25è Festival International du Film de Zanzibar - ZIFF 2022 (18-26 Juin 2022)
25th ZIFF - Zanzibar International Film Festival 2022


ZIFF is East Africa's largest film, music and arts festival, bringing new talents together from all over the world for a Zanzibar Tamasha!

Beginning in 1998 its aim is to contribute to regional socio‐cultural growth and global cultures of tolerance. This is done through creating spaces and events in which film, music, performances and other art forms are engaged with in promoting, developing, show-casing, exploring, and informing regional culture and especially as these relate to dhow culture. As an NGO ZIFF aims to increase the creative capacities and incomes of the creative industries community through improving the market systems and fast adoption of improved quality of technical and physical infrastructure services.

OFFICIAL SELECTION ZIFF 2022 | ZIFF 2022


AFRICAN REDEMPTION: the life and legacy of Marcus Garvey
Roy Anderson
USA

A SECOND LIFE
Anis Lassoued
Tunisia

ABADAN ELEVEN 60
Mehrdad khoshbakht
Iran

BINTI MARINGO
Mohamed Khamis
Tanzania

BONE MARROW
Kamyar Mohsenin
Iran

JOYCE'S DREAM
Adam Juma
TANZANIA

JANGA
Kokolo Cinemas Studio
Tanzania

LA MIF
Fred Baillif
Switzerland

MARIA KRISTUS: BUUMBA'S STORY
Andriana Yarmonova
Zambia

MASSOUD
Emmanuel Rotoubam
Burkina Faso

MGENI (GUEST)
Juma Saada
Tanzania

MPIGANAJI
Daniel Manege
Tanzania

NIGHT SPARKLES
Jimi figueiredo
Sergio Sartorio
BRAZIL

NURU YA MAISHA (The Light of Life)
Raphael Emmanuel
Tanzania

OBAMBO
Freddy Feruzi
Tanzania

OPAL
Alain Bidard
France

SHAHIN
Salar Tehrani

TALIA'S JOURNEY
Christophe Rolin
Belgium

THE INTRUDER
Philipo Ngonyani
Tanzania

TUG OF WAR
Amil Shivji
Tanzania

UNCLE
Hatibu Madudu

À BAS !
Nina Julien
France

AMONG US WOMEN
Sarah Noa Bozenhardt & Daniel Abate Tilahun
Germany

CELEBRATING HERSTORY THROUGH SONG
Sihle Hlophe
South Africa

DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA / En route pour le milliard
Dieudo Hamadi
Congo

FIKIRTE
Yi Wu
Ethiopia/China

FOR YOUR HAND
Nasser Vafi
Iran

I'M NOT LAKIT
Marie Surae
Lebanon

KASONGO (IM)MATERIEL
Dinnie Martin
Belgium

KODOKUSHI
Olga Rodionova
Turkey

ONE TAKE GRACE
Lindiwe Matshikiza
South Africa

RUMBA RULES, NEW GENEALOGIES
Dinnie Martin
Belgium

TAAMADEN
Seydou Cissé
Mali

TARANGIRE OUR HERITAGE OUR FUTURE
Hans Ngoteya
Tanzania

THE WRITER FROM A COUNTRY WITHOUT BOOKSTORES
Marc Serena
Spain

URITHI WA MILA
Mohammed Seleman
Tanzania

ZONGO
Michael Herzog
Elias Mierbeth
German/Ghana

FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND
Freak Independent Film Agency

WHO SAID MONSTER ?
Francesco Forti
Italy

INVISIBLE MANNERS
John Lee Taggart
UK

IRREVERSIBLE
Sheyda Kashi
Iran

CHUMBA 61 / ROOM 61
Edwin Kazoka
Tanzania

SUBMISSION
Kieślowski Film School
Poland

THE LAND OF DESTROYED SKI JUMP HILL
Olha Oborina
Ukraine

TRIANGLE
Peter Engelmann

WATER DROP
Francois Heiser
France

A NEW PERSPECTIVE
Emanuela Ponzano
France, Italy, Belgium

A WORLD FREE OF CRISIS
Ted Hardy-Carnac
France

AM DIFFERENT
Signmark Africa
Tanzania

ANHAD - The Eternal Melody
Niranjan Raj Bhetwal
Nepal

ASTEL
Ramata-Toulaye SY
Senegal

BIG DAY
Egypt

BIRD IN CAPTIVITY
Andrea de los Angeles Peña Clemente
Mexico

BLACK LIVES MATTERS
Signmark Africa
Tanzania

COMPLEX
Egypt

CORPSE
Fatemeh Khojasteh
Iran

COURAGEOUS DAUGHTER
Raphael Emmanuel
Tanzania

DANSA LA NATURE
Marcel Barelli
Switzerland

DORLIS
Caïmans Productions
France

FOUND FAMILY
Esmée Lavalette
United States

FRAGMENTS
Ines Girihiwe
Rwanda

HOTEL ASTORIA
Alina Cyranek
Germany

I AM YOURS
Giorgi Tkemaladze
United States

JOURNEY TO KENYA
Ibrahim Ahmad
Sudan

KAZIJA
Mwenenu Binnassib
Tanzania

LEAVING ISIOLO
Irungu Mutu
Kenya

MAHAKAN
Hessam Hosseini
Abbas Hosseinzadeh
Iran

MURDER TONGUE
Zafeer Khan
Pakistan

MY COFFIN
Maciej Marczewski
Poland

NAHID
Samad Alizade
Iran

NAKATO
Mevis Birungi
Uganda

NAUSEA
Mehrdad Kabiri
Iran

NO WAR
Siavash Zabet
Iran

PHLEGM
Jan-David Bolt
Switzerland

Playstation
Amin Sharbaf
Iran

PREY
Kory Séan Williams
United Kingdom

RED ROOM
Lilian Amir Ali
Iraq

GALLU
Kasra Tirsahar
Iran

REPEATED MEMORIES
Soo-Min Park
South Korea

RUSSIAN DOLL
El MZ
Iran

SIXTEENTH WEEK
Hashem Jahromi
Iran

SOPOR
Nazanin Vahed
Iran

THE BOX
A T
Iran

THE CAR KEY
Mahdi Shahsavari
Iran

THE HARRYIAN THEORY
Chongyan Liu
United Kingdom

THE NEW TENANT

THE SMELL OF THE FIELD
Андриана Ярмонова
Ukraine

THE SONG OF SIN
Khalid Maadour
France, Morocco

THE SOUND OF SUGAR CANE FLOWERS
NICOLAS SÉRY!
France

THE THIRD PERSON
Finish Films
Iran

THEM
Zahra Ghorbani
Iran

VIRTUAL VOICE
Suzannah Mirghan
Sudan



ZIFF AWARDS 2022

CHAIRMAN'S AWARD
Mvamizi | Philipo Ngonyani (Tanzania)
Uncle | Hatibu Madudu (Tanzania)

Best Short Film
Nahid | Samad Alizadeh (Iran)

SPECIAL JURY MENTION SHORT FILM
Footsteps on the Wind | Maya Sanbar (Palestine/Lebanon)

Best Documentary
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey | Roy Anderson (USA)

SPECIAL JURY MENTION DOCUMENTARY
Journey to Kenya | Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim (SUDAN)

Sembene Ousmane Award
Astel | Ramata-Toulaye SY (Senegal)
Big Day | Samir Ahmed | (Egypt)
Chumba 61/ ROOM 61 | Edwin Paul Kazoka & Belinda Assenga (Tanzania)

Long Features Awards

BEST EAST AFRICAN FILM
Vuta N'Kuvute | Amil Shivji, (Tanzania)

SPECIAL MENTION
A Second Life | Anis Lassoued (Tunisia)
Massoud | Emmanuel Mbaide Rotoubam(Chad)

ZIFF Golden Dhow - BEST FEATURE FILM
Tug of War - Vuta N'Kuvute | Amil Shivji, (Tanzania)


The Team / L'équipe - ZIFF 2022
Martin Mhando | CEO /Festival Director
Amin Suwedi | Assistant Festival Director
Sabra J. Nassor | Assistant CEO
Hamisuu Iddi | Office Manager
Aisha H. Mussa | Festival manager
Sabrina O. Faraja | Panorama Coordinator
Omari A. Suleiman | Creative and Graphic Designer
Hamza Omar | Technical Manager
Ibra Mitawi | Liason Officer
Said Ally | Assistant Graphic Designer
Issam Mussa | Accreditation
Juma Zaidi | Accounts


CONTACT - ZIFF
Ngome Kongwe
P.O. BOX 3032
ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA
Tel: (+255) 773 411 499 | ziff(@)ziffestival.org
https://ziffestival.org/ziff-2022-awards/
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