INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ACTRESS LELETI KHUMALO TO ATTEND ZIFF 2015

Leading Jamaican contemporary author Erna Brodber will join South African filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole, and Tanzanian activist Richard Mabala on what is being billed as a difficult and constructive dialogue on xenophobia in the African diaspora.

Taking place during the Zanzibar International Film Festival, the dialogue is timely given the recent violent attacks in South Africa and the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court ruling, adversely affecting Haitian descendants.

‘Pan Africanism has left...

 In response to a rising groundswell of requests and recognizing the role and place ZIFF has in developing the film and creative industries in Tanzania and east Africa ZIFF has today announced the ZIFF East African Music Video Awards Competition. The Awards are managed in collaboration with Push Mobile Media Limited.

The Award aims to highlight the link between film and music as well as support the growing music video production industry in the region.

Music Video Production houses are...

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 Monday was a special day at ZIFF 2015, with a unique and memorable day of film and music in perfect harmony. July 20th saw the screening of the Moussa Diallo biopic, Sound Tracks of Life Moussa Diallo – followed by a live performance from Moussa Diallo himself. The film screening was introduced by Diallo himself, and filmmaker Helle Toft, who elaborated on the personal yet universal themes in the film; reconciliation and forgiveness. Diallo’s story may be unique, having left Mali at age 17...

 Chief Secretary Ambassador Ombeni Sefue and Charge D'Affaires at the US Embassy in Dar es salaam Ms Virginia Blaser pose with 21 Tanzanian youngsters who fly to the US tonight for a six-week  2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African leaders Program when they paid him courtesy call the State House in Dar es salaam today June 18, 2015 Chief Secretary Ambassador Ombeni Sefue talks to 21 Tanzanian youngsters who fly to the US tonight for a six-week  2015 Mandela Washington...

ZIFF 2015 awarded a host of prizes to top films from around the world this evening during a stellar closing ceremony at the Old Fort in Stone Town.

Festival Director Dr. Martin Mhando had this to say of the selection of films at ZIFF 2015, “the level of films this year has surpasses our wildest expectations and many members of the jury have remarked on the quality of the films. African films in particular have stood out for their increased production value as well as innovative story...

The 18th annual Zanzibar International Film Festival got off to a star-studded start with an evening of magical and memorable entertainment.  The evening played host to two South African icons, the legendary singer Dorothy Masuka (pictured) and the beloved star of Sarafina, Leleti Khumalo. Masuka had the crowd enraptured with her acapella performance that included a tribute to the late Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his birthday, Mandela Day. The day’s festivities started earlier with the...

LONG FEATURES   

Algun lugar/On the Road Somewhere
Guillermo Zouain (70)
Dominican Republic

Beautiful Tree , Severed Roots
Kenny Mann (70)
Kenya

Diamond Tongues
Brian Robertson and Pavan Moondi
Canada

El mal trato/Maltreatment
Daniel E.V. Yudin (68)
Chile

Fievres/Fevers
Hicham Ayouch (90)
France

Habibie and Ainun
Faozan Rizal (121)
Indonesia

Jongo Love
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Kenya

Kutakapokucha
Simon Mwakifwamba (84)
Tanzania

Mr Kadamanja
Adam Kuambiana (164)
Tanzania

Munnariyippu/ The deadline
Venu N...