Anthill Family, the platform founded by Anthill Studios to build structured creative education for young Nigerians, has announced that today marks the final day to register for its holiday training programme in filmmaking, animation, VFX/AI and acting. The programme runs at Anthill Studios’ facility on Plot E, Ikosi Road, Oregun, Lagos, and is open to children and teenagers between the ages of 9 and 17.
The programme is built around four hands-on tracks. The filmmaking course covers storytelling, camerawork, lighting, editing and content creation, giving young participants a foundation in the practical craft of production. The animation course introduces students to 3D animation using Blender, taking them from the basics through to completed animated shorts. The VFX/AI track focuses on green screen work, compositing, AI tools, simulation and motion tracking, reflecting the growing role these technologies now play in modern film production. The acting course is centred on building confidence, expressing emotion and performing with impact on both stage and screen.
Classes for filmmaking, animation and VFX/AI run Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm, while the acting programme runs the same days from 12pm to 2pm. Each course is priced at 200,000 naira, with a special package allowing parents to combine any two courses with acting for a total of 300,000 naira. Registration is being processed through Anthill Family’s official channels, with contact numbers and an email address listed for parents seeking more information before the deadline closes.
The programme sits within a much broader effort by Anthill Studios to close what founder Niyi Akinmolayan has long described as a gap in Nigeria’s children’s entertainment and creative education space. Akinmolayan has spoken publicly about how Nigerian children are more often exposed to foreign animated content than to African-made stories that reflect their own culture, and Anthill Family was built specifically to change that pattern by giving young people the tools to eventually create that content themselves. The platform already runs a recurring Saturday initiative called the Anthill Creative Club, which offers similar training in filmmaking, animation, storytelling and digital creativity to children aged 8 to 16 on a weekly basis.
Anthill Studios itself has become one of the most recognised names in Nigerian film and animation. The studio is behind major Nollywood titles including King of Thieves, Jagun Jagun and Lisabi, and produced Iwájú, a six-episode animated series set in a futuristic Lagos, in partnership with Walt Disney Animation Studios for Disney+. That partnership has been widely cited as proof that Nigerian animation can compete at an international standard, and it forms part of the same creative pipeline that Akinmolayan is now extending down to children through Anthill Family, training the next generation of Nigerian filmmakers, animators and performers well before they enter the industry professionally.
