Multichoice partners with New York Film Academy

South Africa’s pay television firm MultiChoice has snagged a partnership with the prestigious New York Film Academy College of Visual and Performing Arts for its recently announced Multichoice Talent Factory (MTF) initiative, reports say.

The Director of MTF Academy (West Africa), Femi Odugbemi, said the collaboration was in line with MTF’s mission of igniting Africa’s already established creative industries through training and skills development as well as foster new and original programming.

On its part, NYFA  says it prides itself in developing students through a “learning by doing” approach, blending a mixture of traditional film school instruction with coursework and practical experience, which ensures that students learn to make films by actually making films. Through this partnership, MultiChoice continues its commitment to boosting capacity in the continent’s creative industry.

In the words of the NYFA vice president, Jim Miller, “The New York Film Academy is honoured to be a part of the enrichment, development, and fostering of storytellers across Africa, a continent steeped in a rich history of dynamic, creative and passionate visual and performing artists.

“Over the years, NYFA has been privileged to have hosted hundreds of students from dozens of African nations-many of whom have found outstanding success in their national industries when they returned home.

“This MTF and NYFA collaboration is a natural extension of our commitment to help bolster the skills of talented African storytellers.”