New York Film Academy to Train MultiChoice Talent Factory Students

MultiChoice Africa, together with its flagship initiative, MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) has partnered with the New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts (NYFA), to support the development of young filmmakers across Africa attending the MTF academies.

The MultiChoice Talent Factory’s mission is to ignite Africa’s already established creative industries through training and skills development, as well as foster new and original programming.

MTF masterclasses kicked off in January, supported by various industry partners and it includes a series of “best in class” workshops intended to increase MultiChoice Talent Factory’s purpose of upskilling film and TV creatives.

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Taking place across various African cities, the masterclasses are also presented to industry professionals with the intention of developing technical skills of established creatives in cinematography, audio, and storytelling to improve the quality of local productions.

Commenting on the collaboration, Cheryl Uys-Allie, MTF Director noted that the move speaks to their commitment to partnering with industry experts such as the New York Film Academy to promote and protect the growth of Africa’s creative industries.

“Our East Africa Academy Director, Njoki Muhoho is an NYFA alumnus, having studied Filmmaking at the Los Angeles campus and we’re excited to be collaborating with the New York Film Academy in being able to offer incredible opportunities to our students and the sector as a whole,” she added.

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The endorsement of the MultiChoice Talent Factory by New York Film Academy confirms the film school’s continued efforts to empowering and developing filmmakers across the world.

For over a decade, the New York Film Academy has lent support to African content creators and performers by hosting workshops across the continent, where the institution’s faculty has met with thousands of students in Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria and further bridged its hands-on intensive training in both the visual and performing arts as well as offering information sessions, auditions, and portfolio reviews to attendees.

The New York Film Academy prides itself in developing students through a “learning by doing” approach, blending a mixture of traditional film school instruction with coursework and practical experience, where students learn to make films by actually making films.

Through this partnership, MultiChoice continues its commitment to enriching lives by igniting the creative industry across Africa.

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Jim Miller, NYFA VP said that the New York Film Academy is honored 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 who 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 helping bolster the skills of talented African storytellers,” he concluded.