Did you go for the ZIFF 25th anniversary?

The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), also known as Festival of the Dhow Countries, is an annual film festival held in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It has been described as the largest cultural event in East Africa. ZIFF is a non-governmental organization established in 1997 to develop and promote film and other cultural industries as catalysts for regional, social and economic growth.

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.

This year was no different from the previous years with many participants, lots of selections in films in several different categories, film screenings,  workshops, and panel discussions, and this year with beautiful movies and the right winners as always, and this year it was also the festival’s 25th anniversary.

The Categories were among others the Chairman’s  Award, Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Sembene Ousmane Award, Long Features Awards, and finally the top award The ZIFF Golden Dhow.

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