Oscar-nominated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako, Nigerian filmmaker Femi Odugbemi, film curator Keith Shiri, and international producer Virginie Besson-Silla are among industry figures converging at Kunle Afolayan Productions (KAP) Film Village and Resort in Oyo State for the conclusion of the KAP-SOPA Pan-African Filmmaking Bootcamp. The three-day programme, scheduled for September 17 to 19, will mark the graduation of 20 young Beninese filmmakers after a 12-week filmmaking programme. The programme was jointly organised by Kunle Afolayan's KAP Film and Television Academy and the Government of Benin through its audio-visual agency, SOPA. It began with four weeks of theoretical training in Cotonou before participants moved to Nigeria for an eight-week practical production residency at KAP Film Village, where they are expected to premiere original short films during the graduation.
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