Award winning producer and
talents coach, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen aka D'Guvnor is taking
Nollywood to the
next level with his recent partnership with Igbinedion university Okada, Benin
City for his Nollywood Project 101 to set up The Benin Film Academy.
The official signing of the
memorandum of understanding between the two parties took place on January 14,
2017 at the 18th matriculation ceremony of the University which is now the
first private University in Nigeria to achieve such feat.
The project which is set to take
off in the first quarter of 2017 under the tutelage of Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
's Nollywood project 101 will be gateway to the heart of Nollywood in Benin, an
entrepreneurial practical school that would further improve the lives of people
in that region.
In first of its kind, Benin Film
Academy will be offering practical training in Acting, Directing, Editing and
Script Writing that will surpass all expectations; with summer film camp for
teenagers and children.
Speaking on the project, Lancelot
said; the need for me to give back from my wealth of knowledge informed my
decision to start a film school and contribute my own quarter to development of
entertainment in the country."
"I have garnered a lot of
experience from my over 2 decades of movie production and directing. I believed
this is the best time to give back so, all plans are now in place to start in
this first quarter."
With a seasoned and talented
Nollywood greats like; Desmond Elliot, Kanayo.O.Kanayo, Sani Mu'azu, Victor Okhai, Kabat Eseosa Egbon, Andrew Osawaru, Hyginous Ekkwuazi and Omotola Jadade Ekehinde making the board of fellows of this great innovation, Benin
Film Academy is set to redirect the focus of Nollywood to achieve greater
feats.
More pix from the signing of memorandum of understanding in Benin on saturday.
More pix from the signing of memorandum of understanding in Benin on saturday.
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