The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), in collaboration with Ford Foundation, is providing capacity development 15 film students to the popular Montana State University, United States, for a summer course.
The beneficiaries who travelled to the US on Sunday were selected from the AFRIFF Talent Development Workshops at the 2015 edition of the festival which held in Lagos.
The initiative provides beginners and intermediate courses for young people in their choice areas of filmmaking.
The scholarship scheme which is meant to advance the aspirations of these burgeoning talents, is an intensive hands-on training camp on various aspects of filmmaking with emphasis on documentary filmmaking.
Although 20 students qualified for the scholarship, 15 have been granted visas by the American embassy so far. They include 13 Nigerians, one Ghanaian and one Rwandan.
They are: Morakinyo Fapohunda (Lagos), Leke Oyeyinka (Ogun), Kalu Nnamdi Anaga (Enugu), Damian Ashinjo (Benue), Richard Odilu (Delta), Tunray Femi (Delta), Kelechi Nduka (Anambra), Dan Ikpoyi (Delta), Adebusola Adeboyejo (Ondo), Kenechukwu Nwatu from Enugu; Alero Okorodus (Lagos), Joy Igbe (Benue), Susan Akalazu (Imo), Osei Owusu Banahene (Ghana) and Vanessa Uwase (Rwanda).
