Annecy 2020 Submissions Are Now Open for Films and Projects
Registrations for submitting your animation films or projects for the Annecy Festival 2020 and its Mifa are now open! The Annecy Festival will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020 and will also be spotlighting animation from Africa as it’s focus…
The MoonGirls Graphic Novel – Celebrating Herstories in a World That Seeks to Erase Them
In the year 2019 of the New World Order of the Council of the Seti, the current Moongirls are four African Supersheroes who fight a physical and philosophical war.
Their mission: to restore Truth, Propriety, Order, Balance, Justice, and Harmony. Ma’at.
Ebonixsims: The Custom Game Content Creator for Black People
When Danielle, aka Ebonixsims, wanted to make a computer game character in her image, she found that she couldn’t. So she started “Simming in Melanin.” Have you ever wanted to create a video game character that looked exactly like you…
Exciting Times Ahead for Animation in Africa
What is the state of Animation in Africa? This post which originally appeared on Multichoice Talent Factory news on July 1, 2019 offers a great insight into the industry. The article has been slightly edited here for clarity and content….
Submit Your Films to the FUPiTOONS/Annecy 2020 Special Call!
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…
NAICCON Animation du Monde 2020 Winners Announced!
The recently concluded Nairobi Comic Con hosted the 4th preliminaries of the Annecy Animation du Monde for the second year running. The East Africa region produced another round of great animation talent for the continental finals at Animation du Monde 2020 at DISCOP Johannesburg in November. Out of…
Art for Art Sake – Vortex Interview With Alfred Achiampong
This is an old interview by Vortex Comics with Alfred Achiampong that we pulled up from our archives. GeekAfrica.net, the blogging division of Vortex Comics where this was originally published sometime in 2017. Alfred Achiampong is a Ghanaian illustrator with…
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