Workshops & Masterclasses

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Festival Core Classes

Story & Script Yoruba Mythology Storytelling
📅 Day 1 & 2 📍 Room A, CBCIU

Yoruba Mythology & Storytelling

Led by Prof. Adebiyi Williams

Deconstruct traditional Yoruba folklore, cosmologies, and archetypes, mapping historic oral narratives safely into compelling structures for contemporary global screens.

Technical Craft Cinematography Masterclass
📅 Day 2 & 3 📍 Studio B, Abere

Cinematography: Painting with Light

Led by Sarah Jenkins (Guest)

An immersive, hands-on lighting and camera setup masterclass detailing how to capture deep rich skin tones, handle natural ambient settings, and select correct visual optics.

Technical Craft Indigenous Sound Engineering
📅 Day 3 📍 Audio Lab 1

Traditional Score & Sound Design

Led by Michael Smith

Deconstruct standard post-production sound workflows. Learn technical capturing techniques for live talking drums (Gangan), flutes, and crafting culturally rich cinematic soundscapes.

Directing & Acting Directing Masterclass
📅 Day 2 📍 CBCIU Theatre Hall

Nollywood Directing: Budget Masterclass

Led by Kunle Afolayan (Guest)

A deep dive into directing blockbusters on a budget. Managing creative crews, blocking actors, building dramatic suspense, and maintaining tight high-speed filming schedules.

Business of Film Distribution Masterclass
📅 Day 4 📍 Seminar Arena

Global Distribution & Streaming Markets

Led by Amara Okafor

Demystify sales agents, distribution networks, film festival strategies, pitch documents, and legal guidelines to license your content successfully to international streaming platforms.

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Due to space constraints inside the CBCIU Abere lecture halls, workshop attendance is prioritised for festival pass holders and local southwestern film students. Request your seat confirmation directly.

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