The Zanzibar International Film
Festival, in partnership with
TRACE Mziki, is
proud to announce
the East African
Music Video Award,
a new category
that will honor
the directors and
producers who make
East African artists
look so good.
The award for
best video will
not only celebrate
East African artists
with the vision
to create quality music
videos, but also
the behind-the-scenes teams
that make these
videos possible. For
a number of
years, ZIFF has
recognized that music
videos are, in
fact, short films
and should
be treated as
such within the
confines of the
film festival.
ZIFF Festival Director
Fabrizio Colombo explains
further, “this award
is a way
to promote storytelling development in
music videos and
encourage the skills
of producers and
directors who might
start out with
music videos and
then find their
way towards feature
length films. Recent
film like Oscar
winning “La La
Land” shows how
much music and
dance are part
of the history
of cinema.”
TRACE Mziki, East
Africa’s biggest and
most popular music
video channel, is
also committed to
growing the East
African music industry
and encouraging the
production of high
quality videos.
TRACE CEO for
Eastern Africa, Steve
Agutu explains further: "The partnership with
ZIFF to start
this category, coinciding with
the festival’s 20th
anniversary, was a
no brainer. The
category will further
cement our long-standing goal
to not only
improve the quality
of music videos, but also
to recognize the
people who work
to make this
possible. The creation
of this category
is indeed as
timely as it
is important, and
as TRACE we
will inject the
high standards in
music video selection
that has propelled
TRACE MZIKI to
its number one
status.”
A panel of
judges from the
TRACE Mziki selection
committee will select
the final nominees
from all videos
submitted and these
videos will be
screened throughout the
festival ahead of
the main evening’s
show in the
Old Fort Ampitheatre. A
final winner will
be announced on
the closing night
of the Festival.
All East African
artists, as well
as video producers
and directors are
encouraged to submit
their videos via
the submission form
on www.ziff.or.tz in
the section east
African Video Music
Competition and then
send the form
and your video
link to videos@ziff.or.tz
The deadline for
submission is 30th
May 2017
Please note: Videos
must be for
an East African
artist and must
have been created
in 2016 or
after.
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