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The Africa Channel (TAC), sponsors of the inaugural Zanzibar TV Series Festival and the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), have announced the 20 official titles entered into competition for the award for Best TV Series at ZIFF 2018.
The new categories of best TV and best Web Series, were announced last year by ZIFF as part of its partnership with Africa's largest content markets, DISCOP. The inaugural DISCOP Zanzibar is set to run from 11 to 13 July alongside ZIFF 2018 which is taking place from 7 to 15 July.
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Within ZIFF, the three days of TV series screenings, presented by TAC, will be the official showcase for TV shows selected in competition for ZIFF. The selection team at ZIFF was overwhelmed with the response in the first year of the competition, with dozens of TV shows being submitted from across Africa.
Two days of competition screenings selected by the ZIFF will screen on 12 and 13 July, and will be followed by a showcase day of screenings on 14 July where platforms such as TAC will premier some of their most exciting African-influenced content developed for the global marketplace. These include projects The Bank, developed with Emmy-nominated producers Rebecca and Doug Henning and Matt Luetwyler; World Wide Nate, an extreme adventure show; and Minjiba Entertains, a food and lifestyle show.
Open to the public as well as industry guests, the Zanzibar TV Series Festival strives to create a stage on which the foremost creators in the world of TV series come together, where tomorrow's talents are showcased and a prestigious international competition for a wide range of genres and for series of all shapes and forms is presented.
To further support this event, TAC will also be presenting a panel discussion at DISCOP Zanzibar targeted specifically at independent TV/content producers looking to sell their material internationally. The panel will cover topics including: creating for international markets, co-productions for independents, thinking beyond pan-African, and connecting Africa to the world.
TV Series in competition: Tales Of Eve | The Present Past
Imoh Umoren - Nigeria
Siri Za Familia
SANCTUS MTSIMBE - Tanzania
Umlilo
Denny Miller - South Africa
This is it
Dolapo Adeleke - Nigeria
Career Talk
Saitabao Kaiyare - Kenya
Crazy, Lovely, Cool
Obi Emelonye - Nigeria
Before 30
Bodunrin BB' Sasore- Nigeria
Hard Copy
South Africa - Harriet Gavshon and Tim Greene (Producers)
iNumber Number
South Africa - Siphiwe Hlabangane (producer)
Talaaka
Nilesh Bhatt - Tanzania
SAMBA
Enah Johnscott- Cameroon
Ball'n Africa
Silalei Owuor - Kenya
Tumaini Senta
Kangethe - Mungai Kenya
Jab
Lucilla Blankenberg, Laddie Bosch - South Africa
Ba-Aunt
Mariam Ndagire - Uganda
Giving Nature a Voice
Andrew Tkach - Kenya
Keru
Victor Gatonye - Kenya
#Family
Kwezi kaganda Ruhinda - Uganda
La Msingi
Morrison Mwadulo - Kenya
Fihi Season
Carol Odongo Boy - Kenya
WEB SERIES IN COMPETITION ZIFF 2018 America Heard: Refuge of Hope
United States - Yasmin Mistry
Chronicles of a Paranoiac
Russian Federation Nikita Tamarov
Connection House
Italy - Vincenzo Cavallo
Festival Politicos
South Africa- Tshego Red Mosiane, Misa Makwakwa Masokameng
Kinshasa Collection
Germany - Dorothee Wenner
LOOP
Mexico - Fernando Perezgil, Gerardo LS, Emmanuel Basurto
Nadya
Tanzania - Shams Bhanji
Nekros Pizza
United States - Sean Manos
Ngalangala
Tanzania - Tom Johns
Our Best Friend's Wedding
Nigeria - Jerry Ossai
Prime Donne
Italy - Giacomo Spaconi
PULPETTE
Italy - Michele Bevilacqua, Arcangelo Iannace , Francesco Spaziani
Seburikoko
Rwanda - Kennedy Mazimpaka
SHADOWS
Kenya - Reuben Odanga
SUBS
South Africa - Tshego Red' Mosiane, Tseliso Monaheng
Tales of Shaa Umi and Nandis Adventure
Zimbabwe - Rodney Tapfuma Masanga
The Yard
Kenya - Busaka Jackton
Thesha
South Africa - Lungelo Mdlalose
Two Sides of a Coin
Kenya - Morris Simwa, Calvin Ombogo
WAKUIGWA
Richard Magumba - Tanzania
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