Who Am I, a film by Wanuri Kahiu and Nick Reding, is among the selection of films selected to be in competition at the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) 2018. The festival will take place in various venues in and around Stone Town Zanzibar from July 7th to 15th 2018.
Other Kenyan entries include:
- The Flesh Business – Denis Wanjohi Maina
- New Moon – Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann
- The Cut – Peter Wangugi Gitau
- Supa Modo – Likarion Wainaina
- 18 Hours – Njue Kevin
- Owino – Javier Marín, Yusuf Razzaque
There was a record number of entries this year with over 4,000 films submitted. Entries came from over 140 countries with Kenya recording 54 films.
The selection for Best Web, TV, and Student films is yet to be announced and the festival has promised to release it soon.
Full list of films selected for ZIFF 2018
| FEATURE FILMS | Country | Category | Directors |
| 18 Hours | Kenya | Main Competition | Njue Kevin |
| Bahasha | Tanzania | Main Competition | John Riber/Jordan Riber |
| Balon | Italy/Sierraleone | International | Pasquale Scimeca |
| Days of Night | Tanzania | Swahili Comp | Nilesh Bhatt |
| Fatuma | Tanzania | Hors Competition | Jordan Riber |
| Golnesa | Iran, Islamic Republic of | Dhow Cultures | SATTAR CHAMANI GOL |
| Hakkunde | Nigeria | Main Competition | Asurf oluseyi |
| Kasala | Nigeria | Main Competition | EMA EDOSIO |
| Liyana | Swaziland | Main Competition | Aaron Kopp |
| Love and Shukla | India | Dhow Cultures | JATLA SIDDARTHA |
| Majan | Iran | Dhow Cultures | |
| Safari | Tanzania | Main Competition | Freddy Feruzi |
| Segere | Tanzania | Main Competition | takura maurayi |
| Supa Modo | Kenya | Main Competition | |
| The Cut | Kenya | Main Competition | Peter Wangugi Gitau |
| The Desert Voices | Morocco | Main Competition | Daoud AOULAD-SYAD |
| The Forbidden | Uganda | Main Competition | Kizito Samuel Saviour |
| The Great Muse | Saud Arabia | Dhow Cultures/International | Bentley Brown |
| The Wedding Ring | Niger | Main Competition | Rahmatou Keita |
| When I become a Butterfly | Iran | Dhow Cultures | |
| DOCUMENTARY FILMS | |||
| 3 Stolen Cameras | Western Sahara | Doc International | RåFILM, Equipe Media |
| A Memory In Three Acts | Mozambique | Doc | Inadelso Cossa |
| Afia Attack: Trading Behind Enemy Line | Nigeria | Doc | Ujuaku Akukwe |
| Birds | Algeria | Doc | Berkri Salima Louisa |
| BURKINABÈ RISING: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | Doc International | Iara Lee |
| Children of Drum: The Legacy of Black Journalists in Apartheid-era South Africa | USA/SA/SPAIN | Doc International | Larry Tung |
| Common Threads-Fabrics from India for Africa | India | Dhow Cultures | |
| dancedance/RE♦VOLUTION | South Africa | Doc | |
| Effata Road | Italy | Doc International | |
| Fearless | United States | Doc International | Jasmine Cannon, Branden Hampton, Yingxu Jane Hao |
| Ghana for you | Belgium/Ghana | Doc | Adams Mensah |
| I am Sheriff | Southafrica | Doc | |
| In the name of Your Daughter | Canada/Tanzania | Doc International | Giselle Portenier |
| Kimpa Vita: The Mother of the African Revolution | DRC/Angola | Doc | NE KUNDA NLABA |
| Kinshasa Makambo | DRC | Doc | Dieudo Hamadi |
| Making Ends Meet | Zimbabwe | Doc | Thomas Muziyirwa |
| New Moon | Kenya | Doc | Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann |
| Nice Very Nice | Algeria | Doc | El Kheyer Zidani |
| Owino | Spain/Kenya | Doc International | Javier Marín, Yusuf Razzaque |
| Poetry is My Rifle | Brazil | Doc International | Fernando Salinas, Victor Hugo Liporage |
| SILAS: No more business as usual | Liberia/Kenya/USA | Doc | |
| Sing it Loud – Luthers Heirs in Tanzania | Germany | Doc International | Julia Irene Peters, Co Director: Jutta Feit |
| Skulls | South Africa/Germany/Namibia | Doc | Vincent Moloi |
| The Flesh Business | Kenya | Doc | Denis Wanjohi Maina |
| Vivre Riche | France/Ivory Coast | Doc | Joël Akafou |
| Voodoo | USA | Doc | Djimon Hounsou |
| Wahenga (The Ancestors) | Tanzania | Doc | Amil Issa Shivji, Rebecca Corey |
| Who Am I | Kenya | Doc | Nick Reding, Wanuri Kahiu |
| Your Music Your Voice | Uganda | Doc | Edmond Tamale |