Workshops
ZIFF is a truly interactive film festival, where film-makers can meet and learn from their peers in a creative environment. This year we have a number of exciting workshops and forums to keep visitors busy:
Kori Arts
KORI ARTS was formed in 2002 in North London. A not for profit social enterprise focused on youth development, that delivers a diverse programme of arts, supplementary education, environmental studies and sport that advances the skills and experience of young people to standards that bring real enrichment to their lives.
The children and young people share their inspiring exhibitions and performances widely, and gain a true sense of being useful and purposeful citizens. They also gain many opportunities for self – development through training, teaching, mentoring, travelling and work experience.
Documentary Production Workshop
Having finally being able to lure Connie Fields from the USA, ZIFF will hold a day- long workshop on creative documentary production.
Connie is well known for her Academy Award winning Freedom on my Mind (1994) and the series Have you Heard from Johannesburg (2006), the definitive voice of Anti-apartheid liberation narratives in documentary. With the showing of the entire 7 part series dur- ing ZIFF, we propose to not only articulate the global importance of the anti-apartheid movement, but also recognise the creative potential that documentary allows filmmakers and audiences to engage with serious topics.
The World Cinema Tour
The beginning of July marks the official start of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) and Jan Vrij- man Fund (JVF) Cinema Mondial Tour in Tan- zania, then one day later in Rwanda. The two funds, which provide support to filmmakers in developing countries, have set up a joint film programme that will tour film festivals in Africa until March 2011.
The film programme consists of a total of 12 fiction films and documentaries, all made with support from the Hubert Bals Fund and the Jan Vrijman Fund, respectively.
A special advance screening of the Cinema Mondial Tour took place at the beginning of June during the Ecrans Noir festival in Cameroon. The official starting signal for the tour of Africa is given on 10 July at ZIFF 2010. The Cinema Mondial Tour will run until mid-2011 and will visit film festivals in other African countries, including Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Benin.
The Literary Forum
The Literary forum at ZIFF provides opportunities to celebrate literary output from the dhow country region and beyond.
With the support of the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands, ZIFF is this year proud to present two Fund Laureates, Professor Abdul Sheriff and Professor Manthia Diawarra, to launch their new publications. in addition, a new publication that comes courtesy of the Archi-Africa Architecture Project documents the restoration of the Beit el Mtoni building in Zanzibar.
To generate funds, the Mtoni Palace Conservation Project organizes an unforgettable tour around this important and historical palace and profit will be used for the conser- vation project.
Cellphilms
This state of the art workshop will be present- ed by Thomas Bongani Hart and Jonathan Dockney of the The University of Natal South Africa. Cellphone filmmaking (cellphilmmak- ing) is a fast emerging global phenomenon.
Owing to the convergence of technologies, the cellphone has entered the film industry and become a viable production and con- sumption medium. Convergence has made possible for people to produce and consume content – prosumption. As a result, in Africa, where almost 50% of people have access to a cellphone, cellphilmmaking offers serious potential for filmmakers.
The cellphone poses its own aesthetics. The small screen and camera quality have placed specific restraints on production. Come and learn from the best in the field. Bring your mobile phone and make a movie!
Production Links - Sweden
Building local capacity on both sides IMANI - Ugandan/Swedish co-production
There are opportunities for African film mak- ers to create valuable alliances outside their own country in order to realize their projects. A local African story may find its way to the screen through collaborating with a post-pro- duction unit in the northern part of Sweden. Having the diversity of creative and technical input may lead to new constellations, which will strengthen the local capacity on both sides. Caroline Kamya (Director and Produc- ers of) and Jan Marnell (Associate Producer) will share their experiences around the post- production of the award winning film Imani. The session starts with CinemAfrica present- ing their networking project, between the Swedish and African film industry, which is part of the Swedish Institute’s initiative Crea- tive Force.