Nigeria’s Premier Movie Pageant Set to Have fun Storytelling, Tradition, and Creativity in Abuja …
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Artwork, Tradition, Tourism and the Artistic Financial system (FMACTCE), in collaboration with the Nigerian Movie Company (NFC), and the nation’s Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has introduced that the 2025 Zuma Worldwide Movie Pageant (ZIFF) will happen from 1st to fifth December 2025, in Abuja, the nation’s capital territory.
Now in its fifteenth version since its inception in 1993, the Zuma Worldwide Movie Pageant stays one in every of Nigeria’s foremost movie festivals and a key platform for celebrating and advancing the nation’s cinematic voice.
Themed “Storytelling for International Affect: Movie as a Tender Energy and Financial Drive”, this yr’s version emphasises cinema’s increasing function in shaping notion, strengthening cultural diplomacy, and driving financial development.
At a press briefing, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Nigeria’s Minister of Artwork, Tradition, Tourism, and the Artistic Financial system, reaffirmed the federal government’s dedication to strengthening the inventive economic system by way of movie and cultural change. She emphasised that the pageant represents a chance to showcase Nigeria’s inventive energy and reaffirm the nation’s place as a number one voice in international storytelling.
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Movie Company, Dr. Ali Nuhu, described ZUMA as an emblem of Nigeria’s inventive pleasure and a platform that connects storytelling with enterprise, tradition with commerce, and creativity with nationwide improvement. He revealed that the 2025 version obtained a record-breaking 3,156 movie entries from international locations together with Nigeria, India, France, China, South Africa, Egypt, the USA, Spain, Germany, Tunisia, and Iran.
The submissions span characteristic movies, documentaries, shorts, scholar tasks, indigenous language movies, animations, music movies, and skits.
The pageant will characteristic a wealthy programme of occasions, together with the NFC Annual Movie Lecture, Rising Expertise Showcase, Movie Commerce & Finance Discussion board, Co-Manufacturing and Pitching Periods, every day screenings, and the ZUMA Awards. These occasions purpose to foster networking, collaboration, and enterprise alternatives throughout the native and worldwide movie industries.
Click on right here to study extra concerning the lineup of pageant actions.