HAAK
NEEL PRODUCTION COMPANY IN COLLABORATION WITH A NETWORK OF INFORMATION FILM HAS
ORGANISED A DAR FILM FESTIVAL (DFF) AIMED AT ENABLING MANY TANZANIANS TO
PARTICIPATE IN SWAHILI MOVIES.
Coordinator Staford Kihore said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that
the festival will motivate Tanzanians to watch Swahili films. The festival will
be held in Dar es Salaam from September 24 to 26 this year and Swahili films
will be screened to improve Kiswahili language and introduce them as important
products in the country.
“This is the first festival and we intent to screen Tanzania
Swahili films only. In the second festival we will include other Swahili movie
from different parts using Kiswahili,” Kihoro said.
He added that due to the advancement of the local film industry,
different actors from all regions in the country will perform during the
threeday festival. “The festival will consider all people in the country
especially film stakeholders and all youths who will get the opportunity to
showcase their films,” he noted.
Kihoro
said a seminar for all film stakeholders and participants will be conducted
during the festival in order to provide more opportunity for them to get
accustomed to the film industry in the country.
He thanked government institutions, movie board and local actors
for their support in preparing the DFF. Others are Tanzania Film Federation
(TAFF), Leo Media and Proin Promotion Company. Kihoro called upon all
Tanzanians to love Swahili film so as to improve Kiswahili language within and
outside the country.
By FATMA ABDU, Tanzania Daily News
