AAFFIA - ACCRA Animation Festival Announces its Winners

The AAFFIA animation festival has announced its first festival winners from 21 entries and 13 finalists - congratulations to Natasha Nayo & Lizz Johnson, Chekwube Okonkwo and Selorm Dogoe.

Between 27th July and the 2nd August, the festival ran a number of different events and panels

AUG2

Crossing International Borders Fri 15:00 UTC · 47 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

AUG1

Comic Production - Leti Arts Masterclass Thu 15:00 UTC · 45 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

JUL31

Women in African Animation Wed 17:00 UTC · 57 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

JUL31

Foundation in Storytelling Masterclass Wed 15:00 UTC · 30 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

JUL30

Accra Animation Film Festival - Acting for Animation Masterclass Tue 15:00 UTC · 120 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

JUL28

Enter the Vortex Sun 15:00 UTC · 39 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

JUL27

Animation in Music Videos Sat 16:00 UTC · 162 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

JUL27

Panels & Chat Bubbles Sat 15:00 UTC · 16 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

JUL27

Accra Animation Film Festival 27 Jul–2 Aug · 72 guests

Basecamp Initiative Accra, Ghana

FupiToons African Animation Festival

If you happen to be in Joburg, South Africa check out the 

FUPITOONS Festival  supported by Africa Animation Network, and the Gauteng Film Commission the festival will run in Johannesburg between the 26th - 29th October. The selection of animations screening are from all over the continent and aimed at children. See the final list they announced below:

FupiToons Final Selection:Gyrow (Nigeria)
Machismo - The Substance (Kenya)
Is that believable? (Egypt)
Please Frog, just one sip (South Africa)
Snow (South Africa)
Way Better (South Africa)
Jabu's Jungle - Warthog (South Africa)
Becca & Bongani EP2 (South Africa)
The Parlotones - Stay A While, (South Africa)
Orisha's Journey (Ghana)
Crocodile River (South Africa)
Crumbs (South Africa)
Doodle Duo (Imagination Studios)
Llama Drama (Imagination Studios)
Smarter Phones (Imagination Studios)
The Great Escape (Imagination Studios)
Hatch (South Africa)
Monday Man EP1 - Seat Belted (South Africa)
Monday Man EP2 - Tapped out! (South Africa)
TheWoods - MaJozi Music Video (South Africa)
Bun & Bunee - A collection of 60 second shorts (South Africa )

Cape Town International Animation Festival : 18th - 21st Feb

Formerly known as 'Kunjanimation' this year the Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF) will run from 18th - 21st February 2016.

The festival includes a wide range of speakers, including talks and masterclasses with professionals from Dreamworks, LAIKA, and South Africa's own Trigger Fish.

Cited as the festival that will act as a 'gateway to the continent', this festival is definitely worth keeping an eye on!

Read more about the event on Variety


And for some more fun the Animation SA Showreel 2015

Zimbabwe Animated!

As posted on Facebook today by Carl Joshua Ncube: 

Zimbabwe Animated has embarked on an extremely ambitious project of doing 5 music videos for Zimbabwean artists as a process of teaching animation to young new talent in Zimbabwe. This project is assisted in part by the Culture Fund of Zimbabwe with their partners the European Union. Please follow the progress of the animation projects as the PRODUCER DIRECTORS Carl Joshua Tinodavanhu Ncube, Rufaro Rutherford Dhliwayo and Henry Oliver Hakulandaba) of the 5 projects will post everything used or done to make the projects a success. The recipients of the animated videos are Tehn Diamond, Hope Masike, Farhaan Kazz Khan, Chikwata.263 and Ammara Brown follow the progress of the projects on www.zimbabweanimated.org

Looking forward to seeing the results... 

In the meantime you can watch some examples of Zims animations here.

Animation Festivals in Morocco

As I currently work away on a chapter for a book on Arab animation, my research into Moroccan animation has come up with some exciting examples... for those interested in getting a flavour of animation from Morocco, and a wider international lineup of artists have a look at the festivals FICAM in Meknes and Casanim in Casablanca.

Winners for BUSTED 2014 - Well Done All!

Well Done to all those involved in the A3 BUSTED Animation Competition - the entries were great!
Here are some pictures of the winners receiving their prize...
Congratulations

First place -  Rabii Kinyogoli 

Second place -  AMP 

Third place -  Addmaya

Honourable Mention, Kiss and Tell by Domestic Disturbance. 

Honourable Mention, Police Busted, By Alex Kirui.

and lots more great animations!

Archiving African Animation - FCAT

Although this archive is not strictly an archive for animation, and includes film. The FCAT film archive includes a healthy selection of African animation. FCAT also runs a yearly African Film Festival in Cordoba. This archive is an important addition to bodies that are preserving and documenting African animation.

You can see the list of all films and animations at FCAT


These include

Animación (69)

• Ma Gaal Dikhan
• 21ème Siècle
• A mãe dos netos
• Agaïssa
• Anomalías eléctricas
• Blad schizophrène
• Bon Voyage Sim
• Carnet noir
• Champion
• Cortos animados egipcios
• Ding Dong
• Down Rising
• El viaje de Saïd
• Famila
• Fleur de pierre
• Forest Chainsaw Massacre
• Fragment de vie
• Give Me Spray
• Guess Who's Coming for Dinner
• HM HM
• Honayn's Shoe
• Humburgun
• J'ai bu du café dans un café
• Ki l'ambouba
• Kinshasa Septembre noir
• Kirikou et la sorcière
• Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages
• Kokoa
• Krash
• L'Ami y'a bon
• L'Arbre aux esprits
• L'Arrêt du bus
• L'enfant Roi
• L'Enfant terrible
• L'Île
• La cita
• La Ruse du lièvre
• Le crapaud chez ses beaux-parents
• Le Guerbag
• Le Quotidien des automates
• Le Voyageur
• Les aventures de Guédé
• Les Deux Souris blanches
• Lie / Les Coulisses de lie
• L’Enfant Roi
• Maalesh
• Madagascar, Carnet de voyage
• Muana Mboka
• Naissance
• One and Five
• Oni Ise Owo
• Prince Loseno
• Rakire
• Revolution
• Ryeh
• Sacou Wala Bouteil
• Salade
• Samba le grand
• Samurai song
• Shiku Song
• Sopo
• Sur les murs de la ville
• Tengers
• The Tale of How
• Tiga au bout du fil
• Tiga guérisseur
• Trip
• Varavarankely
• Warda

AIM 2012 exciting frontiers... Modern Africa

This years Africa in Motion which has extended to two cities Edinburgh and Glasgow, is sure to provide exciting new material to look out for on the African film front. To talk about see past festival director and festival chair, Lizelle Bisschoff






Of particular interest look out for

Kenyan - Ngendo Mukii's Yellow Fever (2012)
Ethiopian - Danny Gebeyehu & Bisrat Amare Abeba and Abebe: The Pepper Merchant (2011)
Burkinabe - Lazare Sie Pale Le Parain (2011)
Kenyan - (Bob) Muchiri Njenga  Kichwateli (2011)

NDINADSAWAPANGA - I Will Tell International Film Festival

This year's IWILLTELL Film Festival will be screening a special category of African World Film Festival Selections, and the Anime Caribe selection. The selection includes a collection of animated shorts ranging from traditional drawn animation such as Rooted by Victor Opeyokun to computer generated 3D animations such as Victor Dollabaille's Dream Vs Reality.

 

ShrinkFish Animation win a host of awards!

The Nigerian Animation company ShrinkFish Animation is becoming quite a name in festival circuits. Screening and winning a long list of awards for its most recent animation The Essence.
Shrinkfish studios on Vimeo.

Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival, Spain - 2010

Capalbio Cinema International, Rome - 2010

Africa in Motion (AiM) UK - 2010

Silicon Valley African Film Festival, California - .2010

ANIMAFRIK Animation Festival, Accra Ghana - 2010


The Essence from shrinkfish on Vimeo.

It is definitely worth a watch and keeping an eye out for any future work. Animator Ebele Okoye has been creating some exciting work and collaborating across continents. You can read all about her work on the ShrinkFish website

ANIWA Ghana

African Animation Festival - ANIMAFRIK

ANIMAFRIK is African Animation Festival that will be running in October in Ghana. There is a current call out for submissions to the festival, one can send
DVD submissions to:

Address: Courier: Animafrik Festival, No.5. Anowa Link, Tesano, Accra, Ghana

or mail P.O.Box KN 150, Kaneshie, Accra, Ghana

The festival will close submission on July 31 2009.

For more information on the festival read the Africancolours post

or alternatively

AWN's article on the festival.