ZIFF 06 announces film selection with strong East African presence

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ZIFF 2016 announces film selection with strong East African presence --

Thu, 12 May 2016 11:05

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The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) has announced the final film selection for this year s event, taking place from 9 to 17 July 2016. With a record 490 films submitted from 32 countries, this year s competition promises to be the most exciting to date.

The ZIFF panel have selected 80 films to compete under five different jury categories: 59 General Competition; 15 Sembene Ousmane; 12 Bongo movies; and six films in this year s newest jury category, The Emerson of Zanzibar Award recognising films about Zanzibar s culture and history.

The last competition for Music Video Production will also take place this year with videos nominated for competition to be revealed at the end of May and shown during the plenary sessions of ZIFF in the Old Fort Amphitheatre.

One of the most exciting developments in this year s selection is the substantial increase in the quantity and quality of films from Tanzania with the greatest number of entries from Tanzania ever received. Over 40 films were received for competition and this year four films from Tanzania are competing in the Sembene Ousmane Competition. All of East Africa features strongly in this year s selection with five from Kenya, and three from Uganda, and two from Rwanda.

In 2016, three eorld premieres will take place, with the screening of three films funded by ZIFF and GIZ (German Development Cooperation Agency) through the Sembene Ousmane award. The three 2015 winners who were each given $2000 to produce a new film will premiere their new films in this year s competition.

ZIFF s global reach continues to expand with films from Estonia and Albania making their first appearance at ZIFF in addition to films from Bangladesh, Finland, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, and Bermuda among others.

ZIFF continues its commitment to film development and education with the announcement of two film workshops during the festival. The first workshop on cinematography will be run by Barry Bravermann, an official tester of many film equipment producing companies including Panasonic and Sony. The workshop will focus on how to get the best out of the Canon D5 camera but also work on visual storytelling.

Another workshop, sponsored by the Goethe Institute in Dar es Salaam, is the Animation Workshop that will focus on enhancing skills of young Tanzanian artists. Fifteen students from secondary and high schools will be especially selected and trained with the aim of encouraging new skills for school leavers. The arts industry employs many school leavers and ZIFF has been joined by Goethe Institute to enhance employment and professionalism in the arts through this type of training.

The more information and for a full list of films selected for ZIFF 2016 visit the festival s official website.

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