The Dakar Court Festival/CINEMAREKK Association and GREC, in partnership with France Télévisions and the French Embassy in Senegal/French Institute in Dakar, are launching a call for screenplays for a writing workshop aimed at 4-5 Senegalese directors for a first fiction film of no more than 15 minutes. At the end...
C'EST LA VIE – NEW GENERATION, exclusively on TV5 Monde
"C'est la vie – nouvelle génération" extends the universe of the hit series "C'est la Vie,"created in 2015 in Senegal by Marguerite Abouet and broadcast on TV5 Monde and A+, aswell as on social media.Considered edutainment, the series aimed to educate viewers about health issues. Itaddressed topics related to health,...
Call for projects AFROTOON
Dupuis Publishing and the ONO Afrique webtoon platform are launching the Afrotoon call for submissions to discover the African talents of tomorrow! The objective of this call for projects is to create an ambitious African webtoon series with high-quality graphics and storytelling, with the potential to appeal to an international...
"Guichets fermés" (Sold Out), the new show on Benin TV
"Guichets fermés" is an innovative program broadcast on BÉNIN TV that showcases the unique talents of Beninese artists and creators. Produced by Hémisphère Media, this program aims to be a springboard for promoting Benin's cultural richness and establishing connections with the rest of the world. A project promoting Benin's nation...
Interview with Louisette Ratsivahiny, director at Art’π Prod
Passionate about cinema since childhood thanks to her mother, a photographer, Louisette Ratsivahiny quickly turned her attention to directing and producing. Production manager at Séléné Lotus S.A. in Switzerland and director at Art’π Prod in Madagascar, she founded, with Pierre Hippolyte, “La Maison du Cinéma Malagasy,” a training center dedicated...
Interview with Liliane da Cruz – CEO of Indicium Consulting
SICA has just closed the doors on its second edition. Can you explain your role in organizing this event? I am a consultant and have led and participated in major events such as MIPTV, MIPCOM, MIP CANCUN/MIPIM, MAPIC, and Propel NY, connecting global companies with the right strategic partners around...
The Douala Series Festival unveils its jury.
A few weeks after the DAKAR Series Festival, it is Douala's turn to host the second edition of the PAN-AFRICAN SERIES FESTIVAL OF DOUALA, Season 2, which will take place from November 20 to 23, 2024. This festival is entirely dedicated to television series and aims to promote the richness...
NO BLABLA, TV5 Monde's new science fiction series
TV5MONDE launched the series "NO BLABLA," created and directed by François Bergeron and co-written by Basile Yawanké, as a world exclusive on its French-language platform TV5MONDEplus a few weeks ago. This 10-episode science fiction series, each episode lasting 26 minutes, was presented at DAKAR Series a few weeks ago and...
Soon to be an "Office of Legends" Africa
(AFP dispatch) Alex Berger, producer of the hit series "Le Bureau des Légendes" (The Bureau), announced to AFP on Tuesday that a project was "in development" to continue the series following French agents working under false identities, this time on the African continent.The working title is "Le Bureau Afrique." We already...
Interview with Madéka Kouadio Timmerman, Officer of the Ivorian Order of Merit and founder of Cinekita.
(Interview by Edouard Char for Adweknow at MIPCOM) Hello, Madéka Kouadio Timmerman. You are an Officer of the Ivorian Order of Merit and the founder of Cinekita in France, then in Côte d'Ivoire. Can you tell us about your career? Madéka Kouadio Timmerman: Hello. I founded Cinekita in Paris in...