{"id":6809,"date":"2018-06-01T16:15:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T14:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2018-06-01T16:15:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T14:15:11","slug":"ziff-2018-official-selection-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/06\/01\/ziff-2018-official-selection-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFF 2018: Official Selection Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ZIFF2018.jpg?resize=281%2C80\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"80\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) is pleased to announce the official selection of films in competition for 2018. The festival will take place in various venues in and around Stone Town Zanzibar from July 7th\u00a0\u2013 15th\u00a02018.<\/p>\n<p>This year saw a record number of entries across all categories with over 4,000 film submitted across the various entry platforms. This year also saw a marked increase in the amount of documentaries submitted, with over 800 being entered for consideration. With nearly 400 features being submitted, the selection process for 2018 was extremely difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Entries were also received from all over the world with submissions coming from over 140 countries, with the USA and India leading the number of submissions. East African filmmakers have also shown amazing interest in ZIFF with Ugandan filmmakers submitting 55 films, 54 from Kenya, and Tanzania 31.<\/p>\n<p>The films in selection cross a broad spectrum of topics and genres and represent over 40 countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda South Africa, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Western Sahara, Niger, Iran, The United States, France, Ghana, Belgium, Tunisa, Swaziland, India, United Kingdom and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Festival Director Fabrizio Colombo had this to say of the selection process and the final line-up:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sheer number of film submissions for ZIFF 2018 was a surprise. \u00a0It is rewarding to see how much our Festival is growing and is attracting so many filmmakers around the world, but especially from our continent. We tried to stick close to our theme for this year, celebrating the courage of many filmmakers who are telling the truth and speaking out for positive change in this world. Surely, some films selected will shake the power systems and old mentalities and that is what cinema is all about, challenging perceptions and imagining a different world.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I\u2019m glad to see the potentiality of the cinema industry in East Africa, and I have to mention particularly the creativity of young Tanzanian filmmakers that through their short films are truly showing the new wave of cinema in Tanzania. We invite all cinema lovers to join us this year in Zanzibar!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The official selection for Best Web, TV, and Student films will also be announced shortly. For more information please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ziff.or.tz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ziff.or.tz<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p><strong>18 Hours<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 Njue Kevin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bahasha<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 Jordan Riber<\/p>\n<p><strong>Balon<\/strong><br \/>\nItaly \u2013 Pasquale Scimeca<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fatuma<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 Jordan Riber<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golnesa<\/strong><br \/>\nIran \u2013 SATTAR CHAMANI GOL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hakkunde<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria \u2013 Asurf oluseyi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kasala<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria \u2013 EMA EDOSIO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liyana<\/strong><br \/>\nSwaziland \u2013 Aaron Kopp<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love and Shukla<\/strong><br \/>\nIndia \u2013 JATLA SIDDARTHA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Majan<\/strong><br \/>\nIran \u2013 Mohammad Aladpoush<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safari<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 Freddy Feruzi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Segere<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 Takura Maurayi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supa Modo<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 Likarion Wainaina<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cut<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 Peter Wangugi Gitau<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Forbidden<\/strong><br \/>\nUganda \u2013 Kizito Samuel Saviour<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Great Muse<\/strong><br \/>\nSaudi Arabia \u2013 Bentley Brown<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Wedding Ring<\/strong><br \/>\nNiger\u00a0 \u2013 Rahmatou Keita<\/p>\n<p><strong>When I become a Butterfly<\/strong><br \/>\nIran \u2013 Arash Zaare<\/p>\n<p><strong>Days of Night<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 Nilesh Bhatt<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Desert Voices<\/strong><br \/>\nMorocco \u2013 Daoud AOULAD-SYAD<\/p>\n<h3>Documentaries<\/h3>\n<p><strong>3 Stolen Cameras<\/strong><br \/>\nWestern Sahara \u2013 R\u00e5FILM, Equipe Media<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Memory In Three Acts<\/strong><br \/>\nMozambique \u2013\u00a0Inadelso Cossa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Afia Attack: Trading Behind Enemy Line<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria \u2013 Ujuaku Akukwe<\/p>\n<p><strong>BURKINAB\u00c8 RISING: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso<\/strong><br \/>\nBurkina Faso \u2013 Iara Lee<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children of Drum: The Legacy of Black Journalists in Apartheid-era South Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nUSA\/SA\/SPAIN \u2013 Larry Tung<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Threads-Fabrics from India for Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nIndia \u2013\u00a0Renu Modi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dancedance\/RE&#x2666;VOLUTION<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 MARK\u00a0FREEMAN<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effat\u00e0 Road<\/strong><br \/>\nItaly \u2013\u00a0MARTINO\u00a0LO CASCIO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fearless<\/strong><br \/>\nUnited States \u2013 Jasmine Cannon, Branden Hampton, Yingxu Jane Hao<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana For You<\/strong><br \/>\nBelgium\/Ghana \u2013 Adams Mensah<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am Sheriff<\/strong><br \/>\nSouthafrica \u2013 TEBOHO\u00a0EDKINS<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the name of Your Daughter<\/strong><br \/>\nCanada\/Tanzania \u2013 Giselle Portenier<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimpa Vita: The Mother of the African Revolution<\/strong><br \/>\nDRC\/Angola \u2013 NE KUNDA NLABA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kinshasa Makambo<\/strong><br \/>\nDRC \u2013 Dieudo Hamadi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making Ends Meet<\/strong><br \/>\nZimbabwe \u2013 Thomas Muziyirwa<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Moon<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya\u00a0 \u2013 Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nice Very Nice\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nAlgeria \u2013 El Kheyer Zidani<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owino<\/strong><br \/>\nSpain\/Kenya<br \/>\nJavier Mar\u00edn, Yusuf Razzaque<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry is My Rifle<\/strong><br \/>\nBrazil<br \/>\nFernando Salinas, Victor Hugo Liporage<\/p>\n<p><strong>SILAS: No more business as usual<\/strong><br \/>\nLiberia\/Kenya\/USA\u00a0 \u2013 Hawa Essuman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sing it Loud \u2013 Luthers Heirs in Tanzania<\/strong><br \/>\nGermany\u00a0 \u2013 Julia Irene Peters, Co Director: Jutta Feit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skulls<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa\/Germany\/Namibia<br \/>\nVincent Moloi<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Flesh Business<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 Denis Wanjohi Maina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vivre Riche\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nFrance\/Ivory Coast\u00a0 \u2013 Jo\u00ebl Akafou<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voodoo<\/strong><br \/>\nUSA \u2013 Djimon Hounsou<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wahenga (The Ancestors)<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania\u00a0 \u2013 Amil Issa Shivji, Rebecca Corey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Am I<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 Nick Reding, Wanuri Kahiu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Music Your Voice\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nUganda \u2013 Edmond Tamale<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zone-III (3)<\/strong><br \/>\nCentral African Republic \u2013 France \u2013\u00a0Pascale SERRA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Birds<\/strong><br \/>\nAlgeria \u2013 Berkri Salima Louisa<\/p>\n<h3>Short Films<\/h3>\n<p><strong>15 MINUTES\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nDRC \u2013 SADY<\/p>\n<p><strong>AL SHEIKH NOEL\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIraq\u00a0 \u2013 SAAD AL-ESSAMY<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANTANANARIVO<\/strong><br \/>\nMadagascar \u2013 HAMINIAINA RATOVOARIVONY<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARE YOU VOLLEYBALL?!\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIran \u2013 MOHAMMAD BAKHSHI<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARMSTRONG<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria \u2013 OMORUYI IRABOR<\/p>\n<p><strong>AYA<\/strong><br \/>\nTunisia \u2013 MOUFIDA FEDHILA<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLIND DATE\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 FANYANA HLABANGANE<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOXED<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya\/USA \u2013 WANJIRU NJENDU<\/p>\n<p><strong>BROKEN DREAM<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 FRANCIS NYERERE<\/p>\n<p><strong>CALLING THE STARS\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEthiopia \u2013 ADANECH ADMASSU<\/p>\n<p><strong>CARVER<\/strong><br \/>\nRwanda \u2013 Alexandre Sibomana<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLENCH \u2013 LIFE OF A CREATIVE<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya\u00a0 \u2013 MARK AYABEI<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIGURE<\/strong><br \/>\nUnited Kingdom\u00a0 \u2013 LANRE MALAOLU<\/p>\n<p><strong>FORGIVE ME, FATHER\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nUnited Kingdom \u2013 DOREEN NASIMBWA<\/p>\n<p><strong>HATIA<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 CHRISTINA PANDE<\/p>\n<p><strong>HATUA KWA HATUA\/STEP BY STEP<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania<br \/>\nJUDITH<\/p>\n<p><strong>I KNOW YOU DON\u2019T<\/strong><br \/>\nIndia<br \/>\nVISHAL ASHOK JAISWAL<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICYASHA<\/strong><br \/>\nRwanda<br \/>\nCLEMENTINE DUSABEJAMBO<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMARA<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya\/Rwanda<br \/>\nSAMUEL WANJOHI<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMFURA<\/strong><br \/>\nSwitzerland\/Rwanda<br \/>\nSAMUEL ISHIMWE<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN MY FATHER\u2019S VILLAGE<\/strong><br \/>\nZimbabwe<br \/>\nTAPIWA KAPUYA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les Cordes du Destin\/Destiny\u2019s Strings\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nLamia Bengelloun \u2013 Morocco<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mma Moeketsi\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nRAE MOETI \u2013 South Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>MY CHILDREN\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nLouis Shoo -Tanzania<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mzazi Rafiki\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nYaki Bozi \u2013 Tanzania<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neophobia\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nMark Maina -Kenya<\/p>\n<p><strong>KANIAMA SHOW<\/strong><br \/>\nBelgium \u2013 BALOJI TSHIANI<\/p>\n<p><strong>KUNCUP<\/strong><br \/>\nIndonesia \u2013 M. MYRDAL MUDA<\/p>\n<p><strong>KYENVU<\/strong><br \/>\nUganda \u2013 KEMIYONDO COUTINHO<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEAH<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 ESTHER MNDEME<\/p>\n<p><strong>NJITI<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 DORICE MOLLEL<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOMFUNDO<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 SIHLE HLOPHE<\/p>\n<p><strong>PENDO<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 FAITH MUSEMBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAAT (NIGHT)<\/strong><br \/>\nPakistan \u2013 ABDULLAH WASEEM<\/p>\n<p><strong>RANIM\/ESCAPE<\/strong><br \/>\nTunisia \u2013 RIM NAKHLI<\/p>\n<p><strong>SACRIL\u00c8GE<\/strong><br \/>\nSwitzerland\/France \u2013 CHRISTOPHE M. SABER<\/p>\n<p><strong>STILL WATER RUNS DEEP<\/strong><br \/>\nUSA\/Nigeria \u2013 ABBESI AKHAMIE<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUKARI<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 HATIBU MADUDU<\/p>\n<p><strong>TAMALA\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 GOODHOPE ELIESKIA<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE BAD MEXICAN<\/strong><br \/>\nUganda \u2013 LOUKMAN ALI<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE DEEP PLACE<\/strong><br \/>\nGhana \u2013 LINDSAY BRANHAM , ANDREW MICHAEL ELLIS<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ISLAND<\/strong><br \/>\nRwanda \u2013\u00a0YUHI AMULI<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SCHOOL BAG<\/strong><br \/>\nIndia \u2013 DHEERAJ JINDAL<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNTIL THE SILENCE COMES<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 PULENG STEWART, JANNOUS AUKEMA<\/p>\n<p><strong>VERSNEL\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 DIAN WEYS<\/p>\n<p><strong>VISIONS\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria\u00a0 \u2013 ABBA T. MAKAMA, C.J. OBASI, MICHAEL GOUKEN OMONUA<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT YOU CALL LOVE<\/strong><br \/>\nTurkey \u2013 Firat Yavuz<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHITE ON BLACK<\/strong><br \/>\nSenegal-\u00a0 SAMBA DIAO, FRANCOIS JOANNON<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZAWADI\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania\u00a0 \u2013 CLOTILDE BERTET<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZENITH<\/strong><br \/>\nUSA \u2013 ELLIE \u00a0FOUMBI<\/p>\n<h3>African Animation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Enjoying Songs\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nMadagascar \u2013 Sitraka Raheriarivony<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAWN OF THUNDER<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria\u00a0 \u2013 Kolawole Olarewaju<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCRUSH\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria \u2013\u00a0 Stephen Iosun<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOT FLOWERS TODAY<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria \u2013 JIBRIL MAILAFIA<\/p>\n<p><strong>The red butterfly<\/strong><br \/>\nTunisia \u2013 Omar Belwaer<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Kalabanda Ate My Homework<\/strong><br \/>\nUganda \u2013 Raymond Malinga<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tiraogo<\/strong><br \/>\nBurkina Faso \u2013 Andr\u00e9 Daniel TAPSOBA, Wilfrid j de dieu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lullaby\u00a0from the Crypt<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 Earle Holmes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nguema<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belly Flop<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 JEREMY COLLINS KELLY DILLON<\/p>\n<h3>Web Series<\/h3>\n<p><strong>America Heard: Refuge of Hope\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nUnited States \u2013 Yasmin Mistry<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chronicles of a Paranoiac<\/strong><br \/>\nRussian Federation<br \/>\nNikita Tamarov<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connection House<\/strong><br \/>\nItaly \u2013 Vincenzo Cavallo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festival Politicos<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa- Tshego \u201cRed\u201d Mosiane, Misa Makwakwa Masokameng<\/p>\n<p><strong>KINSHASA COLLECTION<\/strong><br \/>\nGermany \u2013 Dorothee Wenner<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOOP<\/strong><br \/>\nMexico \u2013 Fernando Perezgil, Gerardo LS, Emmanuel Basurto<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nadya<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013 Shams Bhanji<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nekros Pizza<\/strong><br \/>\nUnited States \u2013 Sean Manos<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ngalangala<\/strong><br \/>\nTanzania \u2013\u00a0 Tom Johns<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Best Friend\u2019s Wedding<\/strong><br \/>\nNigeria \u2013 Jerry Ossai<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prime Donne<\/strong><br \/>\nItaly \u2013 Giacomo Spaconi<\/p>\n<p><strong>PULPETTE<\/strong><br \/>\nItaly\u00a0 \u2013 Michele Bevilacqua, Arcangelo Iannace , Francesco Spaziani<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seburikoko<\/strong><br \/>\nRwanda \u2013 Kennedy Mazimpaka<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHADOWS<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 Reuben Odanga<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBS<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 Tshego \u2018Red\u2019 Mosiane, Tseliso Monaheng<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tales of Shaa\u00a0Umi and Nandis Adventure<\/strong><br \/>\nZimbabwe \u2013\u00a0Rodney Tapfuma Masanga<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Yard<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya \u2013 Busaka Jackton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thesha<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa \u2013 Lungelo Mdlalose<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two sides of a 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The festival will take place in various venues in and around Stone Town Zanzibar from July 7th\u00a0\u2013 15th\u00a02018. This year saw a record number of entries across all categories with over 4,000 film submitted across the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/06\/01\/ziff-2018-official-selection-announced\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ZIFF 2018: Official Selection Announced<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[169],"class_list":["post-6809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festival","tag-ziff","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}