Position Paper on Audiovisual, Animation, Post-Production, and AI-Assisted Creation.
December 15, 2025
On the 5th of May 2026, the African Movie Channel (AMC) team visited Del-York Creative Academy in Lagos in what we describe as a working visit to see the work up close and meet the people behind it.
What they found was a working creative ecosystem: alumni who had come through DCA’s programs with productions and credits to their names and a real grasp of the industry they were trained to enter.
Private Screening of DCA alumni projects
Three films anchored the visit. No Manual, directed and executive-produced by Seun Akamo, produced and written by Folasola Sodiq, and production-designed by Joyce Oluwabunmi Osho. One Breast, directed by DashingPaul Akwaji, with Gbemisola Olajide in the lead role, and Just Leave, directed and executive-produced by Oladapo Akintola. All six alumni trained at the DCA across programs in Filmmaking & Directing, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Acting for Film & TV, and Producing & the Business of Film.
AMC delegation with the Del-York Creative Academy community and alumni
AMC is not a passive institution. Operating three 24-hour premium channels—AMC HD, AMC Series, and Nolly Africa HD, the network reaches audiences across sub-Saharan Africa and its diaspora. Its original production arm, AMCOP, produces hundreds of films and thousands of hours of content annually. Its FAST channels are distributed globally. For DCA’s alumni and fellows, an institutional connection to AMC signifies access to one of the continent’s most active content ecosystems.
The visit formalized the partnership and set the terms for what it will look like in practice. AMC will be joining DCA as an official media partner for the July Fellowship, bringing broadcast visibility, a co-branded media framework, and defined pathways for talent placement and industry engagement. That includes internship opportunities for selected fellows, a talent-sourcing protocol, and joint content opportunities tied to the cohort lifecycle.
DCA Alumni screening their film during the DCA x AMC Partnership Visit
What made the 5th of May significant was not the agreement, but what sat behind it. DCA did not ask the AMC team to take its word for the quality of its training. It put the alumni in the room, screened their work, and walked the team through the facilities where it had all been made.
For over a decade, DCA has operated on a specific conviction: that Africa’s creative industry does not have a talent shortage; it has a system shortage. This partnership with AMC is, in part, a response to that, as it creates a structured connection between the training and the industry, between what is built here and where it needs to go.
The DCA 2026 fellowship begins on the 6th of July, and applications are now open. What May 5th confirmed is that the institutions backing this program aren’t here for the symbolism. They’ve seen the output, and they’re investing accordingly.
Follow @DelYorkCreativeAcademy for updates on the July cohort and what comes next.
