{"id":1046,"date":"2025-12-06T04:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2025-12-06T04:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:51:07","slug":"100-films-selected-formashariki-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/100-films-selected-formashariki-festival\/entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"100 films selected forMashariki Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mashariki-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mashariki-edited.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mashariki-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mashariki-edited-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Director of the Mashariki African Film Festival, Tr\u00e9sor Senga, indicates that this year, the festival will have a special feature. PHOTO: COURTESY<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mashariki African Film Festival (MAFF), running from November 22 to 29 at Century Cinema in Kigali, will screen a total of 99 films under this year\u2019s theme; \u201cCreative Horizons\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Africa\u2019s most influential film festivals, MAFF continues to showcase African stories to the world while connecting filmmakers, producers, and industry professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 11th edition features 60 international films and 39 local productions, known as \u201cIziwacu\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The international selection includes 13 feature films, 26 short f ilms, 10 documentaries, 10 TV series, and one special screening, all celebrated for their originality and storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iziwacu lineup highlights 12 feature f ilms, 7 TV series, 18 web series, and 2 short films, reflecting the impressive growth and talent within Rwanda\u2019s film industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mashariki African Film Festival (MAFF), running from November 22 to 29 at Century Cinema in Kigali, will screen a total of 99 films under this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/1049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}