Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Evan Eghan’s passion is shaping the future for Ghana’s creatives, using film to promote youth enterprise.
He started his career as an actor in Ghana and Nigeria, and recently became a 2023-24 Chevening Scholar and Student Union President at Edinburgh Napier University.
Evan founded the Accra Indie Filmfest (AiF), which connects emerging filmmakers in Ghana and beyond. With support from our Arts Collaboration Grant, he launched a screenwriters’ workshop that trained 22 underrepresented writers in the UK and Ghana, leading to the production of two feature films and opening new doors for the participants.
His next move? Taking AiF global with ‘AiF London Connect’, a project aimed at bridging African creatives in the diaspora with homegrown talent.
#britishcouncil90 #cheveningscholarship #accra #africancreatives
Evan Eghan’s passion is shaping the future for Ghana’s creatives, using film to promote youth enterprise.
He started his career as an actor in Ghana and Nigeria, and recently became a 2023-24 Chevening Scholar and Student Union President at Edinburgh Napier University.
Evan founded the Accra Indie Filmfest (AiF), which connects emerging filmmakers in Ghana and beyond. With support from our Arts Collaboration Grant, he launched a screenwriters’ workshop that trained 22 underrepresented writers in the UK and Ghana, leading to the production of two feature films and opening new doors for the participants.
His next move? Taking AiF global with ‘AiF London Connect’, a project aimed at bridging African creatives in the diaspora with homegrown talent.
#britishcouncil90 #cheveningscholarship #accra #africancreatives
