{"id":2726,"date":"2022-03-15T17:59:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T17:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/netflix-unesco-short-film-competition-meet-the-winners-from-africa"},"modified":"2022-03-15T18:27:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T18:27:06","slug":"netflix-unesco-short-film-competition-meet-the-winners-from-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/netflix-unesco-short-film-competition-meet-the-winners-from-africa","title":{"rendered":"Netflix-Unesco short film competition: Meet the winners from Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>Six filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa have won a short film competition by Unesco and Netflix on the theme \u201creinvented African folktales\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mauritanian director Mohamed Echkouna, Nigerian director Korede Azeez, Tanzanian director Walter Mzengi, Kenyan director Voline Ogutu, South African director Gcobisa Yako and Ugandan director Loukman Ali were selected from \u201cseveral thousands\u201d of applicants, Ben Amadasun, head of Africa original content and acquisitions for the US video-on-demand platform, said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The six winners will receive $25,000 in personal awards as well as training and mentoring from industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p>They will also receive a budget of $75,000 to create film and produce their short films for release on Netflix this year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Netflix said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that Africa is full of amazing and talented storytellers who are ready to share their multiple visions and celebrate Africa\u2019s culture and heritage,\u201d Amadasun added.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the 6 winners of the @Netflix &amp; @UNESCO \u2018African folktales, reimagined\u2019 short film competition! Well done ???<\/p>\n<p>Get to know these talented filmmakers and learn more about their projects here: https:\/\/t.co\/yWIse17vg9 #AfricaReimagined pic.twitter.com\/g7tKy9KBx7<\/p>\n<p>The young filmmakers have proposed projects inspired by great African folk tales but reinventing them in several African languages (including Fulani, Swahili, Luo, Xhosa and Hausa). The premiere of these films will be \u201ccelebrated\u201d at Unesco headquarters at the end of the year, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking their films accessible to an international audience is part of our commitment to promoting cultural diversity around the world\u2026 The winners, and the participants as a whole, are a testament to the thriving, diverse and ever-changing culture that sub-Saharan Africa has to offer and that Unesco wishes to promote,\u201d said Audrey Azoulay, Unesco\u2019s director general.<\/p>\n<p>Participants, who are between 18 and 35 years old, live in and come from a sub-Saharan African country and have between two-five years of professional experience in the audiovisual industry.<\/p>\n<p>Unesco published a report last October, the result of two years of work, which for the first time takes stock of the state and challenges of the film and audiovisual industry in the 54 countries of Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\">Cape verde<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. Six filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa have won a short film competition by Unesco and Netflix on the theme \u201creinvented African folktales\u201d. Mauritanian director Mohamed Echkouna, Nigerian director Korede Azeez, Tanzanian director Walter Mzengi, Kenyan director Voline Ogutu, South African director Gcobisa Yako and Ugandan director Loukman Ali were selected from \u201cseveral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9,16],"tags":[233,331,328,392,382,260,393,391],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-cape-verde","tag-cape-verde","tag-film","tag-netflix","tag-south-africa","tag-unesco","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Netflix-Unesco short film competition: Meet the winners from Africa - 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