ZIFF 2015 ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL SELECTION
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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 18th – 26th 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 July18th.
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.
ZIFF YATANGAZA FILAMU ZITAKAZOSHINDANA KWENYE TAMASHA
Tamasha la Kimataifa la filamu ZIFF ambalo ndilo lililodumu zaidi kuliko matamasha yote Afrika Mashariki na Kati linatarajiwa kufanyika hapo Ngome Kongwe, Zanzibar kati ya tarehe 18 na 26 Julai mwaka huu.
ZIFF leo imetangaza jumla ya filamu zitakazoshindana wakati wa tamasha kutoka katika jumla ya filamu 419 zilizowakilishwa. Kati ya filamu hizo 25 ni ndefu, 44 ni filamu fupi na 27 ni za dokyumentare.
Mkurugenzi wa tamasha Prof Martin Mhando alisema haya wakati akiwasilisha tangazo hilo la filamu rasmi za tamasha. “Tunawapongeza na kuwashukuru wote waliowasilisha filamu. Mwaka huu ndio mwaka tuliopekea filamu nyingi zaidi, na ilituwia vigumu sana kuchaguwa filamu za kushindwanishwa. Lakini zaidi ya hayo ni kuwa mpango wa kuwasilisha filamu kwa kupitia mtandao umefanikiwa sana. Karibu asilimia 90 ya filamu zilizotumwa ziliwasilishwa kwa kupitia tovuti ya mtandao FESTHOME.”
Filamu zimetoka nchi 38 na nyingi zaidi zikiwa zimetoka nchi ya Ujerumani. Kwa mara ya kwanza ZIFF imepokewa filamu toka nchi ya Jamuhuri ya Dominica, ya nchi za Karibean.
Akizungumzia tamasha lijalo, Mkurugenzi wa TV wa kampuni ya ZUKU, Mandy Roger, alisema, “Katika miaka miwili ya udhamini wetu tumekwishaona kuongezeka kwa filamu nyingi zaidi za kuonyesha katika Television yetu.” Alizidi kusisitiza kuwa ZUKU inafurahia sana kukua kwa ubora wa filamu za Afrika Mashariki, “na ndio maana tunajivunia uhusiano wetu na Tamasha la Nchi za Jahazi, ZIFF. Tamasha hili limekuwa kigezo cha ufanisi kwa tasnia ya filamu Afrika na dunia nzima”.
Kamati ya uchaguzi imesifia sana kuongezeka kwa ubora wa filamu za Kiafrika. Filamu zimekuwa za ubunifu mkubwa kitaswira na katika urasimishaji.
Filamu toka Afrika Mashariki zimeongezeka, wakati Kenya ikiongoza kwa kuwa na filamu 9, Tanzania 7, Uganda 3 , Burundi 2 na Rwanda 1. Afrika ya Kusini ina filamu 8 katika mashindano.
Tamasha hilo, ambalo linadhaminiwa na kampuni ya ZUKU, limetangaza kuwa filamu za Bongo, zitakazokuwa na shindano lao pekee zitachaguliwa na kutangazwa baadaye. Vivyo hivyo filamu zitakazoshindana kwenye tuzo ya Sembene Ousmane zitatajwa baadaye.
Hapo nyuma ilishatangazwa kuwa filamu ya Martin Luther King Jr inayoitwa Selma ndio itakayofungua Tamasha hapo tarehe 18 Julai.
Kama kawaida tamasha la ZIFF litawakaribisha mamia ya watengenezaji filamu toka nchi nyingi duniani katika tamasha la siku nane linalojumwuisha sanaa za filamu, muziki na za tamaduni mbalimbali.
OFFICIAL SELECTION ZIFF 2015
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FEATURE FILMS
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Director/length in minutes
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COUNTRY
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Algun lugar/On the Road Somewhere
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Guillermo Zouain (70)
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Dominican Republic
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Beautiful Tree , Severed Roots
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Kenny Mann (70)
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Kenya
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Diamond Tongues
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Brian Robertson and Pavan Moondi
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Canada
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El mal trato/Maltreatment
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Daniel E.V. Yudin (68)
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Chile
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Fievres/Fevers
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Hicham Ayouch (90)
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France
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Habibie and Ainun
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Faozan Rizal (121)
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Indonesia
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Jongo Love
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Emma Roger (98)
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Kenya
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Kutakapokucha
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Simon Mwakifwamba
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Tanzania
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Munnariyippu/ The deadline
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Venu N (114)
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India
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Mr Kadamanja
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Adam Kuambiana (164)
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Tanzania
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Nightrunners
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Rowan Nielsen (89)
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Kenya
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Pishu
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Leah Mwendamseke (83)
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Tanzania
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Pride
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Matthew Warchus (119)
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UK
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Selma
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Ava DuVernay (128)
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USA
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Single Zero
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Timoth Conrad (62)
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Tanzania
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Strength of a Woman
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Gilbert Lukalia (91)
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Kenya
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Sugarcane Shadows
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David Constantin (84)
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Mauritius
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Superstition
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Paresh Gondaliya & Zziwa A. Alone
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Uganda
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The Gods of Water
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Pablo Caesar (115)
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Argentina/Ethiopia/France
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The Last Drive-in Theater
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Iberê Carvalho (98)
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Brazil
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Wazi?FM
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Faras Cavallo (62)
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kenya
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Timbuktu
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Abdrehmanne Sissako
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Mali
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Morbayssa
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Cheick F. Camara
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Guinea Konakry
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City of Violence
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Jerome Salle
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South Africa
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Price of Love
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Hermon Hailay (99)
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Ethiopia
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DOCUMENTARIES
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Director/length in minutes
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COUNTRY
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21 Icons - A Journey to Democracy
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Adrian Steirn (45)
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South Africa
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Abasezi (The Nightdancers)
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Aemile Dinneen (78)
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Ireland/Uganda
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Bintou
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Simone Catharina Gaul (68)
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Germany
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Croc in a Museum
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Rwanda
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Daddy's Wedding
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Dubai
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Dancing With Maria
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Ivan Gergolet (75)
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Italy/Argentina/Slovenia
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Grandma Knows Best?
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Tamara Dawit (16)
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Ethiopia
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Life In Progress
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Irene Loebell (99)
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Switzerland
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Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara
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Lara Lee (60)
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Western Sahara
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Low Season
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Madeleine Dallmeyer (41)
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Germany
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Maramaso
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Ashley Beckett (53)
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Kenya
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Mbwa Mwitu
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Farid Uwezo (20)
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Tanzania
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Moussa Diallo: The Man and the Music
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Helle Toft (72)
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Denmark
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NAPPS- Memoire Of An Invisible Man
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Tami Liberman (31)
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Germany
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Obohozi
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Caroline Odongo & Gitura Kamau(98)
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Kenya
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Papa Machete
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Jonathan David Kane (11)
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U.S.A.
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Prisoner 467/64: The Untold Legacy of Andrew Mlangeni
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Lebogang Rasethaba (53)
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South Africa
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Red Over the Rainbow
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Baumont Vincent (27)
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Vietnam
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Shadeism: Digging Deeper
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Nayani Thitagarajah (
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Canada
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Shadow Fighters
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Josefine Heimburger
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Denmark/Tz
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The Beauty That I Saw
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Benjamin Abrams (51)
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U.S.A
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The Broken Heart
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Fabian Püschel
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Germany
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The Hustle
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Ashraf Said Mswaki (25)
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Turkey
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The Rwandan Genocide: Reunited Through Polaroids
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Colin Crowley (5)
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Rwanda
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The Springboard
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Joseph Ndayisenga (63)
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Burundi
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Twende! Let's go!
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Silvana Zancolo (52)
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Italy
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Ady Gasy
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Nantenaina Lova (81)
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Madagascar
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SHORTS
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Director / length in minutes
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COUNTRY
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92 Dreamin' (Animation)
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EscarlaAbreu (4)
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United States
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A Coeur Ouvert
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Ayekoro Kossou (16)
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France
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A Promised Rose Garden
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Lisa Violetta Gaß (Gass)(33)
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Germany
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Agi / Elegy
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Yousef Kargar
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Iran
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Amor a Primera vista/ Love at first sight
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Mark Playne (14)
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Spain
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Angles of my Face
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Manu Maina (22)
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Kenya
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Artificio Conceal
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Ayoub Qanir (16)
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U.S.A.
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As I Am
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Sihle Hlope(14)
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South Africa
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Bahar in Wonderland
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Behrooz Karamizade (16)
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Germany
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Camouflage
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Andreas Kessler (8)
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Germany
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Castillo y el Armado (animation )
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Pedro Harres (13)
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Brazil
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Detour
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Michael Leong-Huat Kam Kam
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Singapore
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Ella
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Kim Münster
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Germany
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Every Day is a Small Life
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Lou-Brice Léonard (27)
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France
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Faraja
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Nasir Al Qassim
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Tanzania
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Green Gold/ Gruen Gold (animation)
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Barbara Marheineke (13)
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Iran/USA
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Harsh
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Danilo Baracho (8)
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Brazil
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Intellectual Scum
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Njue Kevin (14)
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Kenya
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Islands
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Tajinder Hayer (16)
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United Kingdom
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Italian Standoff
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Marcel Becker-Neu (12)
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Germany
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Jaya
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Puja Maewal (18)
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India
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Kilimo 2 (animation)
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Neema Reed(6)
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USA
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King of Guangzhou
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Quester Hannah (14)
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China
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Lahza
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El Waleed Gamal
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Egypt
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Lami (Animation)
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Christophe and Olivier Defaye (2)
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Japan
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Mousse
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John Helberg (41)
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Sweden
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Prelude to a Torn House
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Carlos Esteban Godoy Acosta (29)
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colombia
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Ram
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Miransha Naik (25)
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india
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Red Card
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John Rabaud (3)
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Mauritius
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Routine
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P. Sam Kessie (14)
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South Africa
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Samaki Mchangani/Fish of the Land
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Amil Shivji (30)
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Tanzania
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September
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Mark Wambui (54min)
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Kenya
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Shehnai
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Haroon Habib (16)
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pakistan
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Soko Sonko /The Market King
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Ekwa Msangi (22)
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Tanzania
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Taweez- The Talisman Writer
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Ali Hakin (20)
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Germany
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The Dinner
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Aylin Basaran (15)
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Germany
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The Girl
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Shashwati Talukdar (8)
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India
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The Last Will
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Dustin Loose (21)
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Germany
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The Legacy of Rubies (Animation)
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Ebele Okoye (28)
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Germany
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The Road we Travel
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Aidan Belizaire (37)
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Uganda
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Tjitji the Himba Girl
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Oshosheni Hiveluah (22)
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Namibia
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Oritsha’sJourney
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Abdul Ndadi
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USA
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Uthando
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Tulanana Bohela
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South Africa
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With Best Regards
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Bernhard Wenger (5)
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Austria
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About ZIFF
The Zanzibar International Film Festival is the longest running film-festival in East Africa, with global credibility and instant Pan-African recognition. ZIFF is sponsored by ZUKU through a 10 year contract that runs through 2021.
The ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries is organized by ZIFF, a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1998 in Zanzibar to promote and showcase the culture of the Dhow Countries. Every cent raised from sponsors and donors ensures the widest possible accessibility of high- quality international screenings and cultural events to all sections of the Tanzanian population.
The ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries is a catalyst for the promotion and development of the region’s cultural industries. It encourages and supports the development of artistic skills and the infrastructure necessary for a vibrant and innovative arts environment.
The festival programme gives particular prominence to the visibility and interests of women and children, including the youth.
The main panorama features international film and video screenings, and international retrospectives along with music and performances, main stage events, exhibitions, workshops and seminars.
Emphasis has been given to The East African Film Makers forum and this will continue in Festival 2014, as will dialogues with various filmmakers from across the region.
For more information visit www.ziff.or.tz www.facebook.com/ZanzibarInternationalFilmFestival
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