The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) has announced that this year’s edition of ZUMA Film Festival (ZUFF), will hold from December 1st to 7th 2021 in Abuja.
A statement signed by the corporation’s Head of Public Affairs, Brian Etuk, also disclosed that interested filmmakers from Nigeria and beyond could start sending in their entries from April 2 to October 30, 2021.
The statement partly read: “ZUMA Film Festival 2021 will just like immediate past editions, provide opportunity for both physical and virtual participation, not only because of adherence to COVID -19 Safety Protocols, but as a means of increasing the participatory level by offshore film professionals, including funders, producers, marketers, film distribution companies who have, and rightly so, identified Nigeria as the fastest growing market for digital content creation and distribution for Africa, and are willing to invest.”
In its 12th edition, the theme for the 2021 edition of the festival is ‘SHOW THE MONEY’ – expected to focus on highlighting the great investment opportunities available in digital content creation and exhibition.
The statement quoted the Managing Director of NFC and Chairman, Organising Committee of ZUFF, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, as explaining that the theme for the 2021 edition was chosen to further the conversations on the yearnings of Nigerian filmmakers to be offered the vantages of secured returns on investment.
He maintained that the growth and great potentials within the film sector of Nigeria makes it imperative for the sustenance of efforts that will enable content producers as well as off takers develop and benefit from film marketing, distribution and exhibition models.
“ZUFF 2021, the 12th in the series, will once more provide the platform to sustain the recognition of Nigerian film makers who have or are adding the needed value to the development of the art and business of filmmaking,” he added.
The festival will award films in Best Cinematography, Best Script, Best Animation, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, Best Student Film, Best Picture and Best Indigenous Film.
