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Al Jazeera Children's Channel, was announced winner of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's Golden Award for the Best Arabic Long & Short Feature Films during the 19th Cairo International Film Festival for Children closing ceremony held at the Cairo Opera House. JCC was the only Arabic channel to win in this category.
The award, won by one of the channel's 2008 productions 'Penalty' directed by the renowned Tunisian director Nouri Bouzid, recognises the high quality documentary and feature films production Al Jazeera Children's Channel is achieving in collaboration with distinguished Arab and international filmmakers.
The award was received by Christiane Salem, the channel's public relations manager who commented: "This remarkable milestone reflects Al Jazeera Children's Channel's role in promoting Arab children's media and its active drive in maximising children's edutainment in the industry with the collaboration of national and international production houses."
'Penalty' is the story of an 11-year-old boy called Tarek who has a remarkable passion for football. One night before a long awaited important football match being played by his favourite national team, Tarek gets himself grounded. Forbidden from watching the game, sad and miserable, Tarek falls deep asleep to wake up to a disturbing and shameful reality ... he has wet his bed.
In the morning, with the help of a relative, Tarek overcomes the embarrassment and despair of this mishap ... and spends a remarkable day like no other wandering the streets of his city.
