Afolayan: Competition deadline extended

Organisers of the ‘Grooming Film Extrapreneurs with Kunle Afolayan’ project have announced August 28 as the new deadline for entries from filmmakers no older than 35 years. The project put together by Kunle Afolayan and Sahara Group is a competition designed to provide a hub for budding filmmakers to express their skills under Afolayan’s tutelage. […]

Organisers of the ‘Grooming Film Extrapreneurs with Kunle Afolayan’ project have announced August 28 as the new deadline for entries from filmmakers no older than 35 years.
The project put together by Kunle Afolayan and Sahara Group is a competition designed to provide a hub for budding filmmakers to express their skills under Afolayan’s tutelage.
A release by Bethel Obioma, Head, Corporate Communications, Sahara Group, said the company was delighted to extend the previous deadline of July 25 in response to the quality of entries so far received and endless appeals from aspiring film makers.
The first of a series of activities to mark the 20th anniversary of Sahara Group, the project seeks to connect young film makers with stakeholders that can help hone their skills to enhance productivity, excellence and sustainability in their careers
Young film makers in Nigeria can join the competition by channelling their creativity into celebrating entrepreneurship in Nigeria by shooting a 15-minute documentary that captures entrepreneurs at work across the nation. The theme of the documentary should focus on: “My Nigeria, My Platform…Nigeria through an entrepreneur’s eyes.’ The competition is open to filmmakers not older than 35 years.
“We unveiled this project about two weeks ago and have already received interesting entries which reinforce our belief in the boundless creativity of Nigerians. We are hopeful that the extension would give more participants the opportunity to be part of the project that is set to produce a new crop of excellent movie producers,” Obioma said.
Afolayan had during the launch of the project said that the overall winner would have an opportunity to improve markedly on various aspects of filmmaking including style of storytelling, subject matter interpretation, audio and visual quality, aesthetics as well as understanding of the perspective of a story.