Bedford College film maker Matthew Jolaosho has won Best Drama for this him “Battle Within” at the Nollywood film festival in Toronto, Canada.
Matthew’s work was filmed in Nigeria pre-Covid whilst he studied at Bedford, and is about men hiding their mental health problems.
It was entered into the Nollywood awards and he was able to travel Toronto and collect his award at the end of October.
“I can believe his is happening for my first feature film. I would like to thank my tutor Sean Doyle and all, at Bedford College for their amazing support,” said Matthew who describes himself as British and Nigerian and whose motto is: There’s greatness in everyone.”
The full story on the background of Matthew’s film is via the link below together with another about Higher Education students at Bedford College’s South Bank Arts Centre who achieved Firsts in their movie-making degrees.
https://bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk/about/news/matthew-taking-the-movie-business-by-storm/
https://bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk/about/news/four-1sts-in-degree-year/