Tunde Kelani’s Film Institute Kicks Off

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A film school set up by veteran filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, Mainframe Film and Media Institute, MFMI, located in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has commenced lectures for its first set of students.

Speaking on the vision of MFMI, Tunde Kelani said “I have always wanted to do this but not without acquiring a level of maturity and experience to serve as the lubricant for effective transfer of experiences gained over a career spanning more than three decades.

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“Mainframe Film and Media Institute therefore is poised to impart artistic and technical education and practice to young ones and established industry professionals who need to update their skills from time to time.”

The institution has at their disposals the best learned who are very much interested in impacting world class knowledge on filmmaking.

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They include Tunde Kelani, Joke Muyiwa Fadirepo, Abiodun Aleja, Bola Bello, Femi Odugbemi, Wale Ojo, Niji Akanni, Olatunji Afolayan, Muritala Sule, Doyin Hassan, Ropo Ewenla, Steve Sodiya, amongst others.

The institution kicked off its academic calendar with its pioneering students, who are taking Film School Basic (FSB) programmes for a period of eight weeks, which would end on July 8, 2016.

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The second batch of the FSB programme would kick off in September through November, which gives other intending participants, who could not make the first batch, enough time to prepare.

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