Oct 7 - 9 Lifanima
LIFANIMA is Nigeria’s leading animation festival. Established in 2017, the festival now attracts more than 1000 entries from more than 100 countries yearly and has firmly placed Lagos State on the world map of animation film festivals.
Lagos International Festival of Animation
LIFANIMA attracts Animators, Film makers, Investors, Financial Institutions, Advertising Agencies, Musical Video Producers, Media Practitioners, Digital Marketing Professionals, Government Agencies, Information Technology Companies, and the public.
7 - October
Alliance Francaise, Ikoyi
9 October
Alliance Francaise, Ikoyi
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Awards & Prizes Celebrating excellence in animation
LIFANIMA gives awards in five categories:
Best 2D Animation
Best Visual Effects
Stop Motion Animation
Best 3D Animation
Best Animation Commercial
Meet Top Animators.
Africa’s best animators have their works showcased at the festival.
Learn Even More.
The festival features two days of Animation Workshops.
Experts The Jury
The festival’s jury are accomplished and seasoned professionals in their respective fields.
Brian Olaolu Wilson
Creative Director, Zero Gravity Studios
Brian Olaolu Wilson
Creative Director, Zero Gravity Studios
Brian is Co-founder and Creative Director of Zero Gravity Studios an animation and creative studio based in Lagos. With a passion for African Animation for social impact and a drive to raise the next generation of animation & media practitioners, the company has organized trainings and workshops to develop skills in young Nigerians.
His 3D short, Water Wahala, addressed water scarcity in Africa, screening at film festivals in Nigeria, USA, Spain, and Norway.
In 2021, he won the Digital Lab Africa competition with the project - Aminah's Journey, an Animation feature story which addresses at least 4 of the UNSDG's and tells the story of a young girl who escapes a Boko Haram attack on her village only to become a refugee in her own country.
Brian graduated from Yaba College of Technology with a distinction in Painting and from Bournemouth University with an MA in 3D Animation. He has created for brands like Pepsi, Guinness, GTBank, Zenith Bank, and KPMG to name a few.
Vanessa Sinden
Senior Producer, Triggerfish Animation
Vanessa Sinden
Senior Producer, Triggerfish Animation
Vanessa is a senior Producer at Triggerfish Animation with 23+ years in film. Produced Emmy & Annie Award winners and Africa's biggest animated hits Adventures in Zambezia, Khumba, Seal Team. Recent credits include Netflix's first African original Supa Team 4, Disney's Kizazi Moto, and Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes. Passionate mentor, talent-lab founder (Netflix, Disney, Triggerfish), and champion of African Women in Animation — a 2.4k-strong network empowering women across animation, VFX & gaming.
Francis Onwochei
Producer
Francis Onwochei
Producer
Francis Kainebi ONWOCHEI is a consummate stage/ screen actor, TV/ Film Producer & Consultant.
His key producing projects have received awards & commendations across the globe some of which are
"Raging Storm", "Final Onslaught", "Saving Alero" which won the Best Actress award & Best Nigerian Film at the 2002 National Film festival.
"Claws of the Lion" which he directed won both Best Short Film at Abuja International Film Festival & Zuma International Film Festival in 2005 & 2006 respectively.
Francis has played significant roles as actor on film projects with Netflix, Prime Video, DSTV, Rok Studios & Showmax amongst many independent features on cinema.
Since 2015 ,Onwochei has focused on script consulting works and project development essentials with many film credits under his belt,helping to strengthen big pictures in the Nigerian film circuit.
Some of his recent credits in that space among others include, 52 Episodes TV Series "OASIS" which ran on DSTV & NTA.
Moses Inwangs "Alta Ego",& "LockDown", Charles of Play's "Blood Vessel", AYs "Merry Men 3" and currently working on Imasuens remake of "Issakaba"
Francis has presented compelling position papers on development of the African motion picture environment in Nigeria ,Ghana, UK,USA,France ,Germany and South Africa.
He is an alumnus of London International film school, ( Film Aesthetics )DW Television Training Centre,Berlin ( Project Management ) New York Film School ( Directing) Havard Law School ( International copyright administration)
Born in Lagos on 4th June 1965, Francis Onwochei is a recipient of Nollywood Distinguished Veterans award and a Fellow of The Arts.
Lifanima News Get all the buzz from LIFANIMA
National Orientation Agency NOA, has unveiled a new animation award, with a total cash prize of N22,500,000. The award was
Lagos International Festival of Animation, LIFANIMA, at its just concluded 9th edition, has announced the winners in the festival’s five award
PICS: L-R. Dr Isa Omagu, Divisional Head, Large Enterprises, Bank of Industry; The Director General, National Orientation Agency, Mallam Issa-Onilu
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