adminonly women’s film festival South of the Sahara, the International Images Film Festival for Women, filmmaker cum novelist, IIFF founder Tsitsi Dangarembga has finally passed on the torch.
Born in 1984, Yvonne was born and bred in Bulawayo.
She attained her Advanced level at Thekwane High School in 2002 and later moved to Harare where she graduated with a National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Harare Polytechnic in 2006.
Yvonne, who is currently in her second year of study in Sociology at the Women’s University in Africa holds a diploma in Public Relations and several certificates on proposal writing, reporting, and feminism.
Yvonne joined Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe in 2008 as a Programmes Assistant and was later promoted to be Programmes Officer before assuming Festival Directorship, her current position.
Her portfolio includes overall management of IIFF, fundraising for the festival, festival reporting and networking among other things.
Yvonne strongly believes women can achieve great heights as long as they adopt the do-it-yourself mentality and do away with the give-it to-me syndrome.
IIFF helps women validate their value as active and creative contributors. – IIFF
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