Prime Entertainment Group, a Paris-based distributor, is celebrating an agreement with NHK, Japan's main public broadcaster, to deliver award-winning short film Vanille, A Caribbean Tale to a Japanese audience.Read More
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Make way Black Panther! A whole new crop of African superheroes soon is set to head to audiences, courtesy of Africa’s largest independent comic book publisherRead More
Like Fintech, can animation produce the next Unicorn in Africa? CEO of Magic Carpet Studios thinks it is time.The global appetite for stories is shifting to Africa, creating a huge opportunity for the African animation industry. Africa has a vast store of stories that are largely unexplored.Read More
Nyong'o's best-selling book Sulwe is being adapted into an animated musical feature, and Burton will make his TV directorial debut on live-action series Wednesday.Read More
Hardears," created by the authors Matthew Clarke and Nigel Lynch, is the latest book by Megascope, a series of graphic novels by Manhattan-based Abrams ComicArts.Abrams ComicArts said it is dedicated to "displaying speculative and non-fiction works by and about people of color, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, horror, history and magical realism stories."Read More
Idris and Sabrina Elba are set to executive produce their first anime title — a new animated fantasy series for Crunchyroll, the global anime-streaming service that’s in the process of being sold to Sony’s Funimation group. “Dantai” is an Afro-futuristic sci-fi series set in a city where the rise of biotechnology has created an ever-widening gap between the haves and have-nots, according to Crunchyroll. Two rising stars from each side of this divide are pitted against each other in a story that will ultimately explore equality and kinship within a corrupt society.Read More
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CDB News) - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has awarded US$ 50,000 in grant funding to two film and animation entities in Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago for projects which aim to increase cultural collaboration and empower at-risk youth. The successful recipients are Saint Lucia's Malfini Film and Animation Studio, Inc and Trinidad and Tobago's Forward Ever Foundation and the awards came under the Improving Competitiveness of Creative MSMEs Grant issued by CDB's Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF).Read More
Original Article Can be found HERE KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has introduced a Digital Skills Training Directory during its recent #MyDigitalWorkforce Week, an initiative to assist youth job-seekers and the unemployed. MDEC chief executive officer (CEO) Surina Shukri said the directory would act as a guide for Malaysians […]Read More
Original Article can be found via Deadline Here Animator/writer/director Jorge Gutierrez (Maya and the Three) is expanding his relationship with Netflix, signing an overall deal with the streaming giant for original content. Under the pact, the Emmy-winning Gutierrez will write, direct, and produce new animated films, series and interactive projects across preschool, kids & family and adult animation […]Read More
Original Article can be found Here Sony Pictures Animation has plucked the first feature film from Academy Award winner Matthew A. Cherry. After winning the Oscar for his acclaimed short “Hair Love,” Cherry is at work on the tentatively-titled “Tut,” an afro-futuristic, coming-of-age story of the boy king Tutankhamun. Based on an original idea from […]Read More
