Here’s How You can Be a Part of 2019 Accelerate Filmmaker Project

Are you ready for the biggest Film Academy in Nigeria? 

The Accelerate Filmmaker Project (AFP) is back for season 3 and this year, the academy is expanding to take in more trainees.

Accelerate Filmmaker Project is an initiative of Accelerate TV, powered by Access Bank, created to train, empower and give a platform to young enthusiastic filmmakers between the ages of 18 -29 to actualize their dreams of filmmaking.

With Accelerate’s in-house Producer, Bolanle Olosunde-Jenrola and award-winning filmmaker, Kemi Lala Akindoju managing the project, AFP has proven to be a worthy cause with over 35 filmmakers trained from previous years, setting amazing feats in the industry.

One of the short films from the first AFP edition held in 2017, titled Penance, by Michael ‘Ama Psalmist’ Akinrogunde, bagged the 2018 Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Award for Best Short film, with Tanwa by Adenike Adebayo-Esho was equally nominated.

Michael’s short film has also gone on to win the Moet & Chandon and FilmOne Distribution’s Film Gala award for best short film. 

Of the 20 students trained in the 2018 edition, 7 emerged winners and got a sizeable budget to produce their own short films, after pitching their film ideas to a panel of judges made up of the likes of Joke Silva, Mildred Okwo, amongst others. They also got the chance to showcase their short films at the 2018 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF).

The winners, Bola Akanbi, Ozioma Ogbaji, Charles Obi Emere, Samuel Olanrewaju Chidinma Igbokweuche, Seun Richards and Joel Adegoye were mentored by industry veterans including Joke Silva, Mildred Okwo, Victor Sanchez, and Seyi Babatope in their film production journey.

This year, the Accelerate Filmmaker project is back and bigger, as Accelerate is expanding to take 25 students to join the academy.

To be a part of the 2019 Accelerate Filmmaker Project, you are required to make a ‘one-minute’ video on the theme ‘Patriotism’ and post it on your Instagram page, with the hashtag #AccelerateFilmmakerProject2019.

50 people will be shortlisted to go through a second screening stage, after which 25 Finalists will then be selected for the one-week intensive training.

These 25 filmmakers will be trained intensively by our top industry professionals including, Bibi Sasore, Victor Sanchez, Bose Oshin, Ifeoma Chukwuogo, Uduak Oguamanam, Tolu Ajayi, Kunle ‘NoDash’ Adejuyigbe, Feyisayo Ogundipe and Bobo Omotayo.

So what are you waiting for? Follow us on Twitter @acceleratetv and Instagram @accelerate_tv and upload your one-minute video using the #AccelerateFilmmakerProject2019.

Good luck!

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