Zanzibar TV Series Festival announces films in competition

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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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