ANIMATION WORKSHOP is designed to introduce the study and practice of animation and character animation, with emphasis on creating the convincing illusion of weight, motion, and life. Participants are expected to complete 5 short animation projects
Participants: 20

Morning:      Plenary Meetings
Evening:     Opening    Nite
Film Screening – Ananse Evening
Screening of short Animation films from Africa and the Caribbean

Morning: CONFERENCE – Challenges of Animation Industry in W. Africa
The conference will look at the animation service industry in Asia and the lessons for Africa, Finance and Funding opportunities for Animation, Production studios capacities and Broadcasting and television commissions and collaboration

Evening:  Film Screening - Caribbean Animation Night

Evening:  Film Screening - African Animation Night


Morning:  CONFERENCE - Teaching Animation in Sub Saharan Africa
The conference will look at developing teaching content and opportunities in digital media, multimedia and animation. The session will bring together teachers, lecturers, education managers to discuss training needs and strategies.

Evening:  Film Screening -  Animate France
Evening:  Film Screening – Animate France



Morning:   CONFERENCE  - Anansi Mission IV

The Anansi Mission is a combined Global effort to connect the diaspora to Africa through the web of Anansi.  This project involves the creative skills of participants in the field of music, animation, storytelling, art, scriptwriting, producing, publishing, directing, legal advice, advertising promotion etc.  Afro - Caribbean artist, animators and musicians together to interpret the Anansi folklore on screen and television through the medium of animation

Evening Film Screening - Caribbean Animation Night

Evening: Film Screening – African Animation Night

Morning: African Caribbean Animators forum

A meeting of African and Caribbean artist and animators. The festival will host Africa’s first Afro Caribbean Animators round table session. The forum is a half day event to receive country reports and discuss the development of the African/ Caribbean Animation industry

I  Animate
A platform for young people to share their experiences and expertise in animation and interactive design. Inimate Kiosk is a new addition. It is designed to promote creativity and offer opportunity for discourse between the creators and their audiences 

Evening:    Awards Night Closing Ceremony

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Cilia Sawadogo, Concordia University, Canada. Samuel Quartey, Animation Africa

Financial Institutions, production companies, , Animation studios, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria










Cilia Sawadogo, Concordia University, Canada, Ramatu Dadzie, Head Animation, NAFTI, Ghana, Camille Abraham, Univ. of Trinidad & Tobago Samuel Quartey, Animation Africa, Ghana, Representative, NTA College, Nigeria




1. Camille Abraham, CEO, Full Circle Animation Studio, Trinidad & Tobago
2. Professor Michael Smith University of Trinidad and Tobago (TBC) Riane De Haas Culture Officer CARICOM (TBC) Mirto Lacle Lingustic Pecialist Aruba (TBC) Fatu Gbedema – Entrepreneur Ghana Guyana (TBC)  Sheila Payne – Anansi Storyteller Curacao (TBC) Others (TBC) To be confirmed

Camille Abraham, CEO, Full Circle Studio, Trinidad & Tobago