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Loeries final entry deadline extended to June 17
To accommodate the traditional mad rush of last-minute entries and agency late hours, entrants into this year’s Loeries have until Monday 17 June to submit their entries.
Last Three Days to Enter Loeries
June 12 -The clock is ticking. With the extended entry deadline closing on Friday at 5pm, you have three days left to enter your work and have a shot at glory during Loeries® Creative Week™.
Loeries Communication Design Panel Features Industry Heavyweights
June 11 -Led by international jury chair Jason Little of Sydney-based agency Re, the Communication Design panel is packed with previous Loeries winners and includes respected industry figures.
Film & Television
Even Lucas and Spielberg are looking to Cable TV as the future via Indiewire
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, giants of the big screen, the men behind some of Hollywood's defining franchises, think the film industry's headed for an "implosion"
Nigeria’s IROKO Enters South Africa’s DVD Market
June 11 - IT News AfricaiROKO Partners, Africa’s largest source of Nigerian entertainment with its platforms iROKOtv and iROKING, announces a major strategic development via its entry into the South African DVD market
Nigeria's film industry could provide 2M jobs
June 10 - Spy GhanaNigeria’s film industry, which generates more than $500 million annually, is helping dent the country’s huge unemployment.
Film Festivals & Awards
Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) announces call for entries
AFRIFF’s founder, Chioma Ude said in Lagos recently that submission of films into the third edition of The Africa International Film Festival holding between the 10th and 17th of November 2013 had begun.
Ziff to Expand On Previous Episodes
June 13 - Daily News - TanzaniaOut of over 250 films submitted for this year's sixteenth episode of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), 80 were selected to contest the awards.
"Fanie Fourie's Lobola" wins audience award at the Seattle International Film Festival
June 12 - South African Press AssociationThe South African film "Fanie Fourie's Lobola" has won an award at the largest film festival in the United States, the SABC reported on Tuesday.
Finance & Funding
Open Call for Women Directors & Co-Directors of Nonfiction Films
Chicken & Egg Pictures doled out $2.8 million in funding for women making documentaries over the past eight years, and they’re closing in on the big 3M this year with their three grants and two film funds.
$10 000 financing for new African Filmmakers
June 12 - Focus FeaturesThe uniquely conceived initiative, with funds earmarked exclusively for emerging filmmakers of African nationality and residence, is for the sixth consecutive year offering eligible and participating filmmakers the chance to be awarded $10,000 in financing
Funding: Open call for MacArthur Foundation 2013 Documentaries
June 12 - MacArthur FoundationWe especially look to fund projects designed to reach a broad audience, particularly in the U.S., through public television broadcast, via community and policymaker screenings, and online.
Media
Zambian Broadcasters Reject Draft Digital Migration Policy
On 3 June 2013, eleven private broadcasters rejected the Draft Digital Migration Policy, developed by [Zambia's] Ministry of Information.
Call for papers - Special Issue of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies
June 13 - Taylor & Francis OnlineEcquid Novi: African Journalism Studies is calling for papers for a special issue to
commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of David LivingstoneMedia Institute of Southern Africa Angola swears in new Board
May 31 - Media Institute of Southern AfricaThe Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Angola Chapter has sworn into office new members of its governing structures, which will be headed up by freelance journalist Alexandre Neto Solombe.
Opportunities
Big Break global screenwriting contest
Big Break is an annual, global screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers with over $80,000 in cash, prizes.
Sundance and Indiewire announce Roger Ebert Scholarship for Film Criticism
June 13 - IndiewireSundance Film Festival has announced the creation of the Roger Ebert Scholarship For Film Criticism. The program, which will begin at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, "will make grants to 6 to 8 emerging critics
MultiChoice Bursary
June 4 - MultichoiceMultichoice is offering 20 full time bursaries
Other
Disney Research's DuctTake software could revolutionise compositing
Disney have developed a way to seamlessly composite elements of multiple takes into a single video automatically.
Your digital footprint is important: here’s how to grow it
June 5 - MemeburnBuilding and protecting your digital footprint is not a nice to have anymore, but a must have as it can determine your success online.
Rwanda approves bill establishing public broadcaster
May 29 - The New Times - RwandaThe draft law that seeks to transform the state-owned Orinfor into a public broadcaster called the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) was finally passed by the Chamber of Deputies on Monday.
Social Media
Facebook hashtags not open to advertising - Yet via Mashable
Facebook's introduction of hashtags paves the way for a lucrative stream of new advertising, but the company is not opening the program up to advertisers, at least not at this time.
Is Twubbs the next big Twitter Chat management tool? via Mashable
June 12 - MashableTwubs, the 5-year-old hashtag platform that aggregates tweets, pics and videos into a branded page, has debuted a free, Twitter API-compliant chat tool.
Vine posts are now shared more than Instagrams on Twitter
June 11 - MemeburnWell. That was quick. Six second video clips from the Vine app
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Digital and Social Media Skills for Non Profits in June 24-25th 2013
This training incorporates the latest approaches for campaigning and connecting with audiences on digital and social media. Senior coaches are drawn from Non-profits which are successfully using social media and mobile telephony for campaigns and networking.
Cost: 550USD
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