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“Holding and using a digital camera was a great experience of my life” declared Kumbonyaki Christo, a film production art student in his first semester at Mediavision Academy. Students have to undertake, as a requirement, a one-year internship in the field, during which they are regularly monitored and assessed. Christo, 22, is from South Sudan. He attended Uganda Martyrs High School in Lubaga, Kampala where he acquired an Advanced Certificate in Education. Inspired by his own brother who is in the field of multimedia and information technology, Christo joined Mediavision Academy in August 2022 after a long Google search of best film schools in Uganda. The Republic of South Sudan became the world’s newest nation and Africa’s 55th country on July 9, 2011. Renewed conflicts in December 2013 and July 2016 have undermined the development gains achieved since independence and worsened the humanitarian situation. As a consequence, South Suda...