SOTAMBE International Film and Arts Festival (SOTAMBE IFAF)

SOTAMBE IFAF was established in 2014 on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. In a local language SOTAMBE means "come and watch". We aim to educate and raise awareness of social issues through film and arts. The organization serves as a platform for: * Learning institutions that want to use documentaries, arts and panel discussions as a new and advanced method of learning. * Local filmmakers and artists looking to showcase their projects, share ideas and inspire others. * Capacity building for the filmmaking industry through filmmaking workshops. Each year in the run-up to the festival, we organize filmmaking workshops and boot camps, art workshops for children and art exhibitions, outdoor screenings, film entrepreneurship conferences, and filmmaking labs. The FILM FESTIVAL itself runs in September. The annual event consists of documentary movie screenings followed by panel discussions targeting students from colleges and universities, as well as screenings of locally produced movies followed by discussions with the producers and directors on challenges they faced during the production process. Additional programme consists of art exhibition, concerts, filmmaking labs and many more. The 2022 theme "Infitine Horizons: Create the world we want" speaks to the scriptwriters and filmmakers to give authentic storytelling new meaning and produce positive oriented films that show life of African entrepreneurs and business men and women who are thriving despite the all odds.