 In a bid to contribute to the growth of Nigeria's creative industry, British Council Nigeria has announced the launching of a film lab Africa. In a press conference in Victoria Island, Lagos, the resource persons say the innovation is designed to empower aspiring filmmakers and TV producers. Our correspondent, Paul George, was there. Got out here, our British Council resource persons and media professionals. They are here to provide solutions to some of the challenges the creative industry is facing in Nigeria. British Council head of arts, Nigeria and regional lead for creative economy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Brenda Fashuga, explained the reason the film lab is starting with Nigeria. We're developing in response to some of the challenges in the Nollywood system and the film ecosystem around Africa. We are starting in Nigeria because of course Nollywood originates from Nigeria. It's a learning program and at the end of the learning session we will have the opportunity for the class, the 4th of 60 students to pitch for grants. Fashuga says the program will be for three years and the Council hopes to collaborate with interested partners to expand the reach. We don't really have a very clever path for filmmakers to develop a career. So some of these things have been addressed in this program. This project is targeting people who work in the film industry, not people who are intending to work. There's a big difference. It's a three-year program because doing it for one year we must have a big impact that we want to see. The challenges and opportunities are within the creative space. Talking about the film, the music and eventually we hope to extend this to fashion. It's the first year of a three-year program which we are starting here in Nigeria and eventually extending across Sub-Saharan Africa. We actually had an opportunity to have a creative vessel here and the first lady of Lagros State, she managed to also join and she experienced and also the issues around human rights, the rights of the girl child also supporting young boys as they grow to be ensured that they are safe and healthy to be ensured that healthy issues, health mental health issues are also embedded within the work that we do in the creative economy. As the film lab kicks off, the British Council of Nigeria is hoping to change some of the narratives in Nigeria's creative industry. Paul, George, Plus TV News. Learn more about fresh news updates.