On Thursday, the inaugural set of students of the MultiChoice Talent Factory West Africa Academy were unveiled in a graduation ceremony after a full year of training in film and television production.
The graduation ceremony held at the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.
The students, both Nigeria and Ghana, underwent a 12-month tuition-free training in film and television production.
The MTF Academy was launched by MultiChoice in May 2018 to provide a platform for emerging African filmmakers to produce high quality content which tells the African story to Africans.
Chief Executive Officer, MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe, who spoke at the event, explained that the graduates were selected from a pool of over 3,000 entries recorded during the selection process in 2018.
The MultiChoice Nigeria CEO applauded the students for staying resolute and completing the programme within the stipulated time.
Ugbe urged them to maintain the discipline and professionalism which helped them to excel and use the skills acquired to create a positive impact in the African film industry and the society in general.
Gilbert Bassey, a 26-year-old Nigerian, won a scholarship to enhance his skills at world-renowned New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts (NYFA) as he displayed his multidisciplinary abilities during the programme.
Also, Edmund Asamoah from Ghana won a two-week internship with Nihilent Limited, a Bollywood production.
Similarly, Joseph Adeniyi and Metong Minwon were rewarded with an AVID Media Composer License (in perpetuity) for the most-promising film video editor and an AVID Pro Tools License (in perpetuity) and dongle for the most-promising sound engineer respectively by Jasco Broadcast Solutions.
On his own part, Ugbe awarded the CEO Award for Entrepreneurship to two 24-year-olds, Kemi Adeyemi and Salma Saliu, for exhibiting great entrepreneurial skills during the year. They received $1,000 each for their exploits.
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