On 18 February 2021, just under 70 women were joined by some of Africa’s most respected film industry practitioners for the official launch of the Ladima Film Academy. The Ladima Foundation, with the support of the DW Akademie, has now officially launched its Film Academy that will see these introductory courses roll out over the next 6 weeks across seven key film disciplines. Expert film practitioners from Nigeria have also joined the team to co-facilitate these courses; they will become part of the Ladima Film Academy’s first full-time faculty. The Ladima Film Academy heralds a new dawn for film education on the continent and it plans to consistently roll-out online, and when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, in-person trainings across these seven disciplines will be implemented. The Ladima Foundation’s Co-Founder and the Director of the Ladima Film Academy explains further, “The Ladima Film Academy is an intentional intervention to provide professional filmmaking training to African women wherever they may reside on the continent.