ZIFF 2015 ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL FILM SELECTION

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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...

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...

 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...

The Zanzibar International Film Festival is proud to announce the 16 films in competition for the Sembene Ousmane Film Prize in 2015. The selected film hail from 11 Countries: USA, Brazil, Senegal, Madagascar, Ghana, Cameroon, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

“The competition has been designed to reward excellence in short film production and to encourage the production of new short films, including short documentaries,“ explains ZIFF Assistant Film Director...

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...

*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...

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

To close out the 17th edition of the Zanzibar International Film Festival, some of Africa’s musical legends will be performing whilst top filmmakers from around the world are awarded for their work.

On Saturday June 21st, ZIFF and our partners will award filmmakers for a range of achievements – these awards include:

The SIGNIS Awards

ZUKU Swahili Awards

ZIFF Awards

East African Talent

Sembene Ousmane Awards

The ZIFF jury awards Golden Dhows for films in the following categories:

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