The Queens Game which is an inspiring tale of a young female poker player's victory in a game of poker against a mainstream attitude of a young man towards her. The Dry State is a feature film written by her she wants to direct. Rima has edited The Portrait of a Vagabond, and Slumberland. Rima visited a village back in India while making a documentary on a lost art of Bhavai (traditional Gujarati theatre form). She has been an activist for environment since her high school time when the school organised an event for planting a thousand trees near by where she participated.