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1 May
The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), organiser of the yearly Zuma Film Festival, has released the programme of activities for the 2022 edition of the festival, which the NFC is a collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration. According to the programme of activities, the festival opens on Sunday, May 1 and closes Saturday, May 7,…
5 Dec 2021
The 2021 edition of Zuma Film Festival earlier scheduled to hold in Abuja, from December 1 to 7, 2021, has been moved to April 2 to 9, 2022.
28 Nov 2021
The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have signed a N2.5 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the hosting of this year’s Zuma Film Festival (ZUFF).
21 Sep 2020
The Federal Government says it is reforming and commercialising the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) to address the agency’s teething challenges and reposition it for improved performance.
16 Feb 2020
The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), in the next few months, will increase the number of its training and capacity building workshops for stakeholders in the motion picture industry.
12 May 2019
“We lost him. He couldn’t wait for the surgery. Chief Eddie Ugbomah has just passed on. He died exactly an hour ago,” the terse message from Shaibu Husseini announced the death of veteran filmmaker and one of Nigeria’s most prolific cine creators of the celluloid era. Ugbomah died at a private hospital in Lagos at…
15 Dec 2018
In recognition of his immeasurable contributions towards the growth of the film industry in Nigeria, renowned filmmaker Femi Odugbemi has been rewarded...
21 Nov 2018
Organisers of Zuma Film Festival (ZUFF) have announced their preparedness for the fiesta, which begins on Monday, December 1, 2018.
17 Jun 2018
Jonathan Haynes had firsthand experience with Nigerian film industry at its early days and fell in love with it immediately. He has gone on to write a great book on the industry, The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres.
6 May 2018
The Managing Director of Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, has described the growth and current state of Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood...
8 Oct 2017
The realisation that potential in the entertainment industry must be harnessed to create job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths has set some bodies into action.
4 Jun 2017
The agencies, which met under the aegis of The Quartet, are desirous of pulling their resources through strategic partnerships to ensure that the development of the Nigerian film industry is sustainably pursued.
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