Bilal wins Al Jazeera gong

DOHA: Bilal, an Indian film directed by Sourav Sarang, won the top Al Jazeera Golden Award, which carries a cash prize of QR50,000, in the fifth Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival that concluded here yesterday.

Bilal won the best film award in the long films category. Eya Naxi People, by the Chinese director Gyoyao Wu, and Finding Home, directed by Christopher Daley from Belgium, also won Al Jazeera Golden Awards, in the medium and short film categories. The awards carry a cash prize of QR40,000 and QR30,000, respectively.