Playing My Dranyen 弹起我的扎年琴

Description:

Tibetan teenager Zhaxi loves to sing and dance and dreams of getting into the Lhasa art school. He is very fond of the dranyen his grandfather has played all his life and wants to ask for it, but Grandfather says that to play well, one must first be a good person. He sends Zhaxi on foot to Lhasa with his old instrument... Along the way Zhaxi meets many interesting people and has many adventures. In the end he passes his grandfather's "test" and gets the dranyen he has longed for.
Awards:
2002, 3rd National Minority Film "Steed Award" — Third Prize for a Children's Film