THE ZANZIBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (ZIFF), ALSO KNOWN AS FESTIVAL OF THE DHOW COUNTRIES WILL BE HELD FROM JULY 7th TO 15th 2018 AT STONE TOWN – ZANZIBAR

ZIFF is an annual film festival held in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It has been described as the largest cultural event in East Africa.

 Every year ZIFF has a theme, with the theme for ZIFF 2018 being SPEAK UP AND BE HEARD!  In Swahili Language means   SEMA USIKIKE 

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. The festival is arguably the largest multi disciplinary art and cultural festival in Africa, and continues to lead as a tourist attraction event in the region. For more detailed information visit. http://www.ziff.or.tz