The Zanzibar International Film Festival is the longest
running film-festival in East Africa, with global credibility and instant Pan-African
recognition. ZIFF 2015 will take place from the 18 to the 26 of July 2015 in Stonetown.
ZIFF is proud to announce the films in the Official
Selection based on a record 419 submissions. The list contains 25
feature films, 44 shorts and 27 documentaries from over 30 countries across the
globe.
Festival Director Dr. Martin Mhando had this to say of the submissions
and selections for ZIFF 2015, “We would like to congratulate and thank all
those who submitted their films. With so many films to choose from the
selection process was especially difficult. This has been the largest number of films received
to date. We are also pleased to say that the online submission process was a
success, with 90% of all the films were submitted online through the FESTHOME
platform.”
The entries came from 38 countries with the largest number of entrants
coming from Germany and with The Dominican Republic having its first entry in
ZIFF 2015.
Speaking on ZIFF 2015, Mandy Roger TV Director ZUKU noted, “We have in the
past 2 years of our sponsorship witnessed significant growth in content
development rising from the festival. As a broadcaster, ZUKU is deeply
invested in the growth and success of East Africa's creative and
content industries. It is therefore with pride we continue to partner the
Zanzibar International Film Festival, which has for the last 15 been
instrumental in celebrating and enabling film making from the region and around
the world."
The selection committee also noted a clear growth in the quality of
short films from Africa revealing a refreshing creative input and
experimentation with film language.
East Africa is well represented at ZIFF 2015 with 7 films from Tanzania
to compete in the general competition. Within the Official Selection Kenya
leads in the region with 9 films selected, while Uganda has 3, Burundi 2 and
Rwanda 1. South Africa has 7 films in competition this year.
Selected films for the Bongo Movies competition, which is backed by
the Satelite TV Channel ZUKU will be announced at a later date. ZUKU is also
the event sponsor of the festival.
It has also been announced that the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award
winning film Selma will officially
open ZIFF 2015 on the evening of July 18th.
As in previous years ZIFF will welcome dozens of professional and
aspiring film directors, producers from across Africa and the world for 8 days
of film, music and cultural celebration.
OFFICIAL
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