Aljazeera Awards:

  • Aljazeera Golden Award

It is offered to each winning film from each of the three categories: Long, Medium, and Short. Each winning film will be granted a cash prize, to be equally shared by the film’s director and producer, as follows:

Long      : QR 50,000 (Fifty thousand Qatari Riyals)
Medium : QR 40,000 (Forty thousand Qatari Riyals)
Short     : QR 30,000 (Thirty thousand Qatari Riyals)

  • The Jury Award

It is offered to each winning film from each of the three categories: Long, Medium and short.
Each winning film will be granted a cash prize, to be equally shared by the film director and producer, as follows:

Long     : QR 25,000 (Twenty five thousand Qatari riyals)
Medium: QR 20,000 (Twenty thousand Qatari riyals)
Short    : QR 15,000 (Fifteen thousand Qatari riyals)

None of the awards will be shared between two films in any category. In addition, the Award and Certificate of Recognition will not be applicable to films that have already won awards; this also applies to the Certificate of Excellence.  

  • New Horizon Award

Two awards will be offered to the best two films directed by students or beginners as follows:

First Award     : QR 15,000 (Fifteen thousand Qatari Riyals)
Second Award: QR 10,000 (Ten thousand Qatari Riyals)

Special Awards

• Award From Aljazeera Documentary Channel

Under the auspices of Al-Jazeera Documentary Channel, three awards will be granted to the best three Arabic documentaries - not produced by Al-Jazeera Network - as follows:

Long     :  QR 40,000 (Forty thousand Qatari Riyals)
Medium: QR 30,000 (Thirty thousand Qatari Riyals)
Short     : QR 20,000 (Twenty thousand Qatari Riyals)

• Public Liberties and Human Rights Award

Under the auspices of the Public Liberties and Human Rights Department at Aljazeera Media Network, three awards will be granted to the best three films dealing with Liberties and Human Rights issues as follows:

Long     :  QR 40,000 (Forty thousand Qatari Riyals) Under the auspices of National Human Rights Committee
Medium : QR 30,000 (Thirty thousand Qatari Riyals) Under the auspices Doha Centre For Media Freedom
Short     : QR 20,000 (Twenty thousand Qatari Riyals)

• Child and Family Award

Under the auspices of Aljazeera Children’ s Channel, three awards will be granted to the best three films dealing with the issues of children and family as follows:

Long      : QR 40,000 (Forty thousand Qatari Riyals)
Medium : QR 30,000 (Thirty thousand Qatari Riyals)
Short     : QR 20,000 (Twenty thousand Qatari Riyals)