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Chairman’s Welcoming Address/ZIFF Board CEO Greetings
CONTENTS 2014 27. Village Panorama 31. Dhow Race 32-33 Music & Performing Arts 35. Sit Bint Saad 37. Children Panorama
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Festival Theme Ziff Ambassadors Special Events
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Opening Film & Premieres 38-39. Ziff Special Guest 40. Women Panorama
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ZIFF Jury & AwardsCover
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SIGNIS Jury
42-45. Synopses: Long Features
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Ousmane Sembene Jury
45-47. Synopses: Documentaries
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Sembene Award
48-52. Synopses: Short Movies
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Bongo Movies Award
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Workshops, Forums, Exhibitions & Conferences
56-57. Africa Film Development Awards.AFDA. 59. 62. In Memorium 63. Venue Map 64-65. ZIFF Team 66. Festival Schedule 68. Sponsors
54. Egyt Group 55 The Dhow Countries Music Academy znz
Cover photo by Peter Bennet and Graphics by Joseph Archie. Catalogue Design by Omary Mdogwa
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COVERAGE
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CHAIRMAN’S WELCOMING ADDRESS: A common Destiny
A word from ZIFF
Welcome to the 17th Edition of ZIFF the Festival of the Dhow Countries.
Mahmoud T. Kombo Chairman
And therefore this year, when we foreground our diversity it is only to underline our commonality. Human rights actually mean respect for individuality which is critical to social cohesion. When we talk of freedom of expression we actually also recognize the ethical requirements of communication within any given community. Just like the individual smoker has slowly learnt how much they influence the health of others, we have come to realize that the enjoyment of any human right is premised on the capacity for one to affect the processes that affect their life, that of their family, their culture and their community. A film festival of necessity foregrounds the promotion and legitimizing of diversity. The festival event is a distinctive spacial occasion but one that also help define similarities. Therefore festivals play similar roles just as they work to define their uniqueness. The variety and diversity of films we watch reflect this idealism. Through films festivals project the memories and experiences of people in their glaring diversity, as they reflect difference and inequality. Inequality when we realize how many people never have access to the beautiful experience of cinema for many reasons. They miss out from an event where people can explore new ideas and challenge the old and where a common destiny is reflected in the films that show us the weakness of desire, the necessity of work and the tears of loss .We welcomeyou to enjoy the 17th festival of Dhow Culture.
ZIFF BOARD
Vice Chairman Issa Mlingoti
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This year’s Festival Theme “A Common Destiny” is both simple as well as complex. It has a familiar ring as destiny denotes inevitability as well as the power to predetermine events. What filmmakers won’t tell you is that their films have pre-determination locked into the structures of their stories. It is those resolutions that make audiences sit through hours of predetermined destinies that film characters go through. The destiny of a person, the happiness of love, the inevitability of doubt, the uncertainty of marriage or the patience of secrets are all common destinies that we humans recognize. In the same way we recognize how in our individuality is also the basis of our sense of community, bound in some way by a common bond, while also valuing the differences that identify us. The respect we have for the cultural differences of diverse populations denotes acknowledgement of a shared sense of the need for each other.
Prof. Martin Mhando
Prof. Penina Mlama
Mehboob Champsi
Fatma Alloo
Hassan Mitawi
Rose Sayore
Chande Omar
CEO’s GREETINGS Dear Friends, A few years ago ZIFF stood at a precipice and I contemplated what the future had for this organization. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man in this community. I have been in in this job for seven years and I have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from everyone of you.When we look at an aging person with wisdom and dignity and the pride of the years they have had on this earth, smiling until all the missing teeth can be seen, drooling with happiness at his or her grandchildren carousing in happiness, which of you wouldn’t wish to associate with them for even one minute?Such is the nature of destiny. The people we meet, the times we spend and even the pain we feel all reflect the nature of destiny. All the frustrations we feel quickly pale away when we receive a gift, a trophy, a memorable item that marks a moment in our life- our destiny. But so too are those moments of Prof. Martin Mhando crisis- when a country, a people, a land in trouble feels inconsolable when freedom is usurped, trust is CEO/Festival Director abused and power is not shared. It is the same sense of destiny that engulfs us as citizens, when we are forced to take sides or vote and get paid short thrift as our recompense for our expressions of democracy. Such surrender makes cowards of us all when we know we could have done better. Is it destiny that drives a cockerel to crow even when it could be their last day? Is it destiny when we go to war unsure whether we all shall return whether are there winner & loser in war? Is it destinywhenprisonersreturnaspresidentsortheoncereviledarerevealedasmartyrs?Whenyourenemybecomesafriend,whensacrificeisthebestformof reward,whenthehumbleroneisthegreatertheybecome,whenhumilityisthemostvaluableethos,ourdestinyiscouchednotinabsolutesbutinuncertainty. Questioning then becomes the highest form of knowledge. Our common destiny is our purpose in life, it’s the future we cultivate, the vocation we treasure,the luck we find and the unity we share. And in films we find all this, stories that enthrall us,excite us,anger us, agonize us, bring us to ecstasy, torment and distress us- they are amongst the best ways to describe our shared histories.It is films that also describe our common destiny. Let’s find it at ZIFF 2014. And for me however hard it has been it’s been my destiny to be at ZIFF.
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ZIFF’S Theme
A COMMON DESTINY 2014 ZIFF’s theme in 2014 is A Common Destiny, which is most appropriate because we often draw strength from the experiences of others, reinforcing our awareness of the shared histories of communities, nations, continents, cultures and the planet. Indeed the common destiny of humanity includes the attributes and bonds of affection found in each one of us. As we watch the films, listen to the stories or hear the gasp or chuckle in the audience we share in that moment a common experience that only movies provide us. As filmmakers, artists, musician, animators, families, communities and cultures come together during ZIFF we find amongst us common destinies reflected in our languages, histories and cross border affinities that define our diversity and Our Common Destiny! We at ZIFF further commit ourselves to improving international relations acknowledging the arts as organs of world diplomacy, aimed at presenting the unfolding narrative of humanity as a reminder of A Common Destiny.
PHOTO BY PETER BENNETT
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ZIFF Ambassadors
Dr. Harold (Hal) Weaver is the Founding Chair of Africana Studies at Rutgers University. In 1972 he became the first professor to offer a course on Paul Robeson. A year later Dr. Weaver initiated a successful effort to award Mr. Robeson an honorary doctorate for his 75th birthday. Now retired from teaching,Weaver is currently the Principal Curator for The China Film Project
Crispin Gregoire A national of Dominica, is currently the Chief of Strategic Monitoring and Support of Caribbean Country Offices at UNDP's Regional Bureau for Latin America and theCaribbean. From 2002 to 2010, he served as Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Dominica to the United Nations and in that period was a member of the UN Committee on NGOs,and UN Committee on Decolonization. He was Dominica’s delegate to the International Criminal Court, and was active in the climate change negotiations.He worked as a Program Consultant with the Ford
Anne Lise Andreasen To be an ambassador of ZIFF is an honour, a lot of joy – and work. I have been part of the festival since the foundation and first preparations in 1997. Later I have been involved as an advisor and a jury member several times, created a partnership relation to Salaam Film and Dialogue (Denmark) and - in co-operation with the Danish Film Institute - built up the Children Film Panorama – a section targeted towards children and youth. One of the moments of zen was to make a Kiswahili version of the animated feature, Kirikou, supported by the director Michel Ocelot and his production company. In my work for ZIFF I have been drawing on my experince as: - Buyer of films and television programmes for children and youth for Danish Broadcasting Corporation. - Founder of a DANIDA program (1987- 1997) for FESPACO (Burkina Faso) on marketing of African films. - Festival Director and board member for Fredrikstad Animation Ferstival (Norway). - Co-founder,co-ordinator,programmer,board member,develloper of Salaam Film and Dialogue (Denmark).Curator of MultiCool Nord,a Nordic project in co-operation with film festivals in Norway and Sweden. Since 2012 working as a freelance journalist and blogger.
ZIFF Ambassadors
DR. HAROLD (HAL) WEAVER
Foundation’s Office for West Africa, and has served in various senior positions in international NGOs such as Save the Children and TechnoServe.He has been in the forefront of the initiative to establish a memorial at the United Nations in honour of the victims of slavery and theTrans-Atlantic Slave Trade. He has been a governance consultant to ZIFF Board of Directors, and also served on the ZIFF jury in 2007.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES: LAND AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 18st June, 19:20-20:00 venue:Ampphitheatre,Old Fort The magnitude of the threat posed by climate change and the environment in Africa could be even more damaging if not curtailed in time. Indeed developing countries have even greater propensity to underestimating the impacts of climate change. Against the backdrop of many stories of such impacts taking place in the world through films and TV programs it is clear that the mass media have the ability to create awareness of such issues in the country. In other words, mass media strategies can be used to set agendas, bridge the gap in knowledge between people, and remind people about issues of climate change and their health and economy. Tanzania, like many other African countries faces many environmental issues. These are mostly due to urbanisation as well as due to globalisation and efforts at keeping up with the developed world.This has sometimes led to severe environmental damage. However communities in Tanzania also face poor policies and land management regulations which have led to conflict of land grabbing, land misuse and displacement of communities from their traditional lands. With the gas and oil “fever” in Tanzania, and Zanzibar in particular, we believe this is an opportunity for the community to be made aware of the diversity of opinions around the issue of land and the environment.
PHOTO BY PETER BENNETT
The Madiba Legacy: The Struggle Continues beyond long walk to freedom 20st June, 14:00-18:00 This year we want to remember Madiba through a number of events at ZIFF including Opening the festival with the film Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom and also undertake a Public Forum on his legacy The Madiba Legacy: The Struggle Continues. Danny Schechter argues that, “…what we do know, though, is that the ANC, when it came to power, was more preoccupied with political change than with economic change. And I think the problems that we’re facing in South Africa today and in many other countries are because movements for change don’t focus on economics. They mostly focus on politics.”As an addendum to the Mandela Legacy debate on Sunday 15th June we shall show films including on Sobukwe (Sobukwe:AGreat Soul), Samora Machel (Camerade President) as well as on Albie Sacks(The Soft Vengeance of Albie Sachs) and the beautiful We Never Give up II. Session to be chaired by Shirley Gunn Executive Director Human Rights Media Center,South Afica.
PRESS CONFERENCE 12.30-14.00 Daily at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel roof Top Everyday a press conference will be held for filmmakers whose films had been shown the previous day. Other personalities might also be invited to speak to the media gallery. The public, distributors and the media have the opportunity to talk to the guests, as well as network in friendly environment. SWAHILI FILMS 20st-June As usual ZIFF gives prominence to Swahili language films popularly known as Bongo movies. We recognise the many efforts, big and small, that have led to Tanzania developing a unique cinema popculture that has spawn a great entrepreneurial activity.A special screening venue has been set up just for that to allow Swahili speakers, cinema enthusiast and academics to study an evolving social activity in motion. ZIFF AWARD NIGHT CEREMONY: 21st June 2014 19.30pm As the Sailing Dhow reaches the shores of its destination and anchors, the community, passengers all then award the most celebrated of its crew! ZIFF concludes with a mesmerising event awarding the best of regional and international films and filmmakers. The evening is not complete without the shattering release of all the pent up energy in the Mambo Club with a musical galore. 21ST- WATOTO MFANANO AWARENESS DAY CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME DAY- FUND RAISING EVENT 21st June (14:00- 18:00 Mambo Club 21st is World Down Syndrome Awareness day, thus selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (TRISOMY) of 21ST Chromosomes that cause Down Syndrome. On 21st June 2014 is going to be an event that will bring people from different parts of the World in an attempt to use the power of Art to help bring the awareness to this health problem. This will be a cause that will involve general public to participate in a unique awareness event.Trabajo Voluntario join hands with ZIFF during the Tamasha to provide the community with a whole day just for the kids. It is on these grounds that we invite Tanzanians to join the movement by participating in this 21st June event even as we continue to work towards transforming the lives of the less privileged and eliminating untimely deaths caused by the lack of community awareness, sexual abuse and lack of medical treatment. The day will end with a Fund Raising Event for Trabajo Voluntario just prior to the Awards Night celebrations. AFDA AWARDS NIGHT 22ND June 2014 African Films Development Awards is a project of African Film Development Foundation aimed at celebrating and recognising outstanding individuals and bodies who have contributed towards the development of African Cinema. The awards project is dedicated to promoting, identifying and celebrating excellence within the African Film Industry.This year’s awards will be held in Zanzibar, at the Old Fort Amphitheatre on Sunday 22 June coinciding with the end of ZIFF 2014. In attendance will be luminaries and stars of the Nollywood Cinema scene. An event not to be missed
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Opening Film and Premieres
mandela: long walk to Freedom (African Premiere)
Based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country’s once segregated society. Idris Elba stars as Nelson Mandela, Naomie Harris stars as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, with Justin Chadwick directing. South Africa /United Kingdom |Novermber 2013 | 146min | Director :Justin Chadwick| Producer :David M.Thompson|
WORLD PREMIERES
A STORY ABOUT WENDY 2
Trinidad and Tobago|2014|64min|Director :Joyce M. Chavula
B’ EL L A
Malawi| 2014 | 107min |Director : T.NKOJERA
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SODIQ SHADOW TREE UK |2012 | 105 min | Director:- Adeyemi Michael
USA /Mali | 2013 | 90 min | Director:- Kiley Kraskouskas
Rwanda | 2013 | 97min | Director :- Gilbert Ndahayo
USA |2014 | 102 min | Director:- Sylvia Cminer
Indonesia |2012 | 108 min | Director:- Daniel Ziv
UK/Uganda | 2014 | 100min | Director:- Lovinsa Kavuma
IRAN |2012| 83 min | Director:- Sadegh S.Dghighi
USA l 2014| 110 min | Director:- Chris W. Smith
Germany| 2013 | 49min | Director:- Eva Knopf
Italy| 2013 | 58min | Director:-
Opening Film and Premieres
Africa Premieres
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ZIFF JURY
Awards
MOHAMMED JUMA AME
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Born in 1969, Zanzibar Island in Tanzania, he is managing director of production house (Jupiter Records) for both audio and Visio productions and Director of Registration and Identity Cards -Zanzibar. Mohamed did his Bachelor in Course Provided Management, Corporate Strategies, Economics, Marketing, Information Technology, Financial Management and Tourism Management, Impacts and Planning at The University of Birmingham in UK 2000 and then in 2013 he did his masters in Diplomacy, Strategic Studies, Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution, Management, Information and Media Studies, and Information Technology at The University of Westminster in United Kingdom. He is an excellent public speaker with many skills including film critic review.
MYKEL PARISH An astute pan-african filmmaker and promoter with interests in sustainable strategies for the growth of african cinema. As a Nollywood producer/director, he has shot over 200 music videos, 12 features, 8 short films, countless documentaries and commercials. He has also been a panelist at several symposiums on African Cinema in Africa, Middle East, Uk and Asia. His passion for African cinema founded the Pan-african Film Development & Advancement Foundation, a non profit organization that supports training and funding for african filmmakers.He is also chairperson on board the African Film Consortium, a member of the Royal African Society, member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) member of the Global Diplomatic Forum and Chairman of the waterstone Company.
WANGECI MURAGE WANGECI MURAGE is an accomplished broadcast media practitioner from Kenya, where she currently serves as the Head of Business Development with Wananchi Programming (ZUKU TV), East Africa. Prior to joining ZUKU TV, she worked with M-Net Africa as the Programs Manager for East Africa, and as a Television Producer and Director in local broadcasting media stations, KTN and NTV. In the 15 years of her career, Wangeci has gained vast experience in strategic broadcast management, project management, channel development and TV production. She has produced award-winning programs, conducted training workshops for industry development, lectured at various forums and seminars and has extensive stakeholder and relationship management.Wangeci has also served as a member of the jury for the Zanzibar International Film Festival (2013), International Emmys Awards – Middle East and African category (2011) and the Kenyan Film Awards, Kalasha Awards (2009). She is also a member of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television and the Kenya Film and Television Professional Association. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Newport International University and is planning to pursue a Master’s Degree in Strategic Management. She also holds certificates from the Radio Nederland Training Centre (Holland) and the Mohammed Amin Foundation (Kenya).
AWARDS AT ZIFF The ZIFF Jury will award the Golden Dhow prize to films in the following categories:
• Best Feature Film • Best East African Film • Best Documentary • Best Short/Animation
The Chairman Award this time to be called Bi Kidude Award will go to the filmmaker who has shown an acute reflection on contemporary issues in the balanced manner, which is particularly important in these times of polarized perspectives. The ZIFF Lifetime Achievement Award is designed to honour an individual who has in his/her carreer exhibited a lifetime of achievement and years of distinguished service to the art and culture. This year ZUKU will award Bongo Movies in 5 different categories in honour of Tanzania Film Industry. ALL AWARDS
Golden Dhow - Best Feature Film Silver Dhow - Best Feature Film Runner up. Golden Dhow – Best East African Talent, Golden Dhow – Best Short/Animation Golden Dhow – Special Jury Prize, Golden Dhow – Best Documantary Chairman Award/Bi Kidude Award, Life time Achievement Award Sembene Ousmane Award Verona African Film Festival Award, Signis Awards,
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ZIFF jury will also award the Silver Dhow to a film considered a runner up to Best feature Film
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SIGNIS JURY
Awards
Fabrizio Colombo (Italy)
Born in Italy he’s been director of SAVE (Service Audiovisuelle pour l’Education) of the FM radio Radio Lotiko in Sarh (Chad) from 1999-2005. During this period he has produced films for television, some of them in competition at FESPACO film festival in Burkina Faso. In 2001 he received the “Guglielmo Zucconi” prize in Italy for the engagement in media production for young generations. He is music producer and composer. From 2006 to 2012 he’s been director of Nigrizia Multimedia, a media production centre for radio, video and music and ofAFRIRADIO the first web radio onAfrica in Italy. He’s been the artistic director for the African Film Festival of Verona (Italy) from 2006 to 2012. He is now artistic director of Kibaka Film Festival in Florence and assistant director and film programmer at Zanzibar International Film Festival where he received the “Chairman Award” in 2012.He writes film reviews in specialized magazine on Africa in Italy and he’s been SIGNIS jury member since 2005. He is now the director of Signis Services Rome.
MUTUKWA Kelidy Inonge (Zambia ) Inonge Kelidy Mutukwa was born in 1975. She is a trained journalist and holder of a BA in Social Communication, obtained in October 2007 from Tangaza College, Institute of Social Communication (ISC) which is a school of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in NairobiKenya. Among the courses covered for the BA programme were: Film history, History of the Media, Media languages, Image and Photography, Psychology of communication, Seminar in Media Research, Media Ethics 1& II, Video Basics, Video Production 1&II, and TV Theories. She joined Catholic Media Services, (Formally Yatsani TV Production). This is the communications Ministry of Zambia Episcopal Conference. She has worked in almost all the departments of the Catholic Media Services from administration to production. In 2007 upon return from school with skills in television production and more formal training she was appointed to the position of Studio Manager for Catholic Media Services Television Production Studio (CMSTV). Ms. Inonge Mutukwa, a member of the SIGNIS jury has previously participated as a member. Currently she works for Caritas Zambia as a specialist in the Knowledge management unit. Prior to her current position, Ms. Mutukwa is an accomplished voice-over artist and a television documentary producer
ADINDA Pamela (Nairobi, Kenya) Pamela Adinda is born in Kenya in 1977. She studied at the Tangaza College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa and obtained an advanced diploma in Social Communications (Print Journalism and Radio Production). From May 2003 to October 2004 she worked as Public Relation Officer and Producer cum Presenter for the radio program Community Development Forum for KoinoniaAdvisory Research and Development Services (KARDS) and Radio Waumini 88.5 FM. She is a free lance journalist and started to work from 2006 as a Communications Coordinator at Christ the King Catholic Church – Kibera, an institution run by Guadalupe Missionaries Society in Kenya, as a communications cum field officer at Mama na DadaAfrica and as a communicator/journalist for theAMECEASocial Communication Department ofAMECEASecretariat.
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SIGNIS
SIGNIS, The World Catholic Association for Communication, came into being in November 2001, with the merger of Unda (the International CatholicAssociation for Radio and Television) and OCIC (International Catholic Organization for Cinema andAudio-visual). As such, SIGNIS inherited the best of the heritage and traditions of Unda and OCIC, both of which can trace their activities back to 1928. SIGNIS aims to bring together professional associations, institutions and individuals from across the globe who are active in the fields of audio-visual media and new technologies. It presently unites member associations from about 100 countries situated in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pacific and North America. 28 International Organizations are also members of SIGNIS. The association has juries in more than 30 international film and television festivals including Berlin, Monte-Carlo, Cannes, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Ouagadougou, Milan, La Havana, Venice, Amiens, San Sebastian, Toulouse, and at the Zanzibar International Filmfestival. In 2013 the SIGNIS jury gave its award to Ni Sisi by Nick Reding (Kenya), and a commendation to Little One by Darrell Roodt (South Africa). For the eight year, the jury also presented the SIGNIS East African talent Award which was given to Poupoune Sesonga (Rwanda) for her short documentary Kivuto.
SIGNIS IN THE WORLD
SIGNIS Africa: national members in 32 countries in Africa. SIGNIS Asia: national members in 15 countries in Asia - www.signisasia.org SIGNIS Europe: national members in 24 countries in Europe SIGNIS Latin America: members in 12 countries in Latin America - www.oclacc.org SIGNIS North America: members in 2 countries in North America SIGNIS Pacific: members in 32 countries in the Pacific - www.signispacific.org And also 18 international members - www.intersig.net
www.signis.net
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SIGNIS Services Rome Palazzo San Calisto 00120 VATICAN C Phone: + 39 06 69 88 72 55 Fax: + 39 06 69 88 73 35 ssr@signis.net
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OUSMANE SEMBENE JURY Don Edkins
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Dagmaw Yimer
Born and grew up in Addis Ababa. He left his country after the 2005 post-election unrest in which hundreds of young people were killed and put in jail. After a long journey across the Sahara desert and the Mediterranean, he came ashore on the island of Lampedusa on 30 July 2006. In Rome, after having participated in a video-making workshop in 2007, he co-authored the film ‘The desert and the sea’ along with 5 other migrants. Subsequently he was co-director for the 2008 documentary film ‘Like a man on earth. He shot the documentary ‘C.A.R.A. ITALIA’ in 2009 and ‘Nothing but the sea’ in 2011, along with several other short films. 2013 ‘Va’ Pensiero, walking stories’. He has been living in Verona for the last couple of years with Chiara and their kids Ester and Admas.
Bernd Multhaup Born in 1952, studied architecture and urban design at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. During his studies, he put emphasis on innovative housing design and participative urban renewal. After graduation, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia and went then to Africa implementing residential,municipal and school projects in the context of German Development Cooperation. In 1988, he opened his own office in Berlin. A number of projects were realized such as residential and housing complexes, office and commercial buildings and conservation projects of listed heritage buildings and ensembles. He received several awards for his projects, as well for competition contributions in national and international competitions. Since 2001, here-engaged in international development cooperation: first as consultant for a major project at the holy sites in Makah (Saudi Arabia). From 2004 – 2009, he led a higher education reform in the field of engineering and applied sciences in Ethiopia. From 2009 – 2011, he was in charge for the renewal of the UNESCO World Heritage Cities inYemen. Since 2012, he is the head of the EAC – German Program to support the integration process in the East African Community. In addition to his professional work as architect and town planner, he devoted himself to teaching and research in Germany and overseas. He published numerous publications, conducted exhibitions and initiated series of lectures at several universities. He is a registered as architect in Berlin and due to his outstanding performance, he has been appointed for the Association of German Architects.
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South African documentary filmmaker and producer based in Cape Town. He produced the Southern African series on truth and reconcil ation Landscape of Memory (1998), and Steps for the Future (2001/04) – a collection of 38 films about Southern Africa in the time of HIV and AIDS. He was executive producer of the global documentary project Why Democracy? (2007) screened by 48 broadcasters, and executive producer on Why Poverty? (2012) with 8 long and 34 short documentary films screened globally by 70 broadcasters, with an extensive online and community outreach programme. He is executive producer of AfriDocs, the first weekly primetime documentary strand across sub-Saharan Africa, and has co-authored a book on documentary filmmaking .
– Steps by Steps.
WEDNESDAY: 18TH JUNE, 2014: 09:30 – 11:20 The Rwandan Night (107min), Rwanda/USA 11:20 – 12:30 We Never Give Up II (59min), South Africa/UK 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 14:45 Sodiq (44min), UK 14:50 – 15:50 One Step Beyond (56min), South Africa 15:50 – 16:20 Karamoja in the Eyes of ISSP (29min), Uganda 16:25 – 17:55 The Last Song Before the War (90min), USA THURSDAY: 19TH JUNE, 2014: 09:30 – 11:00 Comrade President (89min), Mozambique/ Zimbabwe 11:00 – 11:10 Little Town Bagamoyo (9min), Tanzania 11:15 – 11:45 Umunthu (30min), Malawi 11:50 – 12:10 Barua ya Nang’inyi to Namayani (16min), Tanzania 12:10 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 15:30 Body Games: Capoeira and Ancestry (87min), Namibia/Brasil/South Africa 15:30 – 16:30 Welcome to Loliondo (59min), Denmark 16:30 – 17:30 Va Pensieor (58min), Italy
East African Community (EAC) The five Partner States of the East African Community, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, share a common history and culture. They founded the East African Community (EAC) in order to pursue their vision of a prosperous, competitive, secure, stable and politically united East Africa. Their goal is to work together on economic, social, cultural and political matters in order to become more competitive in the global market, improve the conditions for domestic industries and increase trade and investment in the region, which in turn will improve the quality of life for all East Africans. Deutsche Gesellschaft f端r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) The Deutsche Gesellschaft f端r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a German federal enterprise with worldwide operations. Through our work we assist people and societies in shaping their own future and improving living conditions. GIZ cooperates with the Secretariat of the East African Community to strengthen public relations through improved EAC branding and training measures for East African journalists and film makers on the EAC integration process. In cooperation with EAC and the East African Film Network (EAFN), GIZ supports film trainings and awards for East African films on regional integration at ZIFF 2014 For the past 10 years, GIZ Tanzania sponsors the Ousmane-Sembene Award at ZIFF. The award honors feature films, documentaries or short-films on development in Africa.
Sembene Jury will include East African Community and two members from GIZ
Films for Development Awards
OUSMANE SEMBENE AWARD
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Bongo Movies AWARD
ZIFF 2014
Films in Competition are:
Witch Doctor Dir. Leah R. Mwendamseke
Twisted Dir.Vincent Kigosi
Kisate Dir. Jackson Kabirigi
Shikamoo Mzee Dir.Jacob Stephen
Shahada Dir.Issa Mussa
Foolish Age Dir. Chiddy Classic
Safari Dir. Single Mtambalike
Hard Price Dir.Vincent Kigosi
Gawa Dir. Mussa Banzi
Vanessa in Dilemma Dir.Saguda George
Fan’s Death Dir.Vincent Kigosi
Mimi na Mungu wangu Dir. Iddy Bigilwa
Bad Luck: Dir.Adam Kuambiana
Bado Natafuta Dir.Jacob Stephen
Money Talk Dir. Haji Adam
Lost Souls Dir.Bond Bin Suleiman
Dala dala Dir.Suleiman Barafu
Mwalimu nyerere Dir. Steve Mengele
Nguvu ya Imani Dir.Jackson Kabirigi
Kitendawili Dir. Single Mtambalike
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Bongo Movies is often described as “the Tanzanian answer to Nollywood”. Having emerged from the growth of Bongo Fleva music which has travelled across the East
Africa region, Bongo Movies Swahili base also gives the industry its basic market.These low budget films produced on shirt production cycles are targeted explicitly at local Tanzanian and/or Swahili-speaking audiences, complete with its own Star system. “Topics include, but are not limited to, the negotiation between traditional customs and modern life and interests, rural versus urban realities,materialism versus the care for family and community, Christianity and miracles, local myths and spiritual traditions.” At ZIFF 2014 we celebrate this cultural and economic phenomenon with a selection of 18 specifically nominated films vying for the 6 ZUKU Swahili Awards.
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FILM SCREENING
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON HOTEL -MADAFU HALL BONGO MOVIE/SWAHILI FILMS SUNDAY: 15TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 13:00 Hard Price (3:30hrs), Dir.Vincent Kigosi 13:00 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 17:20 Nyerere (3:00hrs), Dir.Steve Mengele 17:30 – 18:00 Zero (25min), Tanzania
MONDAY: 16TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 12:50 Money Talk (2:48hrs), Dir.Haji Adam 12:50 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 17:10 Mimi na Mungu wangu (3:10hrs), Dir. Iddy Bigilwa
TUESDAY: 17TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 13:00 Vanessa in Dilemma (3:30hrs), Dir. Saguda George 13:00 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:10 Kauva (2:10hrs), Dir. Yusuph Kissoki 16:20 – 18:40 Twisted (2:20hrs), Dir.Vincent Kigosi
WEDNESDAY: 18TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 12:30 Kisate (2:54hrs), Dir. Jackson Kabirigi 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:20 Gawa (2:20hrs), Dir. Mussa Banzi 16:20 – 18:37 Foolish Age (2:17hrs), Dir. Chiddy Classic
THURSDAY: 19TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 12:50 Witch Doctor (3:20hrs), Dir. Leah R. Mwendamseke 12:50 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:20 Safari (2:20hrs), Single Mtambalike 16:20 – 18:25 Fan’s Death (2:05hrs), Dir.Vincent Kigosi FRIDAY: 20TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 12:30 Nguvu ya Imani (2:48hrs), Dir.Jackson Kabirigi 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:20 Shikamoo Mzee (2:20hrs), Dir.Jacob Stephen 16:20 – 18:40 Kitendawili (2:20hrs), Dir.Single Mtambalike
SATUDAY: 21TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 12:35 Lost Souls (3:05hrs), Dir.Bond Bin Suleiman 12:35 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 17:30 Shahada (3:30hrs), Dir.Issa Mussa SUNDAY: 22ND JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 13:00 Bad Luck (3:30hrs), Dir. Adam Kuambiana 13:00 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 17:30 Dala dala (3:30hrs),
Dir.Suleiman Barafu
“Awards at ZIFF 2014 will be awarded to ,Swahili/ Bongo Movies by ZUKU:,Best Swahili Feature Film , Silver Dhow and ,Tshs 1 million from ZUKU,Best Actress in Swahili Film Award and Tshs 500,000 from ZUKU ,Best Actor in Swahili Film,Award and Tshs 500,000 from ZUKU,Best Best Director in Swahili Film,Award and Tshs 500,000 from ZUKUPeople’s Choice Award for Swahili Film and Award and Tshs 500,000 from ZUKU.”
Bongo Movie Jury Catherine Njari Catherine Njari is the Head of Entertainment Channels at Wananchi Programming Ltd. She is tasked with managing content acquisitions, and overseeing thestrategic, tactical and operational management of 9 Zuku owned channels taking into account supply dynamics and audience relationship. Prior to joining Wananchi Programming, Catherine held management and acquisition positions in several companies including Royal Media Services (Citizen TV), Nation Media Group (NTV) and Express Media She has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from USIU and a Masters in Strategic Management from University of Nairobi. Notable is her two years as Programming Manager for Citizen TV, where she was part of the team that successfully repositioned the station in 2006 and developed programming strategies to keep the station competitive.
Bilha Olimba
Bilha Olimba is the Channel Coordinator for Zuku Swahili, the very first 24 hour channel showcasing Swahili Films in East Africa. She is tasked with the tactical and operational management of the channel taking into account strategy, markets needs, trends and audience behaviour.
Prior to joining Wananchi Programming Ltd, Bilha worked for Benchmark Productions Limited as an Editor. She is a graduate of Kenya Institute of Mass Communication with a lot of experience in the film industry
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CRITICAL JOURNALISM WORKSHOPS AT ZIFF 2014 COLLABORATION WITH TANZANIA MEDIA FUND (TMF)
Workshops, Forum, Exhibitions & Conferences
15th -18th June 2014 :09:30 -17:30 Double Tree by Hitlon ,stone Twon -Bahari Hall The Zanzibar International Film Festival in Collaboration with The Tanzania Media Fund will organize a 4-day, in-service training program for 10 Tanzanian Journalists with a minimum of threetwo years’ experience in analysis, investigative reporting, political and culture criticism. The workshop aims at bringing together practicing media journalists around issues of common interest in advancing critical and investigative journalism. It will provide an opportunity for a critical and constructive analysis of the use of social media (Blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook) to reach new audiences, establish beneficial conversations with end users, strengthen brand identity, establish thought leadership, and drive web traffic and building communities. During our last training workshops amongst some of the key comments was the desire by the participants to get time to practice their newly learnt skills within the festival environment. This time around we invite 10 journalists to ZIFF and provide them with a critical, analytical and cultural context for them to practise a range of multimedia journalism within the creative media industries available during ZIFF. This would give them the opportunity to acquire and develop key journalistic skills(writing, research, multimedia production).The journalists will put those skills into practice in two core modules: Professional Practice and in a Major Project where they will be required to submit their work for either a multimedia production, feature writing portfolio, investigative journalism package or video news/audio production.
STORYTELLING AND FILM SCRIPT WRITING
19th -21th June 2014 :09:30 -17:30 Double Tree by Hitlon ,stone Twon -Bahari Hall Storytelling is a very creative endeavour. From childhood we find fun in playing and in that way develop ways in telling stories. As we grow we learn even to tell lies and those are also stories we learn to develop. When we tell stories in film we however have a different focus- we focus on the audience, the timespan we have and the other elements that support storytelling like dialogue, performance, sound and visual design. How we bring ourselves to the story, through that which inspired our creativity is also a measure of how we tell our stories. Filmmakers from East Africa (3 from each country- Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania) will attend the workshop to be held between 18-21 June, This workshop will help the participants to discuss and develop their ideas, turn them into compelling stories in the genre of their choice or that which the trainers might suggest. The workshop will follow the following structure: • Breaking down the Story: Small group sessions with the Trainers focusing on breaking the story of several projects– Day 1 • One-on-one sessions with Creative Advisors, providing focused feedback on pilot scripts and season one story arcs – Day 2 • Presentations/Conversations: Pitching, followed by small group feedback sessions –Day 3 Time-Off discussions with the trainers might also look into the Business of Developing film scripts The workshop is funded by the East African community in collaboration with the GIZ. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a German federal enterprise with worldwide operations. GIZ cooperates with the Secretariat of the East African Community to strengthen public relations through improved EAC branding and training measures for East African journalists and film makers on the EAC integration process. In cooperation with EAC and the East African Film Network (EAFN), GIZ supports film trainings and awards for East African films on regional integration at ZIFF 2014. To be facilitated by biyi bividele (Half of Ayellow Sun)
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Seif Soud is a Zanzibari born and bred artist who began performing his craft in 1999 in the Ngome Kongwe Art Precinct in Stonetown, Zanzibar. It was in 2000 when he came to the attention of art lovers through an exhibition held under the ZIFF Arts Exhibition during the Festival. In 2007 he was selected to attend an international art workshop in Mauritius and from then on he has collaborated and participated in local and international art Exhibitions and Workshops in South Africa, Mauritius, Uganda, USA and of course in Tanzania. In this exhibition he paints sites and images that are inspired by Swahili cultural materials, colours and living which he fuses to create a lasting impact on the viewer. A rare and important African artists of the future. SISYGAMBIS FROM THE MEDITERANEAN TO THE INDIAN OCEAN
19th-22nd June ,2014: 10:00 -17:30 Venue: Old Customs House /DCMA
Trance and rhythmsPremiering at Marseille-Provence Culture European Capital 2013 installation – performance at the Villa Méditerranée on October 12thand13th 2013, at 8.30 p.m. With this creation on 3 screens, Christine Coulange achieves a long-term multimedia work : 5 years of travel, sound recording, sound and images composition while following musicians, rites and ceremonies in the deserts and the villages, in the islands and the cities all along this big geographic arc which joins up the Mediteranean sea and the Indian Ocean. It is long journey across the Spice Road, a wide crossing full of sonorous images, rhythms from Egypt to Laos and Malaysia, through Tanzania, Kenya, the Comoros and Zanzibar. We follow the vital lead of rituals, rare and powerful, overwhelming landscapes, every day’s life details... Eyes and ears open to actions and rhythms, to collective ritual practice, to body language, to echoing threnodies, Sisygambis sew together traditional music and surrounding sounds to their own electronic compositions. Transported by trance music and seams from ancestral and contemporary cultures, the film makers-composers want to transmit through musical and visual sampling the power of gestures, the singularity of ordinary and extraordinary voices, the strength and the beauty of men and women at the other end of our common world.
THE ZUKU SCRIPTWRITING WORKSHOP 19th -21th June ,2014 :09:30-17:30 In April 2014 ZUKU announce its desire to commission feature length Swahili films for broadcast on Zuku Swahili Movies, the only TV channel dedicated to showcasing the best of Swahili films 24/7. From this competition 5 selected scripts will undergo development during ZIFF 2014 at a 3-day workshop to be held between 19th and 21st June 2014. A few other participants will be invited at a first come first served basis. The workshop will focus on various aspects of screenwriting including aspects of directing including visualisation of the writing aspects of Concept, Originality, Premise, Structure, Plot, Conflict, Logic, Pace, Tone, Character, Dialogue, Theme, Style, and Budget. The training will be conducted by experienced and professional and established names from Hollywood and Tanzania. These are unique workshops where professionals from across East Africa will interact with established names from the Bongo movies film industry. Zuku Swahili Movies is a premium movie channel tailor made for all audiences within the East African region. The channel seeks to respond to strong consumer demand for Africa-produced and Africa-themed programming and prides itself on the quality of its output. The selected scripts will undergo development with renowned film directors and script writers: • Mitchell Peck (Hollywood Producer of 3 studio movies) • Nick Broomfield( Big and Tupac) • Martin Mhando (Maangamizi) • Daniel Nyalusi (filmmaker )
Workshops, Forum, Exhibitions & Conferences
"SWAHILI GIFT" AN EXHIBITION BY SEIF SOUD Monday 16th - 22nd June(09:30-17:30) DoubleTree Hilton
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AFRIKA TUTAFIKA EXHIBITION
Organic Henna Body Art Workshop Tradition . Culture . History . Art Exhibition. Skill. Fun. Memorable
Workshops, Forum, Exhibitions & Conferences
Have you ever wanted to learn the art of Henna?
Then why not take this opportunity to bring out your creative side and join our fantastic
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workshop where we will teach you the foundations and reveal the secrets and tips of Henna art that will leave you geared with a skill for life.
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Everyone is different and Hurumzi Henna Art Gallery’s aim is to bring out the creativity within you and encourage you to build your own unique style in Henna.
• Learn about this centuries old tradition and its unique history with Zanzibar
• Learn about the Henna plant
• How to make the Henna paste and cone
• Acquire useful tips and techniques from Zanzibar’s leading Henna artists themselves
• Create your own unique pattern to take home using organic henna paste and recycled paper.
• Enjoy a relaxing fun filled activity in our serene studio overlooking the streets of mystical streets of Stonetown.
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Working for and with you for the coastal and marine environment of the WIO The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) was established in 1993 as a regional professional, non-profit, membership organisation. WIOMSA is dedicated to promoting the educational, scientific and technological development of all aspects of marine sciences throughout the Western Indian Ocean region (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar,Seychelles, Mauritius, and Reunion (France)), with a view toward sustaining the use and conservation of its marine resources. WIOMSA has a particular interest in linking the knowledge that emerges from research to the management and governance issues that affect marine and coastal ecosystems in the region.
WIOMSA’s Vision
By 2020, WIOMSA will be widely recognized as a leader in promoting the development of marine and coastal science professionals, advancing marine and coastal science and promoting the conservation and sustainable development of the coastal and marine environment.
Current Annual Membership fees
Individual USD 50 Associate USD 100 Institutional (10 or less members) USD 500 Institutional (11-20 members) USD1000Institutional (20 or more members) USD 1 500
For further information contact The WIOMSA Secretariat P.O Box 3298,Zanzibar,United Republic of Tanzania Tel: +255 24 2233472/2234597 Fax: +255 24 2233852
VILLAGE PANORAMA The
Village Panorama is an integral part of the ZIFF that involves different villages on the islands of Unguja and Pemba through cultural and artistic activities. A total of fifteen villages will participate in the festival and contribute to the cultural performances and activities. The overall objective of the program is to bring together various groups of people in the community to share experience and talents as well as skills development and also celebrate Zanzibari cultural and moral ethics. Four village clusters will participate in the festival ie. Kiwengwa in North District, Mpapa Central District, Mbuyuni South District and Meli-4 West District. The activities are organized in the form of workshops, seminars and edutainment. Film shows are held in the evening first for children and then for adults after 8.30 pm. Activities that aim at developing skills start three days prior to the festival event equipping participants with organizational skills. A number of programs will be undertaken again this year. These include:
Voluntary Counselling and Testing
The exercise takes place in all clusters including a health talk on the importance of VCT, the advantages and disadvantages of not having this type of services to the entire community and encouraging voluntary testing. This program is run in collaboration with International Population Services (IPS) Tanzania
Women, tourism and the Environment:
In collaboration with WIOMSA we accommodate this activity in the village panorama where the primary beneficiaries are located.
Mobile Village Screenings
Besides the two cinemas of Chake and Wete in Pemba, film screenings will also be conducted in villages through mobile film facilities. The films will be carefully selected in order to give village people knowledge of issues related to their environments as well as for their edutainment. Steps International will provide films from the internationally acclaimed Why Poverty? series for circulation in villages in Zanzibar and Pemba.
Village Panorama
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MUSIC PERFOMING ARTS HABIB KOITE
H abib won Festival in
first prize at the Voxpole Perpignan, France, which earned him enough money to finance the production of two songs. One ofthose tracks, “Cigarette A Bana (The Cigarette is Finished)” was a hit throughout West Africa. After the release of anothersuccessful single entitled, “Nanalé (The Swallow),” Habib received the prestigious Radio France International (RFI)Discoveies prize. This award made it possible for the group to undertake their first tour outside of Africa during the summer of 1994.In 2007 the band was on the road to present their new album « Afriki » but also for a spécial project : the multi media show « Desert Blues » with Tartit and Afel Bocoum for the opening of the Museum of Quai Branly in Paris For 2008, new adventures for Habib and the Bamada ; a mandinguo opera created in collaboration Mondomiw and with 2.500 enfants in the South fo France who learned some songs written by Habib and presented in nice venues like the Palace of the Festival in Cannes. After the big success, they made it again the year after in 2009. They also made a exciting tour of 2 months in West Africa in collaboration with the French Cultural Center. 2010 : After tours in Europe, Abu Dhabi & USA, they are preparing the new project of Acoustic Africa who will be presented in Europe and Usa with Oliver Mtukudzi and Afel Bocoum around Habib. The tours are planned for Fall 2010 – Spring 2011.
A.Y
Began his musical career at the tender age of ten. While in primary school he participated in talent searches andfrequently entertained guests at parties and weddings. - In 1996 while in high school he formed a group with his friends called S.O.G. it had three members including A.Y.They recorded an album and released it in the year 2000. Career… In 2001 A.Y. decided to go solo and recorded his first solo album ‘Raha Kamili’. The first single off the album ‘Raha Tu’(Pure Joy) was a huge success and topped the charts both on radio and T.V. and introduced A.Y. Another hit single ‘Habari Ndio hiyo’ (that is the news)is currently number 10 on the radio express chart-Africa. 2010 Nominated for Best Video and Best Reggae Song at Kili Music Awards,Best Video at Teen Xtra Music Awars, ,Artiste of the Year,Best African Collaboration,Best East Africa song of the Year,Best Hip Hop Song,Best Male Artiste.
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SAUTI SOLE
Sauti
Sol is a Kenyan Afro-pop band from Nairobi comprising members; Bien Aime Baraza (vocals & guitar), Polycarp Otieno (guitar),Willis Austin Chimano (vocals, saxophone & keytar) and Delvin Mudigi (vocals, percussion & drums) formed in 2005.Starting off as an a-Capella group,Bien, Chimano and Delvin previously met in Upper Hill high school where they performed in Voices in the Light, a high school music group. After that stint, the trio met guitarist Polycarp at Alliance Française, where they would frequent and decided to form Sauti (Swahili for voice) and immediately wrote their first song, Mafunzo ya Dunia (Life Lessons) that would later feature in their first album, Mwanzo, which is Swahili for “beginning”, which was released in August, 2009.Their second album, Sol Filosofia, was released in February, 2011.The band has had successful tours in Europe as well as in Africa, topped Kenyan charts and gained international attention with shows in Europe and the US, as well as television appearances, various nominations, including their 2011 celebrated concert performance in Kenya with Lady smith Black Mambazo (Internationally renowned South African a cappella group). In June 2012, Sauti Sol released ‘Sauti Sol’, a self-titled EP and collaborative effort with South African avant-garde innovative rapper/producer Spoek Mathambo.On 29th April 2014 the band released “Nishike” which caused a lot of uproar on the media due to its steamy content and this led to the song not being played on most local TV stations.
INNOCENT NGANYAGWA
Didier Awadi
TAMADUNI MUSIC
Without a shadow of a doubt, Didier Awadi is the most prominent artist to have emerged from Africa’s Francophone Rap scene. Awadi, Who won RFI’s “Musiques du Monde” award in 2004, has established himself as a veritable pioneer, pushing back borders and opening new paths for a sound which has, in recent years, been adopted as the music of an entire generation of African youth and their counterparts across the world.Working as part of the group, Positive Black Soul, Awadi has recorded a stack of acclaimed and accomplished albums, open to influences from Europe and the United States. Both artist and entrepreneur, he is artistic productor, film director, and Studio Sankara group’ s boss.Studio Sankara was born in Dakar in 2003 under the leadership of rapper Didier Awadi to satisfy his desire for economic and artistic independence. Studio Sankara group is an audiovisual and phonographic production company but also a communication agency, events, sound system, and security team, whose motto is “Dare inventing the future” creed of Captain Thomas Sankara (Burkina Faso President 1983 ‐ 1987). More than a company, Studio Sankara is an integrates entrepreneurship project and self development.Awadi is the best imaginable example of a generation who have skifully combined the wonders of modern technology with the traditional culture of their ancestors. Awadi has fed this powerful mix into his dynamic rap, creating a,music based on genuine roots and consciousness‐raising messages. In short, Didier Awadi is not afraid to stand up and speak out to the world because he knows he’s got something to say that we need to hear!
MZUNGU KICHAA
Mzungu Kichaa aka Espen Sørensen is a Danish singer and musician. He was born in Denmark, but grew up in Tanzania, where his parents worked in the field of Development Cooperation. They went there when he was six years old. In Tanzania he learned to speak Swahili fluently and later on he got involved in music and particularly in the production of Bongo Flava at Bongo Records. The latest outcome of his interest in East African music is his first solo album “Tuko Pamoja”.The album was first released in East Africa, but after getting airplay on several European radio stations it was also released in Europe in May 2009. The songs of the album, like “Jitolee” (feat. Professor Jay) or “Wajanja” are all in Swahili, the language mainly used in East African Bongo Flava.The lyrics of the songs focus on social problems in Tanzania, like poverty. Sørensen did a three-weeks promotion tour for his album in February 2009, mainly in Tanzania and Kenya, but he also performed in Denmark with the backing group ReCulture.The single Jitolee has been a hit in Tanzania and Kenya.
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THE SITI BINT SAAD PAVILION
Siti
binti Saad has been are individual in Swahili culture. Apart from being the first Tanzania woman to have a biography written on her, and by none other than Tanzania’s world renowned author Shaaban Robert, Siti was the first woman to record her music back in 1928 and even then become a true East African music mega star. She is reputed to have sung and have pennd for her (she could not read and write, over 1000 Taarab songs, poems and children games. This year ZIFF joins hands with the Taasisi ya Mwanaharakati Siti Bint Saad (The Siti Bint Saad Institute) and the Dhow Culture Music Academy to bring to the community a variety of events that signify the living Zanzibari culture that our ancestor Siti Bint Saad espoused. Everyday at the Forodhani Gardens there will be a number of activities and artistic events targeting the general audience and of course festival visitors.Ranging from theatre to or chestral music performances,children games to poetry sessions the Institute will attempt to give the community a renewed feeling of worth and importance that our first music megastar Bibi Siti Bint Saad so symbolises.
SITI BINT SAAD
Forodhani Gardens Stonetown
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILM PANORAMA 2014 VENUE: HAMAMNI HIGH SCHOOL. GOMBANI - PEMBA, DUNGA TEACHERS CENTRE, KITOGANI TEACHERS CENTRE AND MKWAJUNI TEACHERS CENTRE SATURDAY: 14TH JUNE, 2014 09:00 -11:00 14:00 -17:00
School: Langoni, Jang’ombe, Forodhani - Grade III Films: The Flame and The Cotton Ball (24Min) School: Kianga, Muungano, Nyerere, Kizimbani - Grade II. Films: Love Thy Game (41Min), Mazingira salama (15Min)
SUNDAY: 15TH JUNE, 2014 09:00 -11:00
14:00-17:00
School: Fuoni, Kwerekwe A,B,C,H - Grade III . School: Dunga, Machui, Mwera - Grade II Films: Nepoli (25min), Bella (78min) School : Wazazi, Sebleni, Kwerekwe C,D,E,F,G - Grade II School: Kiboje, Dunga, Kiembeni, Jendele - Grade II. Films: The Present (17min), Antboy (77min)
MONDAY: 16TH JUNE 2014 09:00 -11:00
14:00-17:00
School: Kajificheni, Darajani - Grade II School: Bambi,Kidimni, Ubago - Grade II Film: Kinyarwanda(12Min), Mazingira Salama (15Min), Isano (23min), Lion Lights School: Mwenge, Legezamwendo, Nyerere - Grade III. School: Dunga, Machui, Koani - Grade II . Film: One step beyond (47Min), Antboy (77min)
TUESDAY: 17TH JUNE, 2014 09:00 -11:00 School: Kidutani, St.Monica, Glorious Sateni - Grade I School: Madungu ,Wawi, Shamiani - Grade III. Film: Kinyarwanda (12Min), Kazi ni Kazi (9Min), Buricheka, Mazingira Salama (15Min) 14:00-17:00
School: Haile, Kiponda, Vikokotoni - Grade III. School: Furaha, Pondeani, Chachani - Grade II. Film: Buricheka, Mazingira Salama (15Min), One Step Beyond (47Min)
WEDNESDAY: 18TH JUNE, 2014 09:00 -11:00 School: Bububu A&B, Francis Marie - Grade II. School: Paje, Unguja Kuu - Grade II School: Machomane, Chanjamjawiri - Grade I Film: Antboy (77min), Flame and the cotton ball (24 min), Kalumekenge (7Min), Bongo kids (12min), Lion Lights 14:00-17:00 School: Kisiwandui, Mkunazini - Grade II. School: Paje, Kitogani, Muyuni - Grade III. School: Michakaeni A & B, Madungu A & B Grade II.Film: Antboy (77min), Isano (23min). THURSDAY: 19TH JUNE, 2014 09:00 -11:00 School: Mwembeladu, Tumekuja, Ben bela - Grade III School: Pete,Kibuteni,School leaders -Grade III School: Mkwajuni, Donge, Fukuchani - Grade II. Film: The contest-to the Stars and back (95min), Buricheka, Mazingira Salama (15Min), One Step Beyond (47Min), Bella (107min) 14:00-17:00 School: Government leaders, Kikungwi, Unguja Kuu - Grade III School: closing Pemba, Kiwengwa, Kinduni, Gamba Grade III. Film:One Step Beyond (47Min), Kalumekenge (7Min), Bella (107min) FRIDAY: 20TH JUNE, 2014 09:00 -11:00 School: Kigunda, Potoa, Pale - Grade II. Film: Kalumekenge (7Min), Bella (107min) 14:00 -17:00 School:Mahonda,Kitope, Kinyasini,Nungwi Grade III. Film:Thecontest-to the Stars and back(95min)Ant Malaria Prevention Tree (15min) SATURDAY: 21ST JUNE, 2014 15:00 -17:30 Closing day at Mambo Club.
ZIFF SPECIAL GUESTS
NICK BROOMFIELD
studied law at cardiff, and political science at essex university .He then went on to study
film at the National Film School, Under Professor Colin Young.Nick first got interested aged 15 when discovering his love for photography on a foreign exchange visit in France .A great way strike up conversations ,and agreat excuse to ask questions about the world around you He made his first WHO CARES about slum clearance in Liverloop ,while at University by borrowing a wind up Bolex camera and shooting it short ends.Broomfield casully explodes tha frgile construct of the objective documentary in favour of a helpless absurdism totally in true with our times.The tenets of an entire genre are implicity mocked, He leaves in what others are trained to take out and doesn’t appear to possess a traditional viewpoint which explains why he angers liberals and conservatives alike.
FIRDOZE BULBULIA
Firdoze is a director, producer, writer and educator. The initial part of her career saw her actively involved as an activit in women and children movements using theatre and art as mediums of expression and for conflict resolution. She was involved in the establishment of the South African Charter on Children Rights. Her focus later involved television production with a strong emphasis on “development” and empowerment. Firdose as chairperson or volunteer in many projects and associations is an ardent campaigher for peace and democracy
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Richard Mofe Damijo
A Nigerian actor and politician. In 2005 he won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a
Leading Role. Since January 2009 he is the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria.He has featured in several movies including the Guiness film with Michael Power where he played Mr President.
Faith Isiakpere (BA – Film & Television Production, West Surrey College of Art and Design, UK- 1978) Worked internationally for many broadcasters including Thames TV, Channel 4, Central TV, and as a Senior Producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as well as other major television networks both in Europe and the US. He is A Life Member of the British Academy of Film and TelevisionArts (BAFTA). His notable achievements have been a series of documentaries including a six- part special ‘Black Britain’(1988-1990) a look at the black immigrant population. Faith continues to offer his vast knowledge and expertise to broadcasters, film makers and youth –where being an executive and broadcast entrepreneur and
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ZIFF SPECIAL GUESTS Desmond Elliot
Mohamed Atef
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Nigerian actor and director, who has starred in over two hundred films and a number of television shows and soap operas. He has risen from being a star actor to one of the most outstanding Nollywood actors of his generation with a rack of awards to his credit.
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Faouzi Bensaïdi
Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film A Thousand Months was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and Death for Sale his latest flick in 2013.
Florence Masebe
A South African actress and television presenter best known for
her role as Humbulani in the SABC2 soapie Muvhango, from 2004-2009. In 2011 she played the lead role of Sis Noni in the eleventh season of the SABC1 AIDS drama series Soul City and Elelwani in 2012.
Nadia Buari
A prolific Ghanaian actress. She received two nominations for Best
Actress in a Leading Role at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2007 and 2009.In 2013, Nadia’s directorial debut; Diary of Imogen Brown received a lot of hype in the media and was premiered across Africa.
Amr Waked
A n Egyptian film, television, and stage actor, known for his roles portraying Middle Eastern and Mediterranean characters. He is best known to international audiences and in Hollywood as the terrorist leader in the 2005 film Syriana.He stars and directed the popular Egyptian film, Winter of Discontent.
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Critic from Egypt. Member of Egyptian Film Critics Association (E.F.C.A) and Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics. He writes in many Egyptian, Arab and international printed and online publications in Arabic, English and French such as: Al Ahram Hebdo, Al Bedaiah (Egypt) and Al Doha (Qatar). He also moderate the activities of many film clubs in Egypt and member of Ismalia International Film Festival for Documintaries and Shorts selection committee. MohamedAtef participated in many filmmaking workshops in Egypt and abroad and has a spicial concern about the alternative cinema.
Prof.Phd. Waleed Seif
Egyptian
critic & Scriptwriter.Chairman of Tv&Cinema department in Egyptian Art Criticism Institute.Born in 1961.Got Ph. D in film drama 1998.Editor in cheif Afaq Elcinema serial of Studies.Delivered lectures in scriptwriting & criticism in many faculties in Egypt and Russia. Former chairman of Alexandria film festival 2012, director of Film Society Festival 2008, chairman of cinema cultural palace2003:2006.Wrote scripts for 15 long feature films among them (Algrag) Which got 28 international prizes.His articles are published in many newspapers as alAhram and Alkahera.Has written more than ten books in film criticism& script writing.
Mitchell Peck
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Hollywood producer who has produced 3 studio movies (Crooked Arrows (2012), Priest (2011) and Bio-Dome (196), all based on screenplays which he developed with aspiring screenwriters from outside the Hollywood system – like the writers from Tanzania. He has also made a dozen studio development deals based on scripts/treatments/pitches I developed with first-time, unrepresented screenwriters from outside the Hollywood system. And most recently, last month another script he developed with a first-time screenwriter was selected for the prestigious Sundance Screenwriters Lab; He successfully placed the unrepresented writer with top literary agency, Resolution; and the highly-esteemed Blacklist website is doing a feature article on Mitchell Peck as a screenwriter-friendly producer. Additionally, he was honored to serve as a Judge in the elite UCLA Screenwriters showcase.For 20 years as a movie producer, he has specialized in working with aspiring writers from outside the Hollywood system -- developing their screenplays, and successfully guiding them into top literary agency representation, studio deals, and produced movies.
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WOMEN PANORAMA
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS WITH WIOMSA AND STEPS INTERNATIONAL
Panoramas are a platform where we share with other organisations to project our ideals of:
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Raising public awareness in underprivileged areas: The festival targets audiences in areas that are geographically and/ or socially underprivileged. With this program these audiences are made aware of the expression and the content of films from different geographical locations and the issues that affect the whole world. •
Education and raising awareness among culture professionals: Culture professionals working within East Africa are to be made aware of issues in disseminating films and the activities of ZIFF in providing a structure they can use to lobby public authorities.
In 2014 ZIFF proposes a collaborative project covering a number of aspects/ projects.
FILM AND AWARENESS
For community involvement and Awareness of issues through film. This year we propose to show films with a focus on two critical aspects to society: The Environment and Poverty. We have received films that have been dubbed/subtitled in Kiswahili and we want to use these to discuss the two contemporary issues of the impact of the abuse of the environment. The films include:
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Solar Mamas Stealing Africa Land Rush Welcome to the World
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WOMEN
Advancing entrepreneurship of small businesses through a 2 day Workshop. We want to encourage all women in any value chain to understand their role in their individual and group’s development, through the involvement of WIOMSA’s led or supported groups eg Seaweed farming. The key to enhancing entrepreneurship amongst village women is to provide them with access to know-how and technologies and some form of credit. This project aims to upgrade some street business women to enhance their entrepreneurial and business skills whether in artisanal production or household level business.
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SOKO ENVIRONMENT
An Edu-tainment spot that would create a space where women can do business, interact, be entertained and learn about Gender Based Violence (GBV) in an engaging manner. We plan to create a spot outside the Soko Film Venue during ZIFF where women business can sell and market their products, they can also be exposed to other people who might be interested in their businesses as well as a venue where the women would interact, do some henna painting or braiding while conversing other women. Some performances in music, poetry etc could also be held. This is where we also expect discussions on GBV could take place in a free and friendly environment.
EVENTS 14TH JUNE, 2014: 15:00 – 18:00 Opening Parade from Malindi to Old Fort 15TH JUNE, 2014: 14:00 – 17:30 Dhow Race at Tembo Hotel Beach 16TH JUNE, 2014: From 14:00 onwards Puppet show and Discussion on GBV Venue: House of Wonders Ground 18TH JUNE, 2014: From 14:00 onwards Mrembo Tips and Trick Venue: House of Wonders Ground 19TH JUNE, 2014: From 15:00 onwards - Women Fashion show Venue: House of Wonders Ground 20TH JUNE, 2014: From 10:00 onwards - Music Performance Venue: House of Wonders Ground 21ST JUNE, 2014: From 14:30 onwards Kidumbak Performance and Session up cycling Venue: House of Wonders Ground 22ND JUNE, 2014: From 14:00 onwards Talks on Female professions Venue: House of Wonders Ground
ZIFF AND ECO-TOURISM This year ZIFF has also focused on tourism through supporting issues of the environment and how they affect people’s lives and the habitat. Through a collaboration with Colors of Zanzibar ZIFF also becomes a platform not only for awareness but also for change and practice. We collaborate in creating sustainable low impact tourism and ecological tourism.
The ZIFF Tours During the festival we plan to offer specialized packages of tours catering for those who wish to know more about the culture and history of Stone town, the World Heritage Site or to those of Zanzibar the Island from an sustainability perspective.Colors of Zanzibar is a tour operator in Zanzibar organizing nature excursions, city tours, historical tours, cultural tours, snorkeling, dolphin tours, Pemba tours, diving, kite surfing and fishing. 31
O U R H O S T AT E V E N T S Crystal Leigh Endsley Is currently Assistant Professor in Africana Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC. Crystal Leigh was recently honored as the Sojourner Truth speaker by George Mason University for her social justice work.Recognized by Cosmopolitan Magazine as a “Fun, Fearless Female,”Crystal Leigh is part performer, part professor, and she serves her community as an internationally acclaimed spoken word artist, activist, and actor. identity with themes such as feminist pedagogy,race,and popular culture;HipHop and cultural production as activism and the connections between academic/home communities, motherhood and knowledge production. Find Dr. Crystal Leigh at: www.crystalleigh.com or @drcrystalleigh.
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A STORY ABOUT WEDY 2 Excited to start work at Quirky TV as Simone Davies’personal assistant, Wendy proves that she is dedicated and efficient. When Wendy inadvertently discovers information that reveals what really happened to Simone’s previous assistants, Wendy realizes that her life is in danger.
Trinidad and Tobago | 2014 | 64min | Directed :- Joyce M.Chavula
SOBOKWE :A GREAT SOUL The work of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe remains mostly undocumented therefore his legacy a mystery for today’s generation. However, one event remains synonymous with his name and that is the Sharpville Massacre of 1961, whose legacy feeds into Human Rights day today.
S.Africa | 2014, 100min | Directed:- Mickey M. Dude
A TASTE OF RAIN Rachel struggles to survive a drought that has hit her farm and her life. A waterdiviner brings dramatic changes to her life. She is confronted with a desert deep within herself and discovers a way to survive.
Namibai | 2013 | 93min | Directed:- Richard Pakleppa
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ABOUT HER The film is set in kampala Uganda.it is about Mirembe an urban carefree young woman who loves to interfere in the lives of those around her .Everything is perfect until her new project Harriet the new girl at work ,threatens to turn her well ordered life upside down.
Uganda |2013 | 60 min | Director:- Louella N.Kibuka
B’ELLA The film is about true friendships, unrequited romantic advances, school bullying, the desire to be modern, teacher-student relationships and how these impact both the students and the teachers, peer pressure, the impact of stigma and discrimination that comes with HIV/AIDS, the plight of child headed families, and how strong-mindedness and the desire to do right will always prevail.
Malawi | 2014| 107 min | Director:- T.Nkonjera
COMMITTED A chance meeting between a man being pressured to propose to his girlfriend and a runaway bride.
Cyprus |2014 | 90 min | Director:- Stelana Kliris
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FORMA
KHUMBA
One day, Ayako Kaneshiro is reunited with her former classmate Yukari Hosaka. She invites her to join her company, and she accepts. However, Ayako begins to treatYukari coldly and act strangely around her. Yukari feels increasingly pressured, but Ayako has her reasons. The pent-up hatred within her deepens the darkness in her heart. To confirm her own feelings, Ayako confronts Yukari. Their conflicting emotions intertwine... What lies at theend of this cycle of hatred?
Life is not all black and white for rhumba ,a young zebra born with only half his stripes. when his superstitious herd blame him for the sudden drought affecting the land ,Khumba teams up with a sassy wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich to find the legendary waterhole where the first zebras got their stripes. on his Daring quest across the Great Karoo desert ,Khumba meets a host of quirky characters and comes face to face with a tyrannical leopard in an epic battle to earn is stripes.
Japan |2013 | 145 min | Director:- Ayumi Sakamoto
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths.As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Niger/UK | 111 min | Director:- Biyi Bandele
HE HURTS ME Salama was in a very abusive situation after the death of her parents; she was humiliated and raped by her uncle who was supposed to protect her because he was the only guardian remaining. She conceived and being frustrated and end up with psychological torture. After counseling she manages to accept her son and start new life. Tanzania | 2012 | 95 min | Director:- HILDA NGAJA
South Africa |2013 | 85 min | Directed:- Anthony silverston
KING’S VIRGIN
The Kingdom of Swande ,Cerebrated the King’s birthday each year and the new virgin was given to him .this year he choose a virgin who is deep in love with the king’s servants and conflicts break out.
Uganda |2013 | 94 min | Director:- Makibine Joe
KWANINI
He’s from a place so old it’s been called the cradle of mankind. She’s led a privileged life in America without hardship or pain. Together these two unlikely friends embark upon a journey from the heights of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the depths of an AIDS ravaged village where even the smallest children become outcasts at the mere hint of the disease and malaria is an ever-present threat. As Venance and Kristen experience the ancient culture, heart-breaking poverty, and eternal spirituality of Venance’s motherland, the ability of the Tanzanian people to love, dream, and persevere in the face of overwhelming hardship triggers a life-changing transformation in Kristen-one that brings her face to face with her own mortality and will ultimately cause thousands of lives to be saved. USA |2014 | 102 min | Director:- Sylvia Cminer
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LITTLE HERO Behnam Mahmoudi has been know as the first teenage martyr in imposing war between Iran and Iraq. When Iraq’s army began their invasion to khormashahr,he along with people of the city to resist against them
IRAN |2012| 83 min | Director:- Sadegh S.Dghighi
MOTHER OF GEORGE Adenike and Ayodele, a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, are having trouble conceiving a child - a problem that defies cultural expectations and leads Adenike to make a shocking decision that could either save or destroy her family.
USA/Nigeria | 2013 | 107 min | Director:- Andrew Dosummu
NO MORE TEAR Regina Banda and Chigomezgo Kabata are best of best of friends who go long way back .at 20 years old, they already have thriving careers .but while chi go is relatively happy and about to marry her boyfriend Ronald Langwe,Ginas dad is critically ill which result in Gina giving up her job and putting her life on hold just take care of her ailing father who later dies Now she is orphan after losing her mother way back… Malawi |2013 | 80 min | Directed:- Anthony silverston
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STRUGGLE TO THE UNKNOWN DESTINY Is one of the untold stories of which before the age of 10 year Waku the beautiful village girl, with will power struggle and divorced simultaneously three old men namely Kuga ,Bura and Mwesa. Despit Tina’s conspiracy ,Waku married Eli, the love of her after completing her education at Bugaki Girls School.
Tanzania, 2013 | 140 min | Directed:-Deborah Nyakirangani
THE DISTANT BOAT A young man’s life changes forever after a life-threatening encounter on the Kenyan coast. Now he must risk his job, his love, and his future for something even more important.
Kenya | 2011| 108min | Director:- Andy Brown
THE LAST WINTER Baji and headman are the sole survivors of an isolated village . that is going under the water little by little . They are the only companion & confidant of one another, who are waiting for their travelers. One night haphazardly & due to constraints of nature , they stay away from each other & Baji is left alone at home . The headman does his best to pass through the snow while Baji, all alone in the village, is knitting the last part of her story on the cloth Iran| 2013 | 75 min | Director:- Salem Salavati
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Long features
TURN (Bngvel) Turn is a real-life story of Phally, a Cambodian man struggling against the odds to be a good husband and father. Never being able to provide enough for his card-playing wife, he heads to the big city in search of better employment opportunities, only to find the more he earns, the more he spends. Numbing out with beer and girls, he comes to a point of crisis that shakes him up, and he becomes determined to make amends. Cambodia/Australia 2012 | 95 min | Director:-Owen Beck
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Documentaries
BEING THERE Being There, is an exerimental documentary on the fates of Africans from Togo and Nigeria who have lived in Europe and have been deported. Their stories are told in a dialogue with those friends and relatives who have remained “there”.
Germany | 2014 | 97min | Directed :- Aylin Basaran
BLACK AFRICA WHITE MARBLE
SINOPSE Beware those who leave unresolved issues with the dead. Prosecuting Attorney David Lunga’s success is overshadowed by the terrifying secrets of Rosa, a beautiful but mysterious woman with whom he falls in love. What mysteries does she hide? As the macabre facts unravel, David comes face to face with his own demons and is driven to prove his innocence, recover his reputation and, above all, clear his own conscience.
Portugal/Guinea Bissau | 97 min | Director:-Filipe Henriques
Italy| 2014, 100min | Directed:- Terence Ward
WHITE SHADOW
BODY GAMES
The story of Alias, a young Albino on the run, hunted by local witch doctors who use Albinos body parts for their potions.
Angolan Roots of Capoeira” follows the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira master, Cobra Mansa and his team on travels through Angola and Brazil in search of the historical roots of Capoeira. It is also a personal journey as Cobra Mansa is a descendant of slaves who were brought from Africa to build Brazil.
Germany/Tanzania/italy|2014 | 117 min | Directed:- Noaz Deshe
Namibia/brazi l 2014| 110 min | Director:-Richard Pakleppa
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RWAGASORE In 2012 Burundi celebrates its 50 years of independance. One man, an emblematic figure of the anticolonial struggle, is directly linked to this independance, We are talking, naturally, about Prince Louis Rwagasore, son of king Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge.
Burundi |2012 | 95 min | Director:- Justin Bitagoye
Palestine| 2014, 100min | Directed:- Mais Darwazah
SODIQ
THE KINGDOM WITHIN
Sodiq dreamt of going to University and becoming a doctor in 2008. Fast-forward five years he is on trial for murder. Director Adeyemi having a unique bond with Sodiq set up a football team on their council estate together, and made a film in 2008 celebrating Sodiq’s dream of becoming a doctor, stating at the time, he didn’t want to end up in jail.
The film began as a response to a couple of evangelical Christian pastors referring to yoga as ‘demonic’ and ‘against Christianity’. While not all Christians have these sentiments, there are many Christians that are conflicted about their yoga practice. The central premise of this film is based on a yogic interpretation of a famous Bible verse: that the Kingdom of Heaven cannot be observed, for it is within you (Luke 17:21). As a compilation of interviews from yogis, Christians, and scholars comparing these ancient spiritual systems, director Bob Peck uses this documentary to examine why or how they might have a compatible application with one another. USA | 2013 | 83 min | Directed :- Bob peck
UK |2012 | 105 min | Directed:- Adeyemi Michael
MAJUB’S JOURNEY Majub, born in Daressalam and a German colonial soldier in the First World War, was a popular extra and bit player in 1930s German cinema. You won’t see him from a distance, because then you will only notice the light of the “A-list” artists. But if you come closer and the B- and C-category stars begin to twinkle, each of them shining forth as part of a constellation, the world will open up wide and art will be enriched. In that sense, director Eva Knopf’s idea to have her film begin in an observatory is heartbreakingly beautiful. (Ralph Eue) Germany | 2014 | 97min | Directed :- Eva Knopf
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MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA a poetic documentary narrating the story of the director who takes a first time journey back to her homeland, Palestine. She leaves a secluded reality and follows a lover whom she has never met, Hasan, a Palestinian artist who discovers a beautiful and utopian world. Fairytale and reality are woven together to ask the question about the elu-
THE LAST SONG BEFORE THE WAR The story of the most remote music festival in the world, Festival Au Desert, and the battle to make it happen.
USA /Mali | 2013 | 90 min | Directed:- Kiley Kraskouskas
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THE SOFT VENGEANCE
Documentaries
ONE STEP BEYOND John and Furaha, two Tanzanian youth, travel with 26 youth and adults from Kenya and Tanzania to the United States for a 3 1/2 week Youth Leadership Program delivered by BoldLeaders.Upon their return home to Dar Es Salaam, a number of the program participants created the Voice Giving project. The project sparked the attention of the local and national government, the public and the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania and launched a community-wide discussion on the vital concepts of education and leadership. The film fosters wide-ranging dialogue on what it means to be an effective leader.
Soft Vengeance is a film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter, set against the dramatic events leading to the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa.
South Africa | 2014 | 100min | Directed:- Abby Ginzberg
WE NEVER GIVE UP II This documentary is a tapestry of stories told by 11 Western Cape Khulumani Support Group members who are survivors of violence under apartheid. The stories represent the harsh experiences of thousands of ordinary South Africans who participated in or who were excluded from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.We Never Give Up is used as an educational resource by educators from many disciplines globally.
Usa /Tanzania l 2014| 53 min | Director:- Charles Smith
COMRADE PRESIDENT Samora Moisés Machel is a 1930’s Mozambican village boy who is initiated into the struggle for the independence of his country, through his own experiences with Portuguese colonialism. With vigour and charisma, he rises to become a daring military strategist and a psychologically resourceful leader. But the independence of Mozambique alone is not enough as his country cannot survive with racist Rhodesia and Apartheid South Africa as neighbours. This is a difficult situation requiring difficult solutions, some of which leaves Samora’s image in poor light. Zimbambwe |2012 | 90 min | Director:- Mosco Kmwendo
THE RWANDA NIGHT Is the sequel to filmmaker’s autobiographical documentary about the Munder of his family Rwanda.
Rwanda | 2013 | 97min | Directed :- Gilbert Ndahayo
South Africa l 2014| 110 min | Director:- Cahal Mclaughlin
WELCOME TO LOLIONDO Welcome to Loliondo is the untold story behind the presumably harmonic surface of wildlife, tourism and indigenous peoples in the world’s finest safari-location. A young Maasai is shot in the head, hundreds of Maasai houses are set on fire by greedy investors, as tourist-companies, royal Arab hunters and Maasais fight bitterly over the right to the land. And one young Maasai, Herry-Guy, uses music as weapon. Germany/Tanzania |2012 | 95 min | Director:- Morten Vest
JALANAN Tells the captivating story of Boni ,Ho and titi three gifted ,charismatic bus musicians in jakarta and through them a winder mostly unknown story of contemporary indonesia.JLANAn intimately portrays the young musicians lives and quirky subculture while also painting a striking moodyportrait of indonesia’s frenzied capital city that is raw humorous and brutally honest.
Indonesia |2012 | 108 min | Directed:- Daniel Ziv
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AFRICAN METROPOLIS The African Metropolis project includes six short films set in six major African metropolitan centers. The African Metropolis Short Film Project is an initiative of the Goethe-Institut South Africa and South African executive producer Steven Markovitz, with support from Guaranty Trust Bank plc and the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam. The short fiction films are set in Lagos (Director: Folasakin Iwajomo), Abidjan (Philippe Lacote), Dakar (Marie KA), Johannesburg (Vincent Moloi), Cairo (Ahmed Ghoneimy) and Nairobi (Jim Chuchu). These films show the face of a modern and cosmopolitan Africa and challenges longstanding cliches about the continent. South Africa | 2013 | 92 min | Directed :- Jim Chuchu
BYE BYE MZUNGU This film is a short tragic-comedy about money, sex, race and power in Kampala, Uganda. It concerns a bitter middle-aged white man who has been in Africa six month too long. When he meets a smart, young chick who seems to defy his stereotype, his sense of superiority and his distrust of Africans are challenged. Though he cannot believe that a black girl wants anything but money from him, she is determined to penetrate his cynical exterior and win him over. Written by D Cecil
Uganda/UK |2012 | 7 min | Directed:- Daniel Moss
CHIBAGO AHADI NI DENI when a kiboko made a simple promise to search until she finds chura’s necklace ,she didn’t realize it will be an eternal task. this is a tale of why frog sits on banks of a pond and hippos live in the water.
Chibago is a clever pupil, his fadher forced him to care cows radher than being at school. his lovely teacher supported him to success.
Tanzania | 2013 | 19min | Directed :- Stepano Lihedule Tanzania l 2014| 9 min | Director:- Anaeli Kihunrwa
BLACK AND WHITE A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life
BLACK AND WHITE
Iraq |2012 | 95 min | Director:- Jalal Saedpanah
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CURSE OF AN ADDICT -zanzibar In Zanzibar, Seif a 28-year-old heroin addict believes he is cursed. In a battle to e scape from a life where he contracted HIV, Seif seeks help from a Shiek and in a spiritual exorcism his past is conjured up in order to release the curse.
UK/uganda | 2014 | 100min | Directed:- Lovinsa Kavuma
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DUKU DUKU Is a village filled with extremely smart vegetables very arogant grains ,super conservative fruits and a very shrewd pumpkin annoys all other great foods and gets thing out of control at duke duke TV studios he has to swallow up his pride and return to the studio with a generous heart.
Tanzania l 2014| 28 min | Director:- Anaeli Kihunrwa
KUHANI An experimental short inspired by Ugandan Catholic priest Father Anthony Musaala’s open letter to Bishop’s, Priests, and Laity titled “The Failure of Celibate Chastity among Diocesan Priests.” Father Musaala is one of many Ugandans who have been persecuted as a result of the countries recently passed Anti Homosexuality
USA/Uganda | 2013 | 07 min | Directed :- Ntare Guma
EMERGENCY EXIT
LITTLE TOWN BAGAMOYO
Emergency Exit is a documentary project about Italy and the consequences of the last 20 years of politics on the young generation: a lot of young Italian leave their country every year, more than 90% of them are graduates and professionally skilled. They move away for a lot of reasons, but nobody in Italy seems to have the desire to listen or care for them. So I decided to start a trip: I traveled around six (and more) European countries, from Paris to London, Berlin, Wien, Bergen and Tenerife, finding young italians who left Italy, looking for better opportunities of life and career. Written by Brunella Filì
film that talks about the historical town of Bagamoyo. Featuring a renown guitarist-cum-poetry Vitali Maembe, the film takes you through landmarks left by the slavery to the biggest means of today’s life including tourism and fishing. It also traverses along ancient settlements and routes used by famous people like David Livingstone, freedom fighters Edwardo Mondlane, Samora Machel and Armando Guebuza from Mozambique.Bagamoyo which literally means ‘let your heart rest’ is a fast growing town situated along the coast, 52 kilometers from Dar es salaam.
Iran |2013 | 67 min | Director:- Brunella Filì
KARAMOJA IN THE EYES OF ISSP
Tanzania l 2013| 8 min | Director:- Yahya B.Kibambe
LOVE ME HAITI
karamoja in Northern uganda suffered with conflict for over 20years and most of the most dangerous cattle raiders during this conflict find peace in making soil stabilized inter-locking block (ISSB) as an alternative
In Haiti, Dr Jeudi Forstner is trapped in a prison cell for voluntary manslaughter. His wife, Marie Forstner, believes that he did not commit the crime. She fights for his freedom.
Uganda |2012 | 105 min | Directed:- Joseph Kitsha
Haiti /USA |2014 | 14 min | Director:- Hugnes Gentillon
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Short Movies SIT & GO
LOVE THY GAME
A man who returns to a gamble house to clear off his off his brother’s debts instead.and now he only six hours to save his brother.
Documentary film about the survivors of the 2010 World Cup finals bombings in Kampala and their undying love for football. South Korea |2013 | 29 min | Director:- Moon J .yun
Uganda |2012 | 105 min | Directed:- Annet Nakamya
STICKING RIBBONS RADIO SILENCE What stops a father and son from being able to talk? As far back as I can remember, my dad and I haven’t been able to communicate to each other very well. I know hardly anything about him, except that he likes jazz music and fiddling with old radios in the garage. In an attempt to find out why my dad and I don’t talk, I look at the life of a man I know absolutely nothing about
Kimberley, a former addict, addresses a group of recovering addicts as to why immediately after being released from a rehabilitation center she enrolls back. Through the series of intriguing personal stories, we realize that YES, Kimberley is drug free, but did she really heal the wound? Is she brave enough to face the last hurdle to her complete recovery?
Kenya |2013 | 18 min | Directed:- Bill Jones
UK | 2014 | 22 min | Directed:- Ducan Cowles
STRENGTH IN FEAR SHADOW TREE When a zanzibar boyfinds a fish in muddy water,the challange of keeping it alive pushes him in an unexpected direction,which turns out to be the ultimate test of his faith in the universe.
Isekere, a smart eleven year old schoolgirl is sickly with AIDS and the constant butt of her classmates’ jokes and cruelties. ‘She has AIDS, they think, she must be a prostitute.’ Even her teacher ostracizes her. At home her sick mother is more of a burden than a help. Yet a faithful friendship and a loving teacher help Isekere overcome these hardships. The film’s dramatic denouement, where her mother reveals the truth about the rape that infected her with AIDS, liberates Isekere from the guilt she had felt and brightens the road ahead. Rwanda | 2012 | 31 min | Directed :- Ella Lilian Mutuyimana
USA l 2014| 110 min | Director:- Chris W. Smith
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THE NEXT MORNING
Short Movies
A girl named Sahar that the social status is well, today wakes up to do her daily tasks. But a strange event has happened because nobody knows her. At first, Sahar thought a mistake has been made, but the shocking fact is facing. Iran |2013 | 24 min | Directed:- Ali Hashemi
THE GOAT A teenage Xhosa initiate recuperates in a mountain hut after a ritual circumcision. News arrives that his elders won’t be coming to care for him, but no reason is given. With nothing but his growing pain and his young brother for company, the initiate’s panic turns to desperation.
South Africa | 2014 | 12 min | Directed:- John Trengove
TOLERANCE Beji and alone for the first time in their lives as a married couple .things should be smooth and easy. far from it . before long they are driving each other crazy with tiny and seemingly innocent actions and remarks.every whisper and glance has the potential to become a whirlwind .in the centre of all this lies a soon to dawn realization that people come in layers.some layers are sweet, while others can be deadly Nigeria | 2014 | 23 min | Directed :- Umar Turaki
THE INVISIBLE ROOMS TWAAGA Burkina Faso in 1987 is a country in the throes of revolution. Manu, an eight-year-old who loves comics, tags along with Albert, his big brother. When Albert decides to undergo a magic ritual to become invincible, Manu realizes there are real powers to rival those of his comic-book superheroes Iran l 2014| 110 min | Director:- Ehsan Jaffari
Burkina Faso | 2013 | 30 min | Directed:- Cedric Ido
THE KISS TWO BOYS AND SHEEP A Tanzanian comedy about circumcision. A young man falls in love with a mysterious woman who changes every time he kisses her.
Tanzania |2012 | 12 min | Director:- Max Reid
Two boys a man and .two different loves and one sheep.
South Korea l 2013| 18 min | Director:- Lee Hyurf suk
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Short Movies
UMUNTHU .The film follow the journey of three young malawians-the filmmaker and twoo friends,each of whom have opposing views on politics of sexuality in malawi .Together,they rent a minibus and cross the nation in order to visit a psychologist,pastor,secular humanist,journalist,two human right activists and ordinary Malawians.Through the lens of umunthu a pan African philosophy of tolerance the film,Umunthu traces the comlexities sorrounding gay rights in Malawi and gives viewers a chance to question their previous assumptions. Malawi |2012 | 95 min | Director:- Mwizalero Nyirenda
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BARUA YA NANG;INYI TO NAMAYANI Nanginyi maasai girl, escaple from her village to run away from getting married of while still in school. She runs off to the city to purse her dream of becoming a doctor.she writes a fare wale letter to her younger sister who is about to be married off after being terminated from school. Nang’inyi bids farewell to the younger sister ,painfully, knowing that she has a little chance of surviving after getting married .lomayani ,the small brother ,delays to hand in the letter to Namayani before she girl married off.Lomayani decides to give the letter to the their dad,Mzee lemmbrisi ,and reads it is front of him .the letter changes mzee Lembrisi’s perspective on position of a woman in the maasai society. Tanzania |2013 | 15 min | Director:- Hoclay Mganga
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AL TANNOURA TROUP FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
Al Tannoura Troup is one of the Egyptian folk troupes, established by the General Organization responsible for Cultural Palaces in the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. The group is based in the the old Fatmide capital Cairo, specifically at wekalet al ghoury . The Troup was first established in 1988 at the Ghury Palace, which specializes in the revival and renovation of the inherited artistic and cultural themes that were about to be forgotten. The al-Tannoura Troup, which performs twice a week (on SAT.,MON., WED.) all year- round in Cairo, has also been taking part in all the national festivals. It has also been to Japan, Italy, France, USA, Austria, Hungary, Kenya, Greece, Singapore, Romania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, UK, India, Holland, Australia, Finland, Czech, Canada, Venezuela, Portugal, Swiss, China, South Korea, North Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco, U.A.E, Qatar , Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Lybia . Popular and folk musical instruments usually accompany the troup’s performance such as Rababa, Salamia, flute, drums, tambourines and sanjes ). These instruments accelerate the dancers’ beat and the colorful dresses enlighten the the stage atmosphere during the performance. A folk singer recites religious verses (Inshad Deni) and songs in praise of the Prophet (PBUH) Mohammed. The senior dancer, known as the ‘Lafife’ or the one who goes round in infinite circles, and the junior dancers the ‘Hanatia’ all dance to the rhythmic beat of the Tambourines. These dancers are not professionally trained but have rather inherited this art spontaneously from their forefathers.
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The Dhow Countries Music Academy Zanzibar (DCMA)
A non-profit, educational and cultural organization registered in March 2001.The DCMA opened Zanzibar’s first professional music school in September 2002 providing music lessons as well as instruments at minimal cost to anyone interested in studying music related to their cultural background or wanting to acquire mastery of an instrument. Special emphasis has been placed on teaching traditional musical instruments and styles such as Taarab, Beni, Kidumbak, traditional Ngo’ma, and dancing such as Msewe, Bomu, Kiluwa, Kyaso etc. from the region of Unguja and Pemba. The DCMA is proud to be the guardians of a living cultural heritage and proud to preserve and promote the musical heritage of Zanzibar and the Dhow Countries. In training the students it ensures the continuation, knowledge, and legacy of a unique musical cultural heritage. The school provides a unique opportunity for the inhabitants of Zanzibar and the Dhow Regions to study music both related to their cultural background and more global genres of music. Whilst it’s main mission is to provide music for education, employment and enjoyment, special emphasis is placed on broadening the educational opportunity for young people, children and women. In addition the DCMA is currently seeking accreditation to become the main teaching centre for teaching music in East and Central Africa. Whilst the central aim of DCMA is to preserve and promote the musical heritage of Zanzibar and the Dhow regions in more recent years it has introduced global musical genres in both education and performance.With this intermingling of instruments and styles the DCMAhas a variety of diverse bands and musicians who play not only Taarab but Afro- Arab fusion, Jazz, Reggae, Hip Hop and more. In addition special workshops, seminars, concerts, exchange visits and networking activities take place throughout the year and the DCMA has developed into a vibrant national and international musical and cultural meeting point.This year’s collaboration with the ZIFF festival programme and the Siti Bin Saadi Foundation programme is a delight and an honour since Siti is extremely dear to the heart of the DCMA. Siti Bin Saadi is affectionately known as the ‘mother of Taarab’ as she revolutionised the genre from a male dominated, elitist musical tradition to popularise the Zanzibar traditional music by not only singing “Taarab” but also writing songs which reflected the poverty, life and loves of ordinary people in Zanzibar. Her legacy and work is extremely important to the DCMA syllabus and curriculum of Taarab music. Her work gives a picture of what traditional Taarab used to be like through her compositions, lyrics, musical modes and scales (maqamat), and performance. A DCMA performance always includes at least one of Siti’s compositions and a rendition of her work always inspires love and veneration in both audiences who are familiar with her history and her work as well as new comers to her songs. The DCMA’s doors are open to all visitors and you are welcome to visit during week days at its home in the Old Customs House. Artists and musicians also perform in venues around Stone Town, the Zanzibar islands, Tanzania mainland and abroad so please look out for concerts and performances – you will be delighted with the excellence of musical and artistic performance. KARIBU! Visit our website: www.zanzibarmusic.org, telephone: +255 777 416 529
Program provide with the Support of the Consulate of Egypt in Zanzibar
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AFRICAN FILM DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (AFDA)
African Films Development Awards is a project of African Film Development Foundation aimed at celebrating and recognizing outstanding individuals and bodies who have contributed towards the development of African Cinema. The awards project is dedicated to promoting, identifying and celebrating excellence within the African Film Industry. CATEGORIES FOR NOMINATIONS 1. BEST AFRICAN ACTOR IN DIASPORA
5. MOST OUTSTANDING FILM VENTURE IN AFRICA Iroko TV
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John Dumelo (Ghana) Ties That Bind
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Chinwetel Ejiofor
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Africa Metropolis
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Salah Al- Hanafy (Egypt) Winter of Discontent
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Djimon Hounsou
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AMAA
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Thomas Gumede (RSA) Otelo Burning
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Idris Elba
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African Magic
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Olwenya Maina (Kenya) Nairobi Half Life
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Lazaro Ramos
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African Women in Cinema
5.
Joseph Benjamin (Nigeria) The Contract
5.
Yao B Nunoo
6. MOST OUTSTANDING FILM FESTVAL IN AFRICA
2. BEST AFRICAN ACTRESS IN DIASPORA 1.
Thandie Newton
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Charlize Theron
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Sophie Okonedo
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Gubourey Sidibe
5.
Rachel Mwanza
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Nigeria
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Tanzania
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South Africa
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Egypt
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Cameroon
4. MOST SUPPORTIVE BANK IN AFRICA 1.
United Bank of Africa
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Standard Chartered
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Access Bank
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Ecobank
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NMB
11. BEST AFRICAN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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Abuja International Film Festival
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Patience Ozokwo (Nigeria) Turning Point
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Durban International Film Festival
2.
Hermelinda Cimela (Mozambique)) Virgin Magarida
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Cairo International Film Festival
3.
Ada Ameh (Nigeria) Phone Swap
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Zanzibar International Film Festival
4.
Michelle Scott (RSA) Beauty
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FESPACO Festival Du Film Carthage
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Mame Astou Diallo (Senegal) La Pirogue
7. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN FILM MAKING
3. MOST SUPPORTIVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN AFRICA TOWARD FILM DEVELOPMENT
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10. BEST AFRICAN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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12. BEST AFRICAN FILM
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Sotigui Kouyate (Actor/Mali) Died 2010
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Otelo Burning (RSA)
2.
Omar Seck (Actor/Senegal) Died 2010
2.
La Pirouge (Senegal)
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Omar Sharif (Actor/Egypt)
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Ties That Bind (Ghana)
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Steven Kanumbe (Actor/Tanzania) Died 2012
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Ninah’s Dowry (Cameroon)
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Moustafa Alassane (Director/Niger)
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Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)
8. BEST AFRICAN ACTOR
13. BEST AFRICAN DIRECTOR
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Wale Ojo (Nigeria) Phone Swap
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Moussa Toure (Senegal) La Pirouge
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Mohammed Bastaoui (Morocco) Rough Hands
2.
Faouzi Bensaidi (Morocco) Death For Sale
3.
Joseph Wairimu (Kenya) Nairobi Half Life
3.
Leila Djansi (Ghana) Ties That Bind
4.
Deon Lotz (RSA) Beauty
4.
Kunle Afolayan ( Nigeria) Phone Swap
5.
Amr Waked (Egypt) Winter of Discontent
5.
Sara Bleacher (RSA) Otelo Burning
9. BEST AFRICAN ACTRESS
14. BEST AFRICAN PRODUCER
1.
Eva Mugalela (Mozambique)Virgin Margarida
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Houda Rihana (Morocco) Rough Hands
Pedro Pimenta (Mozambique) Virgin Margarida 1.
Sara Blecher(RSA) Otelo Burning
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Florence Masebe (RSA)Elelwani
2.
Chineze Xandria Anyaene (Nigeria) Ije
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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (Nigeria) Ije
3.
Leila Djansi (Ghana) Ties That Bind
5.
Ama K Abrese (Ghana) Ties That Bind
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Amr Waked, Ibrahim El Batout, Salah Al Hanafy(Egypt)Winter of Discontent
15. MOST OUTSTANDING AFRICAN FILM MAKER
21. BEST AFRICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
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Izu Ojukwu (Nigeria)
1.
Thomas Letellier (Niger) La Pirouge
2.
Steven Markovitz (RSA)
2.
Jonathan Kovel (RSA) Of Good Report
3.
Moussa Toure (Senegal)
3.
Lance Gewer (RSA) Otelo Burning
4.
Fawzi Ben Saidi (Morocco)
4.
Yinka Edwards (Nigeria) Phone Swap
Shirley Frimpong-Manso (Ghana)
5.
Victor Credi (Egypt) Winter of Discontent
5.
16. MOST ACCESSIBLE FILM FUND PROJECT 1.
Nigerian Entertainment Intervention Fund
2.
National Film and Video Foundation (RSA)
22. BEST AFRICAN EDITOR
17. MOST OUTSTANDING FILM PROMOTER 1.
Mariama Sylla (Senegal)
2.
Thierno Ibrahima Dia (Senegal)
3.
Victor Okhai (Nigeria)
4.
Hans Christian Mahnke (Namibia)
5.
Lilian Baksalevowicz (RSA) Indigenous Films
2.
Silverbird Cinemas
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Arab Film Distribution
4.
Cote Ouest Audio Visual
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Steps Entertainment Limited
19. MOST PROMISING AFRICAN FILMMAKER 1.
Joel Karekazi (Rwanda)
2.
Tosh David Gitonga (Kenya)
3.
Chineze Xandria Anyaene (Nigeria)
4.
Victor Viyuoh (Cameroon)
5.
Sherrif L. Bandary (Egypt)
20. BEST AFRICAN FILMMAKER IN DIASPORA
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Category still open till 1st of June. Duration Max: 15mins
27. BEST DOCUMENTARY BY AN AFRICAN 1.
African Cypher (RSA) Brian Little
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The Kachikally Code (The Gambia) Efe Omo Igori
3.
Touba (Senegal) Elizabeth Chai Vasarhely
1.
Meagan Gill (RSA) Otelo Burning
2.
Hisham Saqr (Egypt) Winter of Discontent
3.
Avril Beukes (RSA) Ties That Bind
4.
Fuelling Poverty (Nigeria) Ishaya Bako
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Mkaiwawi Mwakaba (Kenya) Nairobi Half Life
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Mkwawa (Tanzania) Alkemist Media
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Achille Brice (Cameroon) Obsession
23. BEST SCREENPLAY IN AN AFRICAN FILM
28. MOST OUTSTANDING FILM JOURNALIST 1.
Claire Diao
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Sheila Frimpong Manso (Ghana) A Perfect Picture
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Chiaka Orjiako
2.
Ibrahim El Batout, Ahmed Amer, Yasser Naeem, Habi Seoud (Egypt) Winter of Discontent
3.
Azuh Amatus
4.
Gerald Langiri
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Potash Charles Matathia, Samuel Munene, Serah Mwihaki (Kenya) Nairobi Half Life
18. MOST OUTSTANDING FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANY 1.
26. BEST SHORT FILM BY A FILM STUDENT
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James Whyle, Sara Blecher, The Cast Workshop (RSA) Otelo Burning
5.
Victor Viyuoh (Cameroon) Ninah’s Dowry
24. BEST MUSIC SCORE IN AN AFRICAN FILM 1.
Alan Ari Lazar (RSA) Otelo Burning
2.
Ahmed Mostafa Saleh (Egypt) Winter of Discontent
3.
Wasis Diop (Senegal) A Screaming Man
4.
Chris Letcher (RSA) Elelwani
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Ben Ludik (RSA) Beauty
29. BEST KISWAHILI FILM 1.
Chumo – Jordan Riber
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Network – John Kallage
3.
Mdundiko – Jackson Kabirigi
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Sunshine - Karabani
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Zamora – Shams Bhanji
30. SPECIAL JURY AWARD TO A FILMMAKER - will be decided by the jury during selection of the recipients.
25. BEST AFRICAN ANIMATED FILM
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Alain Gomis
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Haza Lambo (Madagascar)
2.
Newton Aduaka
2.
Omnimon (Comoros)
3.
Gavin Hood
3.
Mzee Wa Kibajaji (Tanzania)
4.
Akosua Adoma Owusu
4.
What a Big Birthday Party (Nigeria)
5.
Mahamat Saleh Haroun
5.
Boom Boom (Egypt)
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IN MEMORIUM
Muhidin Mwalimu Gurumo Born 1940 Died 13/04/2014
Born 04/04/1988 Died 27/05/2014
14/05/1949- 30/ 05/2014 On 30th May ZIFF lost one of our most loved leaders and member of the ZIFF family. Emerson Skeens left us after a long bout with cancer. Emerson, the man, Emerson the patron of the arts and Emerson the cultural stalwart will be hugely missed in Zanzibar, the Island he so loved. As a ZIFF funding Chair Emerson knew how ZIFF could be integral to Zanzibar’s economy as a linchpin of tourism but more important to him ZIFF was a cultural tool for the fight for egalitarianism, liberalism,freedom and peace in Zanzibar.As he moves on to a restful place Emerson leaves footprints brightly shining in the darkness we face today.
Rest in Peace ndugu yetu Emerson Skeens. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un
Born 1928 Died 2014
Born 06/06/1976 Died 17/05/2014
Sheila Leo Haule
EMERSON SKEENS
Maya Angelou
Adam Phillip Kuambiana
Geogre Otieno Okumu Died 29/05/2014
A COMMON DESTINY EVEN IN DEATH
This year we again mourn the loss of some defining artists of our industry in Tanzania.In life all artists work to be able to earn a living, but more often than not they do that without attracting attention. And even when the attention that is paid on the artists for a work well done might affect them adversely, one thing they are certain of is that they all found pleasure in the work.The pleasure of work is what differentiates most labour from the production of art.There are no my st er ies in defining art as work. It is pure joy to those who produce it and those who hungrily consume it. Artists, to quote an unknown philosopher, find joy in the happiness of others.But then as mortal as any human being artists fall prey to the most natural calls of nature; and however far seeing they maybe in their artistic approaches when they leave us for the distant boundary “where no traveler returns” we know seeing far is one thing and going there is another. As the saying goes “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”These peoples’ lives have actually done things we always remember, and want not to forget, because they have disturbed our lives in some way. They disturb the harmony of our individual lives to harken the joy of a shared journey as living beings. We remember them as rare birds of fancy, inspirational figures who were obsessed with the belief that what they saw others do was not enough and they had to do better.Death is a common destiny, as death, like destiny denotes inevitability as well as the power to predetermine events. What life then means is to be able to leave it knowing one has impacted positively on those they have shared it with. This is the legacy of our friends whose passing commemorate here. May their Souls Rest in Peace.
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ZIFF TEAM 2014
Prof. Martin Mhando
Daniel Nyalusi
Asst. FD/Festival Manager
Sabra J. Nassor
Administration Officer
Salehe Hassan Accountant
Hamisuu Iddi
Hamza Omar
Office Manager
Fabrizio Colombo
Technical Manager
Head of Press & Technical Consultant
Omary Mdogwa
Fatma J. Mohamed
Photo byRitha Mdogwa
CEO/Festival Director
www.ziff.or.tz
Hassan Mussa
Press/Publicity Coordinator
Ibrahim Mitawi
Outreach Coordinator
Sabrina Othman
Women & Village Panorama Coordinator
Joseph Alban Marketing
Robert Manondolo
Edward J.Lusala
Edwin Robert
Khamis J. Mtiti
Children Panorama Coordinator
Chief of Protocol
MPA Coordinator
Stage Manager
Mahsin Basalama.
Asst.MPA Coordinator
Siti Ally
Accommodation
IT /Film dept
Zabibu Said
Office Attendant
Receptionist
Saphia Ngalapi
Sales & Merchandise
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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AMPHITHEATRE – OLD FORT SATURDAY: 14TH JUNE, 2014 19:00 – 20:15 Opening Ceremony 20:20 - 22:41 MANDELA: Long Walk to Freedom (141min) , South Africa/USA SUNDAY: 15TH JUNE, 2014 19:20 – 19:35 Love Me Haiti (13min), Haiti/USA 19:35 – 21:30 Mother of George (107min), USA MONDAY: 16TH JUNE, 2014 19:20 –19:35 The Goat (13min), South Africa 19:35 –21.05 Khumba (85min), South Africa
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON HOTEL STONE TOWN VIUNGO HALL
SUNDAY: 15TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 11:05 King’s Virgin (95min), Uganda 11:10 – 12:25 Last Winter (75min), Iran 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:10 Forma (125min), Japan 16:10 – 17:50 The Sapphires (103min), Australia MONDAY: 16TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 11:30 He Hurts Me (115min), Tanzania 11:30 – 12:30 About Her (60min), Uganda 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:30 Struggle to Unknown (145min), Tanzania 16:30 – 17:00 Strength in Fear (30min), Rwanda
TUESDAY: 17TH JUNE, 2014 19:00 –19:15 Shadowtree (11min), Tanzania 19:15 - 19:50 Women with altitude (30min)-WFP TUESDAY: 17TH JUNE, 2014 19:50 – 20:10 UNO Film and Presentation Khumba (85min), South Africa 20:10 - 21:50 The Thorn of the Rose (97min), Guinea Bissau 09:30 – 11:00 11:00 – 12:30 Little Hero (82min), Iran 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:00 The Distant Boat (120min), Kenya WEDNESDAY: 18TH JUNE, 2014 16:10 – 17:35 Taste of Rain (82min), Namibia/ 19:20 – 20:20 Difficult Dialogue: Public Forum: Freedom South Africa/ Germany of Speech 20:30 – 22:20 Half of A Yellow Sun (111min), USA WEDNESDAY: 18TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 11:20 Bella (107min), Malawi THURSDAY: 19TH JUNE, 2014 11:20 – 12:55 Turn (95min), Cambodia/Australia 19:20 – 19:30 Kuhani (9min), Uganda/USA 12:55 – 14:00 Break 19:30 – 19:40 Bye Bye Muzungu (7min), Uganda 14:00 – 15:00 State House Season 1: 2 Episodes 19:40 – 21:25 A Story about Wendy 2 (93min), (52min), Kenya Trinidad & Tobago 15:00 – 16:00 From Here to Timbuktu Season 1: 21:30 – 22:30 No Problem: 6 Month with Barefoot Grand 2 Episodes (52min), Kenya mamas (56min), India 16:00 – 17:00 Groove Theory Season 1: 2 Episodes (52min), Kenya FRIDAY: 20TH JUNE, 2014: SWAHILI DAY 19:10 –22:50 Bado Natafuta (220min), Tanzania THURSDAY: 19TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 11:10 The Thorn of the Rose (97min), Guinea Bissau SATURDAY: 21ST JUNE, 2014: AWARDS NIGHT 11:10 – 12:40 No More Tears (80min), Rwanda 19:20 – 21:30 Awards Ceremony 12:40 – 14:00 Break 21:30 – 02:00 After Party: Mambo Club 14:00 – 16:30 MANDELA: A Long Walk to Freedom SUNDAY: 22ND JUNE, 2014: AFDA AWARDS NIGHT (141min), South Africa/USA 19:20 – 22:00 Africa Film Development Awards (AFDA) 16:30 – 18:00 Committed (90min), Cyprus 22:00 – 02:00 After Party: Mambo Club
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FRIDAY: 20TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 –10:30 Pamoko (60min), USA/Tanzania 10:35 - 12:35 White Shadows (117min), Germany/Tanzania 12:35 – 14:00 Break 14:00 –18:00 The Madiba Legacy: Beyond Long Walk to Freedom 5 Documentary Series by Danny Schechter SATURDAY: 21ST JUNE, 2014 09: 30 – 10:30 About Her (60min), Uganda 10:35 – 12:35 The Distant Boat (120min), Kenya 12:35 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 16:00 Half of A Yellow Sun (111min), USA 16:00 – 18:00 He Hurts Me (115min), Tanzania SUNDAY: 22ND JUNE, 201410 10:00 – 12:00 Nick Broomfield: A Work in Progress 12:00 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 18:00 Special Screenings
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON HOTEL STONE TOWN KISIWA HALL SUNDAY: 15TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 10:40 Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa (70min), USA/S.A 10:45 – 12:30 Sobukwe: A Great Soul (104min), South Africa. 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 14:10 Ahadi ni Deni (9min), Tanzania 14:10 – 14:20 Duku duku (9min), Tanzania 14:20 – 14:40 Chibago (19min), Tanzania 14:40 – 14:55 Busu/The Kiss (10min), USA 14:55 – 15:25 Sit and Go (29min), South Korea 15:25 – 15:45 Two Boys and a Sheep (18min), South Korea 15:45 – 16:05 Black and White (18min), Iran 16:05 – 16:35 The Invisible Rooms (26min), Iran 16:35 – 16:50 The Goat/iBhokhwe (13min), South Africa 16:50 – 17:15 Radio Silence (22min), Scotland 17:15 – 17:35 Shadowtree (17min), Tanzania MONDAY: 16TH JUNE, 2014
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My Love Awaits Me by the Sea (81min), Palestine Being There (87min), Germany Break Twaaga (30min), Burkina Faso Bull Fight (29min), South Sudan African Metropolis (92min), South Africa Love Thy Game (41min), Uganda Love Me Haiti (13min), USA/Haiti
TUESDAY: 17TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 11:20 Jalanan (108min), Indonesia 11:20 – 12:30 Short Shadows (57min), Germany 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 14:20 The Present (17min), Uganda 14:20 – 14:45 Tolerance (23min), Nigeria 14:45 – 15:15 The Next Morning (24min), Iran 15:15 – 15:50 Strength in Fear (30min), Rwanda 15:50 – 16:00 Kuhani (7min), Uganda/USA 16:00 – 16:10 Bye Bye Muzungu (7min), Uganda 16:10 – 16:30 Motorbike Dreams (18min), Rwanda 16:30 – 17:00 Radiance (25min), UK 17:00 – 17:20 Sticking Ribbons (18min), Kenya 17:20 – 17:40 Afriquanimation (min), DRC WEDNESDAY: 18TH JUNE, 2014: SEMBENE FILMS 09:30 – 11:20 The Rwandan Night (107min), Rwanda/USA 11:20 – 12:30 We Never Give Up II (59min), South Africa/UK 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 14:45 Sodiq (44min), UK 14:50 – 15:50 One Step Beyond (56min), South Africa 15:50 – 16:20 Karamoja in the Eyes of ISSP (29min), Uganda 16:25 – 17:55 The Last Song Before the War (90min), USA
FRIDAY: 20TH JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 11:00 The Kingdom Within (90min), USA 11:05 – 12:00 Majub’s Journey (49min), Germany 12:00 – 12:30 Curse of an Addict-Zanzibar (25min), UK/ Uganda/Tanzania 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 17:30 Festival of Festivals: Iranian Cultural Centre SATURDAY: 21ST JUNE, 2014 09:30 – 11:00 Black Africa White Marble (90min), Italy 11:05 – 13:00 Kwanini: Tanzania A Journey Within (102min), USA/Tanzania 13:00 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 17:30 Festival of Festivals: One Step Beyond SUNDAY: 22ND JUNE, 2014 (SPECIAL SCREENINGS) 09:30 – 10:40 Rwagasore: Life, Struggle and Hope (64min), Burundi 10:40 – 12:25 Black Africa White Marble (90min), Italy 12:30 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 17:30 Festival of Festivals: Youssef Chahine Retrospective The Destiny, The Bird, The Immigrant and Alexandra Why
THURSDAY: 19TH JUNE, 2014: SEMBENE FILMS 09:30 – 11:00 Comrade President (89min), Mozambique/Zimbabwe 11:00 – 11:10 Little Town Bagamoyo (9min), Tanzania 11:15 – 11:45 Umunthu (30min), Malawi 11:50 – 12:10 Barua ya Nang’inyi to Namayani (16min), Tanzania 12:10 – 14:00 Break 14:00 – 15:30 Body Games: Capoeira and Ancestry (87min), Namibia/Brasil/South Africa 15:30 – 16:30 Welcome to Loliondo (59min), Denmark 16:30 – 17:30 Va Pensieor (58min), Italy
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