Following on from the successful Let Your Voices Roar Animation Training in East Africa, the Ladima Foundation, in partnership with Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA) and The African Animation Network (AAN), is proud to announce the next phase of the project; the incubation of five women in professional animation studios. The five women selected
Dear African geeks, here’s a calendar literally called African Geek Calendar of events happening across the continent in 2020. 2020 is in full swing and so are the organizers of various geek events across the continent. Some organizers, such as ReedPop, AAFFia and Animation South Africa already announced dates and venues for their annual events
2019 has been an incredible year for Ghanaian animation. There have been festivals, lots of screenings, pitch competitions and a series of animated music videos. We’ve reported on a number of significant milestones in Ghanaian animation but alas, we couldn’t cover them all. We’re fixing that with this timeline of Ghanaian animation in 2019. This
The Ladima Foundation is excited to announce a partnership with the DW Akademie that sees the launch of the Ladima Film Academy in Lagos Nigeria with two short courses taking place in January 2020. Applications are NOW OPEN for short courses taking place from January 28th – Feb 1st 2020 in Animation and Documentary filmmaking to take
The 60th-anniversary edition of Annecy won’t throw the spotlight one country, instead, it will honour an entire continent: Africa! African Animation will be in the limelight at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the biggest and most prestigious animation festival in the world! The selection marks the latest step forward in Annecy’s growing collaboration with
FUPiTOONS FESTiVAL is travelling to Annecy 2020! In recognition of this honour, the partners are announcing a FUPiTOONS/Annecy 2020 Special Call, the entry deadline is 6 October 2019. Please submit your projects HERE using the Submission Waiver Code: FUPIANNECY2020 (NB: this is only for African filmmakers). Africa is the territory of honour at Annecy 2020 and is parallel to the Institut Français’ Africa 2020 Creative Season. This is an amazing opportunity to showcase the stories Africa has. The regular deadline for submissions to FUPiTOONS
Animation in Africa over the last few years has seen a remarkable boost, in production and consumption with no signs of slowing down. In June this year, Annecy announced Africa as the spotlight territory for the next edition of the Annecy Animation Film Festival in 2020. This is incredible news that has the African animation
What’s a full 365 days without any exclusive events for creators (designers, game devs, illustrators, cool writers etc), geeks and fanboys and girls alike to attend? Boring, regular, normal – traits that are as far away from you as Pluto is from Earth. Africa is a big and all through the year, several important, fun,
2018 will forever be remembered as the year comic book legend and king of movie cameos, Stan Lee passed away. Last year will also be remembered as the first time Squid Mag celebrated Frank Odoi, a pioneer of comics in Ghana and Kenya with his Akokhan comic series. In their absence are several goggle-eyed creators