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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
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
Welcome to the first part of the 22nd century and gender equality is no longer a pipe dream… well, mostly. From first female presidents to female business moguls and entrepreneurs, the month of March is about Women all over the world, their achievements and what they stand for. It’s all about girl power and topping
Pa Gya, A literary Festival In Accra was a pleasant surprise and a much welcome opportunity for us to take our activities offline and into the real world. We joined hundreds of book lovers and literary enthusiasts at the Goethe Institut in Accra from October 20 – 21 for the first edition of the festival. The
Mobile phones and social media, for good or bad are here to stay and could be the death of us all and Comfort Arthur’s quirky comics are out to announce it (slideshow at end of post). First, a real life story. A few months ago, I was heading home from work at night and casually
2017 has been pretty amazing so far for the African geekdom, especially where comic books are concerned. From NAICCON (Kenya), Lagos Comic Con (Nigeria), Comexposed (Zimbabwe) and the just concluded NerdCon (Ghana), these events are helping geeks find new spaces to thrive in as fans and/or creators. As creators and/or fans of African comics, however,
The Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) awards have rolled around and we’re excited about the freshly baked Animator of the Year category. This inclusion gives us hope of good times ahead for Ghanaian animation as more people and institutions recognise this art form’s brilliant potential. Below are the nominees in the category. While you’re at
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