The Festival, as usual, will feature the following major events:

* Films in the Competitive and Non-Competitive categories;

* Film & Video Market/Exhibition, FilmX; (incorporating an Open Market);

* Workshop, Symposium and Colloquium;

* Gala/Awards Night.

What's new?

* Producers/Directors/Writers' Forum, PDWF:

The Forum provides an opportunity for professionals like producers, directors and writers to interact and exchange ideas on the growth potentials of the film industry for excellence;

* Film Legal Clinic, FLC:

Filmmakers are mind surgeons! Also as owners of intellectual property rights, all ailments induced by'unhealthy' regulatory environment, law and the business of motion picture will be tackled in a therapeutic Clinic by Legal surgeons during the Festival ;

* Talent Hut Shot, THS:

Becoming a filmmaker is a matter of creativity. ZUMA as a celebration of ingenuity also aims at discovering new talents to take the shots from here. Accredited young talents will go through a vigorous selection process under the aegis of a panel of judges made up of some Nigerian award - winning filmmakers (and a few international experts). Each of them will be given an opportunity to shoot a part of their project in the course of the Festival;

* Film Business Forum, FBF;

Information on available film funds and grants from both local and international donor agencies will be on display at this Forum. Practitioners will have a first-hand opportunity to discuss with the representatives of the financial sector, on the SMEIEs and other schemes of government with prospects for the industry. Screenplays will be pitched for interested investors;

* Open Market (a section of FILMX);

* Cultural Carnival;

* Arts & Crafts Exhibition;

* Open Air Screenings;

* Tourism Bazaar (exhibition and visits to tourist sites).

The Managing Director/Chairman Zuma Film Festival Organising: Afolabi Adesanya
Desk Officer: Halima Oyelade
Website: http://www.zumafilmfestival.org