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Academy Launches Residency Programme
THE Spanish Film Academy, with support of the City Council of Madrid, has launched the third edition of its residency programme. According to the academy’s Julia Crespo, the programme is aimed at all filmmakers ( directors or scriptwriters), emerging or professional, national or foreign, with the aim of providing them with the means and support necessary for the development of new cinematographic or audiovisual projects of fiction and or non fiction, which may be feature films or television series. “The programme is open to any person of legal age, regardless of their origin and place of residence. They are all welcome to apply for the programme,” Crespo said, adding that the application opens from April 12to 27. “The applications should be in Spanish or English and all of them are to be done through our new online that will be announced on our w eb page,www. re sid en ci as ac ade mm mia de ci ne. com on April 12,” Crespo clarified. Additional information on the academy and the residency programme can be sourced at the website.
Entries Open For ZUFF 2021
THE Nigerian Film Corporation ( NFC) has announced date for the 12th Zuma Film Festival ( ZUFF). It is scheduled to hold from December 1 to 7. It will hold as usual in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. The theme for ZUFF 2021 is ‘ Show The Money’ and according to a statement from the NFC, it will focus on highlighting the great investment opportunities available in digital content creation and exhibition. The festival, which has held yearly since 2017, will provide opportunity for both physical and virtual participation, “as a way of increasing the participatory level by filmmakers working abroad 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,” the statement said. It also indicated that submission of entries opened on April 2 and will be open until October 30, 2021. Entries can be submitted through the Zuma filmfreeway platform or to the Zuma Film Festival Secretariat in Jos, Plateau State, as well as the NFC Zonal Offices in Lagos, Asaba, Umahia, Yola, Kano and Abuja. Entry forms can also be downloaded from the festival and NFC websites: www. zumafilmfest. gov. ng, www. nigerianfilms. gov. ng. The ZUFF award categories are Best Cinematography, Best Script, Best Animation, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, Best Student Film, Best
Picture and Best Indigenous Film. New Award For Influencers, Content Creators T RENDUPP Award, which aimed at recognising content creators, influencers and brands across Nigeria, has been created. Founder and CEO of Trendupp, Tiwalola Olanubi Jnr., disclosed that the award was initiated to recognise outstanding work of influencers and content creators play in their shaping digital trends over the years in Nigerian. “We seek to fill this gap with Trendupp awards by celebrating the influencers, content creators, brands and organisations, who have made the best use of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok, to influence and entertain us over the past few years. So, the award is designed to celebrate and honour the brains behind the creative content,” Olanubi said, adding that following the nominations from the general public later this month, winners will be screened and chosen by a board of respectable judges in order to maintain transparency and accuracy in the selection and screening process. “So, Nigerians should get ready to nominate their favourite influencers, content creators and brands that have disrupted and influenced using their voices and content,” Olanubi surmised. Trendupp is a subsidiary of Dottsmediahouse, reputed as a leading force in the influencer marketing space in Nigeria. Further details on the award can be sourced from all Trendupp’s social media platforms and from www. trenduppawards. com
Abuja Film Festival Entries On Till August
ORGANISERS of the Abuja International Film Festival ( AIFF) have opened entries for the 18th edition of the festival scheduled to hold in Abuja from November 1 to November 4, 2021. Founder and Executive Director of the festival, Fidelis Duker, said that entries opened since April 1 and would remain opened until August 20. Films in all genres are to be submitted through the festival filmfreeway link: