The objective of Digital Lab is to provide a springboard for African talent in multimedia creation and to make their project happen with the support of French leading companies (studios, broadcasters, producers, distributors) such as ARTE (web creation) Okio-Studio (virtual reality) CCP (video game), and ID Touch/Believe Digital (digital music)
WORTH
- From 2 to 4 November, selected applicants will take part in a pitch competition at DISCOP AFRICA Johannesburg.
- The winning projects (1 per category) will get the chance to win a 3,000£ cash prize and a digital lab Africa incubation ticket to support the project development during 3 to 6 months in 2017.
- Additionally, the incubation ticket will comprise residence time in France within digital cluster and participation in benchmark multimedia events.
ELIGIBILITY
- Digital Lab call for projects is open to any professional or individual in multimedia creation: artists, producers, start-up, SMEs, collectives, students or entrepreneurs from sub-Saharan Africa
- The applicants have to be based in this region or being nationals of one of the sub-Saharan African countries, provided the project development is mostly implemented locally.
- The digital Lab Africa call for project target Artists, producers, designers ,start-ups, students in the media and creative industries
DEADLINE: August 31 2016
To apply and for more information visit here
