Uvisuals Studios, Ark and Rainbow Development Foundation with support from the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund and LEAP Africa have screened a short film titled “Lotus.”

Speaking during the screening recently, the keynote speaker, Femi Odugbemi, who is a 4-time head of Jury of the prestigious Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) and founding producer of Nigeria’s longest running soap, TINSEL, stressed the need for more collaboration to unlock the potentials in the film industry.

According to Odugbemi, Africa nay Nigeria has beautiful stories to tell particularly with our diversity.

“The most education is self-dedication. Our diversity as a people can be leveraged for more exploits and we can’t do this without partnership. You can’t be a thinker if you don’t talk to people. Connection, support, collaboration and partnership is what keeps the creative industry in Nigeria booming and we need youths to dream bigger and think of a better Nigeria,” he said.

In his welcome address, the co-founder of Uvisuals Studios, Tunde Raphael said that over the last one year, the project has built the capacity of participants on digital tools, grassroots mobilization, and other relevant subjects that would help them make social change in the society. They said that Fellows have also actively participated in producing a social impact short film (Lotus), which was screened on the day of the event.

In addition, Uvisuals Studio also graduated a set of 20 young Microscope Fellows aged 20-25 in tertiary institutions across Lagos State. They were presented with certificates as Fellows with 4 additional youths awarded as dynamic changemakers in Lagos State.