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It is the eighth international award for the critically acclaimed film which has already won awards in film festivals in Greece, Singapore, Dubai, Karachi and San Jose.
Set in the aftermath of Gujarat riots in 2002, the film deals with the issues related to violence and its effect on human psyche.
"Firaaq courageously deals with the highly sensitive them of religious intolerance and sectarian strife, showing its terrible consequences. It also conveys a message of hope and demonstrates that people can make choices," the festival Jury said in its citation.
"Showing the film in different parts of the world and connecting with audiences reaffirms my faith in the fact that human stories transcend boundaries," Nandita said in a statement.
Presenting the award to Nandita, the Deputy Secretary General of the Film Award of the Council of Europe, Maud De Boer Buquicchio said that the award was not only for the choice of story but for how it had been told.
Nandita, who is known for her work in socially relevant films like 'Fire', 'Earth', 'Bavandar' and Provoked', released the film in India last month.
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yeah and ask her to make a non fictional fiilm on teesta's fraud to correct the fiction the first film.THese pseudos are traitors and frauds and shuld be treated as such.See how they are covering up for teesta's perjury while going 24-7 tomtominglies all over the world against hindus and a constitutional cm.NO such reporting against kashmir cms for hindu genocide.SEe how they censor this and prove for the umteenth time that are agenst with an agenda and they fraud readers disguised as media.Shuld be prosecuted for defamation and treason for gujarta riots coverage.chisti isyechury's wife and they will hide that just like godhra train arson which are facts an dthey are duty bound to report.INstaed they tomtom lies about hindus an dgujarta.Disgusting lowest lives dont know journalism scruples and lecture about secularism.