Zanzibar International Film Festival

The Film festival

The annual multi disciplinary arts and cultural festival is ZIFF’s major activity; the festival is an all-arts affair, with 8 days of local and international discussion panels, workshops, 10 days of screenings of the best local and international cinema and evenings of musical concerts including a Gala each evening. All festival programs are a culmination of the realization of the capacity of film to fuse together the best of each art-form, offering a wide range of Entertainment, Educating and Networking options for world audiences. The festival is arguably the largest multi disciplinary art and cultural festival in Africa, and continues to lead as a tourist attraction event in the region. ZIFF now gives 12 International Awards presented by 5 International Juries. It is estimated that 7000 western tourists came to Zanzibar to attend the festival and the total festival audience was in excess of 100,000 with wide appeal across race, class and religions. Its impact on the economy of Zanzibar is unquestionable.

The ZIFF festival now runs 15 programs over the 10 days that include:

1. Film Competition
2. Film Workshops
3. Opening and Closing Nights
4. Film Outreach Projections
5. Women panorama
6. Children panorama
7. Village panorama
8. Festival of Festivals
9. Soko Film
10. Art and Exhibition
11. Children Film panorama
12. UNICEF Life skills Camps
13. Children Peace camps
14. Difficult Dialogues
15. Historical and Cultural Village Tours

During the festival, films are shown in Stone Town in Zanzibar City, as well as rural Zanzibari villages.

Awards