folk music and his own harrowing journey into the past fifty years of cultural repression inside Chinese controlled Tibet. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 where it won a Special Jury Award in the World Documentary Competition. Was had its initial theatrical release in New York City on September 24, 2010, with plans for U.S. and worldwide release thereafter. Since then, Tibet in Song has been screened worldwide and has won numerous awards, including back using; the CINE Golden Eagle Award; Emerging Director Award, AAIFF; Best Documentary, Calgary International Film Festival; Cinema for Peace International Human Rights Award, Berlin; Best Documentary, San Louis Obispo International Film Festival; Special Jury Mention, One World International Film Festival Prague; Audience Award, Watch Docs International Human Rights Film Festival; Special Jury Mention, Watch Docs International Human Rights Film Festival and Audience Award, Movies that Matter, the Hague. Choephel also is a recipient of Independent Film Project. "Missing in Tibet", a film realised on his story received the prize for "best Human Rights Film" at a film festival in Taos, New Mexico. Ngawang Choephel currently resides in the United States and continues to be a high-profile member of the exiled Tibetan community. References External links https://web.archive.org/web/20100708064222/http://www.tibetinsong.com/ - Official Website Documentary film by former Tibetan political prisoner premieres in Dharamsala Release from Prison and Return to the United States 2002-01-21 (Mon) http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGASA170052002 ... http://web.amnesty.org/wire/March2002/Tibet 2002-01-20 (Sun) http://www.duihua.org/media/press/statements/statement_on_choephel_release.htm 2002-01-20 (Sun) http://www.tibetanliberation.org/nchoephelrel.html 2002-01-20 (Sun) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1772198.stm 2002-02-07 (Thu) http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGASA170062002 Amnesty International appeals for the release of Ngawang Choephel 2001-05-28 (Mon) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1355696.stm 2000-10-09 (Mon) http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGASA170412000 2000-08-11 (Fri) http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGASA170362000 2000-02-14 (Mon) http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGASA170032000 1996-03-28 (Thu) http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGASA170491996 Living people Tibetan people Tibetan film directors Documentary film directors Chinese prisoners and detainees Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by China Tibetan journalists Photography in Tibet Ethnomusicologists Asian Cultural Council grantees Tibetan writers 1966 births