Kwetu International Animation Film Festival (KIAFF) is newly born Festival in Tanzania which is set to kick-off in APRIL 2ND -3RD, 2021, KIAFF will be providing a large-scale setting for presenting the beautiful works of world animated films with special focus on East African Animation films. KIAFF will be a 2 days festival that will showcase quality animation films from around the world. The Festival will be set in Dar es Salaam, a commercial city of Tanzania.
The Kwetu International Animation Film Festival will revive the history of Animation Cinema in East Africa. This festival is created for the public to socialize and also developed into a place of intercultural exchange and a platform for the critical animated cinematic exploration of social and development issues.
KIAFF will bring the big stars of international cinema to Dar es Salaam and it will discover and develop new talents to Africa and the global. KIAFF will accompany animation filmmakers on their path into the spotlight and support their careers, visions, projects, dreams and works.
KIAFF will be the new HUB for animation cinema in East Africa.
The festival’s center piece will be its competition sections for only one genre (animation): –
1. Feature films (from 45min)
2. Short films (5sec to 40min)
3. Made in Africa ( Films made by African in Africa)
Winners of each will be determined by international juries, who will grant the TEMBO Award to the winners. There will be other three special awards for Best Commercial ad, Special Jury Mention and Audience Awards.
The non-competition sections will feature the works of established filmmakers, notable films of various national cinemas, animated films that have made their mark in film history.
TEMBO AWARDS:
• Best Feature
• Best Short
• Made in Africa
• Best East African
• Best Script/Story
• Best Sound
. Best Character
• Special Jury Mention
• Best Commercial Ad
• Audience Award