ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries
Zanzibar International Film Festival [ZIFF] is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization established in 1997 in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
ZIFF’s mission is:
“to promote internationally and to develop film and other relevant cultural industries as tools for social and economic growth in the region, as exemplified in Zanzibar”.
The principal activity of ZIFF is the annual Festival of the Dhow Countries.
The Festival of the Dhow Countries is now the largest annual cultural event in East Africa, and among the eight major festivals in sub-Saharan Africa. It is scheduled annually around the first two weeks in July. The festival celebrates the arts and cultures of the African Continent, India, Pakistan, Gulf States, Iran and the Indian Ocean islands. It features an international film and video competition, music, theatre and performing arts, workshops, seminars, conferences and other related arts and cultural programmes. The festival programme is centred in a variety of magnificent venues near the seafront in the historic Stone Town; with a Village Panorama that extends the festival to rural communities; Women’s Panorama, which provides a focus for women’s issues; Children’s Panorama, which provides for the participation of children and youths.
For more information contact:
ZIFF
PO Box 3032
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Tel (+255) 747 411499
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Web www.ziff.or.tz
For more information contact:
ZIFF
PO Box 3032
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Tel (+255) 747 411499
Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Web www.ziff.or.tz
Local Zanzibaris turn out in their thousands for ZIFF
Pic: Yusuf Mahmoud
Pic: Yusuf Mahmoud
