Standard Fee
5$
-8%
4.6$
Submissions deadline
15 May 21
0.4$
09 Apr 2021
Call for entries
15 May 2021
Final deadline
25
days
15 Jun 2021
Notification date
21 Jul 2021
25 Jul 2021
Festival start: 21 July 2021 Festival end: 25 July 2021
The Zanzibar International Film Festival is currently accepting applications for all African films (including African Diaspora) and films from the Dhow Countries’ region- South East Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, The Persian Gulf, Iran, Pakistan, India and the Indian Ocean Islands. ZIFF reserves the right to accept any films with a specific interest to the festival.
• The ZIFF Jury will offer the Dhow Awards in the following Categories:
Feature films, Documentary, Zanzibar Films, Short/Animation, East African Films Bongo Movies
• The ZIFF Board will offer the following Awards:
Chairperson’s Award, Life Achievement Award
• The SIGNIS Jury will present its Award to a film that is deemed to exemplify universal and spiritual values that enhance human dignity, justice and tolerance through the artistic application of cinematic expression.
• THE European African Film Festivals AWARD: Awarded to a film deemed the best African film in competition.
Films should preferably depict the Festival theme; Sharing Our Heritage which conveys the idea of merging concerns in a global village, cultural encounters, engagement and exchange. Films reflecting the theme of global cultural interaction, cultural encounters or sociocultural commentary will be given priority.
The main competition (the Golden Dhow and Silver Dhow) is only for filmmakers from the Dhow countries. These include Countries of the Indian Ocean Rim and Indian Ocean Islands, including Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan and India; All African countries.
Standard Fee
5$
-8%
4.6$
Submissions deadline
15 May 21
Standard Fee
5$
-8%
4.6$
Submissions deadline
15 May 21
Standard Fee
5$
-8%
4.6$
Submissions deadline
15 May 21
No Fee
Submissions deadline
15 May 21
No Fee
Submissions deadline
15 May 21