Digital Lab Africa is the reference platform for next-gen content in Africa. The objective of DLA is to provide a springboard for African talent in multimedia creation and to make their project happen with the support of French & Sub-Saharan African leading companies (studios, producers, broadcasters, experts). Created in 2016, Digital Lab Africa is an initiative of the French Institute and the French Embassy in South Africa, managed by the South African innovation hub Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct since 2018. The program is supported by AFD, SACEM, Lagardère Studios, TRACE, DISCOP and a number of French and sub-Saharan African partners.
The International Residency for Animation Films allows authors to immerse themselves one month into their work without caring about material constraints in a peaceful and inspiring atmosphere and enable them to meet and exchange with other artists in residency.
WORTH
Flight ticket, local transports and per diem are covered by Digital Lab Africa.
The residents are housed at the Abbey. Laundry and an equipped kitchen are at their disposal. The bedrooms are individual. The kitchen and livingroom are shared. The residents also have access to a garden, the monument and a shared workshop of 100m² (with no equipment).
ELIGIBILITY
- The residency is for authors with a project of short, medium or full length animated films; or with a project of animated film in new or hybrid formats : artistic installation, virtual reality, transmedia, video-mapping, TV series or TV special, animated documentary, etc.
- The residency applies particularly to projects at the stage of research, pre-development or writing (scenario, graphism, music…).
DEADLINE: October 14 2018
To apply and for more information visit here
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