The International Tourism Film Festival Africa 2022 (ITFFA) results are summed up

From 4^th to 7^th May, Cape Town hosted the International Tourism Film Festival Africa 2022 (ITFFA). The event merged a competition between tourism films and documentaries from all over the world with activities focused on tourism audio-visual production. 

In a vibrant Award Ceremony held at the Cape Town City Hall and presented by Denay Willie, founder of Rainbow Academy, were revealed 80 awards, including Silver, Gold, and Grand Prix winners of three competitive sections: DOC&TV, Tourism International and Tourism Africa.

Among the international winners are audio-visual productions from Australia, Austria, Croatia, Fiji, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, and Uganda. 

ITFFA aims to honour the best tourism films and documentaries from all over the world and stimulate the national and African audio-visual industry development. Its thematic categories cover different tourism segments, such as Destinations, Products, and Services.

The festival’s fourth edition drew 315 entries from 55 countries. A diverse jury panel, which brought together professionals with expertise in Marketing, Tourism, and Audio-visual, was dedicated to evaluating the audio-visual productions and selecting the winners.

The festival is organized in cooperation with the International Committee of Tourism Film Festival (CIFFT) and conjunction with the City of Cape Town. For the first time, the ITFFA international winners received points that grant access to the CIFFT Ranking List, which will define the World’s Best Tourism Films of the year. 

ITFFA 2022 has prepared a diversified program, including masterclasses where themes related to filming techniques, elements of digital tourism campaigns, gearing for filming, and funding procurement was presented by renowned specialists.

TV BRICS is a media partner of ITFFA.