Digital Lab Africa:
Call for projects #2
Program(s) Offered: Contest
Program Level: Anyone (in Africa)
Provider: French Embassy, French Institute inward South Africa
Country to Work in: France, Africa
Scholarship Description
The Digital Lab Africa telephone cry upwards for projects targets artists, producers, designers, startups, students inward media as well as creative industries inward Africa.
Digital Lab Africa call for projects is opened upwards to anyone, professional person or not, from the sector of multimedia content creation: artists, producers, developers, start-ups, SMEs, collectives, students or entrepreneurs, based inward sub-Saharan Africa. The applicants take away maintain to hold upwards based inward this portion or beingness nationals of ane of the Sub-Saharan African countries, provided the projection evolution is generally implemented locally.
The objective of Digital Lab Africa is to supply a springboard for African talent inward multimedia creation as well as to brand their projection laissez passer on off amongst the back upwards of French leading companies (studios, producers, broadcasters, distributors) such equally ARTE (web creation), Okio-Studio (virtual reality), CCCP (video game), as well as 1D Touch/Believe Digital (digital music).
Eligibility
DLA telephone cry upwards for projects targets artists, producers, designers, start-ups, students inward the media as well as creative industries. The telephone cry upwards is opened upwards to whatever professional person or private from Sub-Saharan Africa having an innovative projection inward v categories of multimedia production: WEB CREATION, VIRTUAL REALITY, VIDEO GAME, ANIMATION as well as DIGITAL MUSIC.
All submitted projects should hold upwards laid downwards inward French or English. They should target an international audience. It is well-nigh developing projects, researching partners as well as fiscal support. The projects should hold upwards innovative inward form, narration, content or technologies employed.
Selection Criteria:
The projects volition thus hold upwards evaluated yesteryear the DLA alternative commission based on criteria of artistic/technical quality, technological/creative excogitation as well as feasibility/economic potential.
Eligible groups
Citizens of Sub-Saharan African countries
Fields of work
Digital Lab Africa is looking for projects at initial phase of development, inward take away of partners as well as fiscal back upwards as well as innovative inward price of narration, content or technologies.
Call for projects #2
Program(s) Offered: Contest
Program Level: Anyone (in Africa)
Provider: French Embassy, French Institute inward South Africa
Country to Work in: France, Africa
Scholarship Description
The Digital Lab Africa telephone cry upwards for projects targets artists, producers, designers, startups, students inward media as well as creative industries inward Africa.
Digital Lab Africa call for projects is opened upwards to anyone, professional person or not, from the sector of multimedia content creation: artists, producers, developers, start-ups, SMEs, collectives, students or entrepreneurs, based inward sub-Saharan Africa. The applicants take away maintain to hold upwards based inward this portion or beingness nationals of ane of the Sub-Saharan African countries, provided the projection evolution is generally implemented locally.
The objective of Digital Lab Africa is to supply a springboard for African talent inward multimedia creation as well as to brand their projection laissez passer on off amongst the back upwards of French leading companies (studios, producers, broadcasters, distributors) such equally ARTE (web creation), Okio-Studio (virtual reality), CCCP (video game), as well as 1D Touch/Believe Digital (digital music).
Eligibility
DLA telephone cry upwards for projects targets artists, producers, designers, start-ups, students inward the media as well as creative industries. The telephone cry upwards is opened upwards to whatever professional person or private from Sub-Saharan Africa having an innovative projection inward v categories of multimedia production: WEB CREATION, VIRTUAL REALITY, VIDEO GAME, ANIMATION as well as DIGITAL MUSIC.
All submitted projects should hold upwards laid downwards inward French or English. They should target an international audience. It is well-nigh developing projects, researching partners as well as fiscal support. The projects should hold upwards innovative inward form, narration, content or technologies employed.
Selection Criteria:
The projects volition thus hold upwards evaluated yesteryear the DLA alternative commission based on criteria of artistic/technical quality, technological/creative excogitation as well as feasibility/economic potential.
Eligible groups
Citizens of Sub-Saharan African countries
Fields of work
Digital Lab Africa is looking for projects at initial phase of development, inward take away of partners as well as fiscal back upwards as well as innovative inward price of narration, content or technologies.
- Web Creation: This category is dedicated to all linear as well as non-linear format which offering an innovative storytelling and/or an immersive/interactive sense for the audience.
This category includes all content, irrespective of the genre – fiction, documentary, series, TV format, magazine, entertainment, news… – produced to hold upwards viewed mainly online (first digital content). Projects which combine several media (transmedia) or offering a cross media strategy as well as which aim to attract an audience, engage amongst it as well as retain it volition hold upwards considered first.
Examples: an interactive spider web documentary, a spider web serial including a chat or a video game, a tidings demo inward 360°, a thematic spider web channel etc. - Virtual Reality: The virtual reality category is opened upwards to whatever content which offers an immersive sense to the public, on whatever type of back upwards (computer, tablet, smartphone as well as virtual reality headset), using virtual reality technologies, augmented reality, mixed reality, 360° video, as well as 3D interactions.
Examples: journalism report, fiction or documentary movie, musical clip, museum visit, video game… - Video Game: the video game category is opened upwards to all prototypes/concepts of video game for mobile application or total screen.
Examples: action, strategy game, a game which aim to inform, prepare or educate. - Digital Music: the digital music category is opened upwards to all projects which offering an innovative as well as enriching user experience using multimedia tools, solutions as well as content, based on one or several African artists, musical genres or African territories.
Example: creating an app offering a multimedia basis as well as an interactive community around an artist. - Animation: the Animation category is opened upwards to all projects/content which mainly role animation technics (2D, 3D, paper, film, sand, modeling clay, painting, figurine etc).
Examples: an animated brusk film, an animated web-series, an animated comic, an animated application, etc.
The platform volition allow creative multimedia projects to come upwards to lite amongst the back upwards of French as well as Sub-Saharan African partners similar Lagardère Studios, ARTE or Triggerfish Animation.
Selected applicants volition accept business office inward a Pitch Competition. The winning projects win a 3,000 € cash prize as well as a Digital Lab Africa Incubation Pass to back upwards the projection development.
The DLA projection incubation includes mentorship as well as projection evolution support yesteryear French as well as Sub-Saharan African partners for each category. Additionally, the Incubation Pass comprises residence fourth dimension inward France inside digital cluster as well as participation inward benchmark multimedia events. The expected number of Digital Lab Africa is marketplace laid upwards content/productions showcasing African creativity.
Method of Application
To apply, follow these three steps:
- Download the call for projects presentation as well as rules
- Complete the online form
- Email the next documents to digilabafrica@gmail.com:
- Presentation document of the projection (Pitch Deck) including description, graphical/visual elements, solutions/technologies, screenplay, target audience, projected budget, trace concern plan, production schedule (5 to viii pages maximum).
- A beta version / preview / airplane pilot or demo of the projection (if available)
- A resume of the applicant/ description of the fellowship represented (max 300 words).
- A ikon (.jpeg) of the applicant
DEADLINES:
The Digital Lab Africa telephone cry upwards for projects #2 is straight off opened upwards until February 25th, 2018!
PLEASE NOTE:
Digital Lab Africa is initiated yesteryear the French Embassy as well as the French Institute inward South Africa equally business office of their on-going back upwards as well as activity computer programme inward the media as well as creative industries. The objective of Digital Lab Africa is to supply a springboard for African talent inward multimedia creation as well as to brand their projection laissez passer on off amongst the back upwards of French & Sub-Saharan African leading companies (studios, producers, broadcasters, distributors, experts).
Application Deadline: 25 Feb 2018
Open to International Applicants: No (ONLY Africans)
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