Tibetan Film Wins Prestigious Vaclav Award At Prague Festival[Saturday, 13 March 2010, 10:45 a.m.]

Dharamshala: A film by two Tibetan filmmakers documenting the nonviolent struggle of Tibetans for justice and freedom has won Vaclav Havel award for its exceptional contribution to human rights protection.”The Sun Behind the Clouds” won the award at the 12th annual One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival on Friday, The Associated Press reported. The festival, which started in Prague on Wednesday, features 101 films from more than 30 countries in the competition as well as non-competition specialised sections.Directors Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam will receive the prize from the former Czech president Vaclav Havel in Prague on Thursday. Havel, 73, was a leading dissident and human rights promoter in communist Czechoslovakia. He became the country´s first post-communist president in 1989.China withdrew two movies from the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January to protest the film’s screening there.