ZIFF WORKSHOPS 2010

ZIFF 2010 WORKSHOPS

ZIFF has the pleasure to announce to East African Filmmakers that there will be 3 Workshops to be held during ZIFF between 10th and 18th July 2010. In order to attend please send your name and a short profile and a personal statement why you wish to attend the workshop. Selected participants will have to pay their way to Zanzibar but accommodation will be provided by the festival.


CO-PRODUCTION WITH SWEDEN (Wednesday July 14th –9.30- 11.30)
Following on the success of the Uganda-Sweden Coproduction Imani (by Caroline Kamya) CinemAfrica festival has organised for a Roundtable discussion with Co-producers and potential co-producers on Co-production opportunities with Sweden.
The workshop will detail co-production opportunities with Sweden, where there is regional funding available for international co-productions, for example; Picture editing, Sound (tracklaying, mix), Visual effects, Grading and conform. There is also genuine interest from Swedish film makers and professionals to participate in projects abroad - as crew and/or mentors.
Jan Marnell, from Sweden, Co-producer on Imani was key to the cooperation between Uganda and Sweden. Jan Marnell and Carol Kamya together with CinemAfrica would be making a workshop/presentation to participants interested in learning and availing themselves of this opportunity

DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION: THE CREATIVE GENIOUS OF CONNIE FIELD (Wednesday July 14 1.30- 4.30pm)

The objective of the day-long workshop is to provide an intense overview of the art of documentary production under the tutelage of Connie Field.

Connie Field (producer / director) has worked on numerous dramatic and documentary films as well as independently producing her own work. Her feature documentary, “Freedom on My Mind” (1994) is a history of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. It was nominated for an Academy Award; won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival; Best of Northern California, National Educational Film Festival; etc
She was a co-director on “Forever Activists” (1990 Academy Award Nominee, produced & directed by Judy Montell), and she produced, directed and edited the feature documentary “The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter” (1981). “Rosie” earned fifteen international awards for Best Documentary (including Gold Hugo, Chicago; John Grierson, Blue Ribbon, American International Festival; Golden Marazzo, Festival dei Popoli; Gold Award, Houston; Cine Golden Eagle; Golden Athena, Athens Festival; British Academy Award Nominee),

CINEPHILMS:CELL PHONE FILMS PRODUCTION (Tuesday 9.30- 1.30pm)

This state of the art Workshop will be presented by Thomas Bongani Hart and Jonathan Dockney of the The University of Natal South Africa. Cell phone filmmaking (cellphilmmaking) 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 consumption medium. Convergence has made possible for people to produce and consume content – presumption.
As a result, in Africa, where almost 50% of people have access to a cell phone, cellphilmmaking offers serious potential for filmmakers. The cell phone 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!

Apply on line at www.ziff.or.tz or send application to
filmdept@ziff.or.tz or accomodation@ziff.or.tz