The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) is scheduled to take place in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from June 24 to June 27.<\/p>\n
The theme for this year\u2019s event, also known as the \u2018Festival of the Dhow Countries\u2019, is AI and the Art of Storytelling, a fitting topic of discussion as film industries across the world grapple with the rise and prevalence of Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n
The 29th edition of the festival, which is aimed at promoting film and other cultural industries as catalysts for regional social and economic growth, will showcase 13 creative works from Kenya.<\/p>\n
Kenya will showcase two films for competition in the Short Film category, three for competition in the documentary category and one in the feature film category. Additionally, the country will also showcase five Kenyan series in competition and two more short films not in competition.<\/p>\n
The list of films and series set to showcase at ZIFF are as follows:<\/p>\n
Feature Fiction Film<\/strong> Documentaries<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The People Shall \u2013 Directed by Mark Maina and Nick Wambugu (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 Kikuyu Land \u2013 Directed by Bea Wangondu (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 After the Abyss \u2013 Directed by Keira Shishay (In Competition)<\/p>\n Drama Series<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Mizani (Scale) \u2013 Directed by Mdagaya Eric (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 Lazizi \u2013 Directed by Reuben Odanga (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 Kash Money Season 1 \u2013 Directed by Grace Kahaki, Phil Bresson (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 Single Kiasi Season 4 \u2013 Directed by Grace Kahaki, Phil Bresson (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 Adam to Eve \u2013 Directed by Alexandros Konstantaras (In Competition)<\/p>\n Short Films<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Goat \u2013 Directed by Judith Kibinge (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 Our Brother \u2013 Directed by Shandra Apondi (In Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 Last Broadcast From Earth \u2013 Directed by Lissa Russel (Out of Competition)<\/p>\n \u2022 The Swap \u2013 Directed by Sally Ngori (Out of Competition)<\/p>\n The post 13 Kenyan films, series to showcase at ZIFF at the end of June<\/a> appeared first on KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) is scheduled to take place in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from June 24 to June 27. The theme for this year\u2019s event, also known as the \u2018Festival of the Dhow Countries\u2019, is AI and the Art of Storytelling, a fitting topic of discussion as film industries across the world grapple with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Bobo \u2013 Directed by Maurice Muendo (In Competition)<\/p>\n