Voici le plus grand événement culturel de Zanzibar, et peut-être même de la Tanzanie. Zanzibar Town, aussi connue sous le nom de Stone Town, organise le plus grand festival des îles Zanzibar, aussi appelé le festival des pays Dhow. C'est l'occasion de découvrir l'héritage culturel de l'Afrique de l'Est, de l'océan Indien et du Moyen-Orient, voire de l'Asie du Sud-Est, notamment à travers le cinéma.
Les ingrédients de cet événement sont des projections de films bien sûr, des conférences, des ateliers, des représentations théâtrales, de la littérature, de la danse, du spectacle vivant. Vous trouverez également une variété de concerts de musique traditionnelle et contemporaine donnés par des artistes locaux ou internationaux, ainsi que des expositions.
La majorité des événements sont organisés à Stone Town ou Zanzibar Town (au fort arabe notamment), située sur l'île principale de Zanzibar (l'île Ujunga), mais l'île de Pemba célèbre aussi ce festival.


Workshops & Forums 2011

A dynamic program of Film Workshops has been developed for ZIFF 2011. With a focus on Documentary Film Making, award winning British Documentary Maker Nick Broomfield will lend his expert knowledge to a Master class on Documentary Directing. Paul Miller will lead a workshop on Documentary Producing and Donall McCusker, the Co Producer of the Oscar winning move The Hurt Locker, will host a Film Producing Workshop. Plus Hollywood cinematographer Barry Braverman has been confirmed to host a 5-day HD camera workshop during ZIFF

HD Cinematography With Barry Braverman
Barry Braverman is a member of the Hollywood cameraman's guild and a veteran cinematographer with over thirty years experience in television documentaries and feature films. Credits include National Geographic, Discovery Channel and recent titles include The Darjeeling Limited - Behind The Scenes (2009). This Workshop will discuss the nature of Digital Cinematography from the process of capturing digital images either on tape or on hard disk highlighting the different technical aspects of digital cinematography that many new camerapersons do not understand conceptually.
The training will be based on Panasonic cameras.


FILM PRODUCING WITH DONALL MCCUSKER
20th June
Donal McCusker is the man behind the success of such films as the academy award winning film The Hurt Locker (2010) as co-producer, and Line Producer on Battle For Haditha (2009) and Death of President (2007).He will explain the process of turning creative ideas into viable films, the challenges of making movies in remote countries and the prospect of shooting an epic in Tanzania.

DOCUMENTARY DIRECTING WITH NICK BROOMFIELD
22nd June
With titles including Biggie&Tupac (2002), His Big White Self (2006) and Soldier Girls (1981) Nick Broomfield is considered one of the best documentary filmmakers in the world. His controversial filmmaking practices continue to amaze many. He will guide participants through techniques and tales of shooting low budget documentaries in challengin circumstances.


DOCUMENTARY PRODUCING WITH PAUL MILLER
21st June
Paul Miller has Produced many successful Films including Snow Angels (2007), Men With Guns (1997) and Prozac Nation (2001). This workshop will cover the role of a film producer as they oversee and deliver a film project to all relevant parties with the integrity, voice and vision of the story. Paul will discuss and show how to develop a project to reach the international market. Paul has pitched at IDFA and brings the experience of selling ideas at a Pitch Session.

Those filmmakers wishing to get a place on a workshop should apply early to this email address with the name of the Workshop as the subject box; lovinsa.kavuma@ziff.or.tz


Below is the full list of selected films for ZIFF 2011. Please note that film screening info and schedule are to be confirmed.

MINNIE LOVES JUNIOR
Short, Australia

WHITE AND BLACK
Doc, USA/TZ - Sembene

THE RUGGED PRIEST
FICTION- KENYA

THE REFEREE
Doc, Sweden

THE LOCKER ROOM
Doc, ISRAEL

AL-HALQA-IN (The Story Tellers Circle)
Doc, Germany

BACK AND FORTH
Doc, ISRAEL

55 BUCKS
Doc, USA

A COUNTRY FOR MY DAUGHTER
Doc, SA- SEMBENE

THE DOWRY- O LOBOLO
Doc, SA

SERVING ON THE STREET
Doc,Switzerland

FLIGHT
Short/Children, Argentina

TAHARUKI
SHORT, KENYA/USA

THE RICE PADDY
FICT, CHINA

GARAGOUZ
SHORT/Children, ALGERIA

WEAKNESS
SHORT, KENYA/TZ

THE CROCODILES
FICT/Children, GERMANY

THE INVITATION
DOC, IRAN

SWAHILI FIGHTING WORDS
DOC, TZ

METAMOPHOSA
SHORT, UGANDA

NI WAKATI
FICT, KENYA/USA

KAMENGE NORTHERN QUARTERS
DOC, ITALY/BURUNDI/SPAIN

BODY AND SOUL
DOC, MOZAMBIQUE

WAITING
SHORT, SINGAPORE

BESIEGED
SHORT,BRAZIL

DREAMING TAJ MAHAL
DOC,INDIA

FORGOTTEN GOLD
DOC,DRC

A HANDFULL OF DIRT
FICT,BARBADOS

LETTERS FROM THE DESERT
DOC, INDIA

BLACK HILL
FICT,UGANDA

12+1
SHORT,IRAN

HIDDEN TRUTH
DOC,ZAMBIA

UMKHUNGO
SHORT

SATZTURKEY/GERMANY
ARAPHA

DOC
ITALIA

THE CREATORS
DOC, SA/USA

RED WATER RED
SHORT, AUSTRALIA

TUNNEL
SHORT, GERMANY

ITEMBA
DOC, JAMAICA/USA-SEMBENE

NAZAELI
DOC, TZ- SEMBENE

HOTEL LESS
DOC, TZ

SPICY VOICES (vision)
DOC, TZ

JOURNEY OF NO RETURN
SHORT, Turkey/ Germany

STATE RESEARCH BUREAU
FICT, UGANDA

A GOOD CATHOLIC GIRL
short, UGANDA

FIDDLER
SHORT, SA/CYPRUS

CRIES AT NIGHT
SHORT, NAMIBIA

A BEAUTIFUL SNOWY DAY
SHORT, IRAN

CHUMO
SHORT, TZ

GAMBA TRISTA
ANIMATION, ITALY

THE LEGEND OF NGONG HILLS
ANIMATION, Children, KENYA

TOGETHERNESS SUPREME
SHORT, KENYA

NORBETO'S DEADLINE
FICT

UNSUNG HEROINES- ANGELIQUE
DOC, TZ- SEMBENE

UNSUNG HEROINES- ASHA ROSE
DOC, TZ- SEMBENE

UNSUNG HEROINES-HABIBA CHAABOUNI
DOC, TZ- SEMBENE

WESTERN MOVIE (Vision)
SHORT, JAPAN

JULIA AND JOYCE
DOC, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

JUST AN HOUR AGO
FICT, IRAN

ORANGE JUICE
SHORT,NAMIBIA

JOURNEY TO THE STATE HOUSE
DOC, TZ

MANZESE
ANIMATION, TZ

FACE TO FACE
FICT

MANENBERG
DOC, SA- SEMBENE

ONE ENGLISH WINTER
SHORT

NI WAKATI
SHORT, KENYA

GLAMOUR
FICT, TZ

TAKA TAKATA
FICT, SA

MAKING THE BAND
CANADA,UGANDA

REBELLION AT DAWN
DOC, ARGENTINA

THE CRADOCK MURDERS
DOC, SA

THE LAST VOYAGE
DOC,SA

HISTOIRE D'UNE HAINE MANQUEE
DOC, BURUNDI

TRACES OF THE TRADE
DOC, USA

THE OTHER CHELSEA
DOC

LIEMBA
FICT,INDIA

THE WAY HOME CINEMA
FICT, INDIA

SATHIMA'SWINDSONG
DOC, CANADA

CALYPSO ROSE
DOC, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

PREGNANT AND POSITIVE
SHORT, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

FAMBUL TOK
USA

LEZARE
ETHIOPIA

LIEMBA
USA