Digital Lab Africa, Online
Deadline: 04 April 2021
For its 5th edition, Digital Lab Africa is switching to a fully online format. The incubation and mentorship programs followed by the DLA#5 laureates will include online activities, online mentorship, and participation to online industry events. Furthermore, Digital Lab Africa call for applications will take place in two different phases.
The first phase will be dedicated to immersive experience and animation categories and will take place between March and April 2021. The second phase will be dedicated to video game, digital art and music categories and will take place between June and July 2021.
DLA#5 call for application is open to anyone from the field of digital content creation: artists, producers, designers, start-ups, SMEs, collectives, students or entrepreneurs, living or native from a Sub-Saharan African country. It targets innovative digital content from the perspective of form, storytelling and technologies used in one of these 5 categories: immersive experience, gaming, music, animation and digital art.
The applications will be reviewed by the DLA Selection Committees based on criteria of creativity, artistic/technical quality, technological aspect and potential.
To apply for phase 1 (animation and immersive experience):
1 – Fill in the online form
2 – Email your application documents to: applications@digilabafrica.com
Deadline to apply is: 4 April 2021
Application files (for both animation and XR):
About the incubation programs:
ANIMATION
Description
The Animation category is open to all content which mainly use animation technics (2D, 3D, paper, film, sand, modelling clay, painting, figurine etc.) The project may be intended for cinema, television or any type of connected devices. Accepted formats: short & features films, TV formats & series, web & interactive. New or hybrid formats : artistic installation, virtual reality, transmedia, video mapping, TV series or TV special, animated documentary… are accepted. Projects at the stage of research, pre-development or writing (scenario, graphism, music…) are accepted.
Incubation program 1
Incubation program 2
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE (XR)
Description
The XR category is open to any content offering an immersive experience to the audience, on any type of device (computer, smartphone, headset..), using immersive technologies (360°, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, 3D interactions… ) Examples: VR documentary experience, virtual museum visit, immersive video game…
Incubation Pass
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