ZIFF 2015 Announces Award Winners

Here are the official awards presented at the Zanzibar International Film Festival 2015

Rising to the Challenge! 2015 AWARD Fellowship Winners Set to Impact Smallholders in the Year of Women’s Empowerment

“Agricultural research and development in Mozambique is an important tool for increasing production, and consequently reducing household malnutrition and poverty, particularly in children and women,” says Olivia Narciso Pedro, a lecturer and researcher at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. “My vision for agriculture-led growth in Mozambique is to design...

 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...

 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 Guest Mos Def also Confirmed alongside Leleti Khumalo

The Zanzibar International Film Festival, taking place from July 18 – 26th has officially announced its full schedule and programme of events. This year sees an incredible selection of over eighty films being screened at four venues in Stone Town, in addition to screenings in villages across Zanzibar island and Pemba.

A full workshop programme, nightly music concerts, special screenings as well as annual Women’s Parade and Market...

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First pan-Africa photo contest to capture modern Africa

  Agility (http://www.agility.com/africa), one of the world’s leading providers of integrated logistics solutions, today announced the winners of its Africa 2015 Photo Competition (http://www.africa2015.com), a collection of images that illustrate the breath-taking pace of change across a youthful, tech-savvy, urbanizing Africa.

The contest, the first-ever pan-Africa photo competition to focus on modern Africa, invited amateur and...

 MALE MODEL OF THE YEARChichi Maugo
BAILEYS FEMALE MODEL OF THE YEARUpendo Mlay (Arusha)
EAST AFRICAN MODEL OF THE YEARVivian Mutesi (Uganda)
NEW FACE OF THE YEARSuma YM
DARLING HAIR AND MAKE UP ARTIST OF THE YEARSimply Gorgeous
ACCESSORY DESIGNER OF THE YEARKauli (Moshi)
STYLISH MALE PERSONALITYRio Paul
BAILEYS STYLISH FEMALE PERSONALITYJokate Mwegelo
EMERGING DESIGNERS COMPETITION 2015 WINNERLilian Patropa
EATV EAST AFRICAN DESIGNER OF THE YEARSylvia Owori (Uganda)
KHIMJI'S UPCOMING DESIGNER OF THE...