Spark is a monthly editorial platform dedicated to African animation.
Analyzing its realities, paradoxes, and future from the inside.
A special issue dedicated to financing African animation
Across Africa, animation creators have stories to tell, ambitions to pursue and one shared challenge: finding the funding to bring them to life. In this “Funding Battle” edition, SPARK explores what it takes to finance African animation, and highlights the voices, partnerships and opportunities helping our industry turn creative ambition into reality.
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SPARK #05
FUNDING BATTLE
The big challenge of animation
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Feature
The challenge of co-production in African animation
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In conversation with
Hamid Ibrahim, co-founder of Kugali Media
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Project Spotlight
Na Makasi: ancestral awakening
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On the ground
Fiatope, an African crowdfunding platform
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Funding animation
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
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Industry watch
News and developments across African animation
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Funding opportunities
Local and international funding opportunities
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The Notes
The waiting room
Let's talk about finance in African animation
How can African animation secure funding that matches its ambitions? In its fifth issue, “Funding Battle,” SPARK explores one of the industry’s most pressing challenges.
Discover Ousmane Boundaoné’s insights into co-production, a conversation with Kugali co-founder Hamid Ibrahim, and a spotlight on “Na Makasi: Ancestral Awakening.”
The issue also examines crowdfunding with Fiatope, funding support from the OIF, and a selection of financing opportunities. Bringing together firsthand experiences and industry perspectives, this edition explores practical pathways to move projects forward and bring African stories to audiences worldwide.
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