The famous Johannesburg media marketplace hosted Tshimologong and the DLA to kick off the 2018 call for projects From the 14th to the 16th of November 2018, DISCOP, the “One Stop Shop” for B2B content in Africa, organised its 6th edition of its market in Johannesburg. Launched in 2012, the event is now the first content production [...]
Tshimologong Precinct hosting a very special Hackaton, created by DLA and in partnership with IFAS. The French National Audiovisual Institute (INA) restored in 2018 the original records from the Rivonia Trial, a major South-African event that took place between October 1963 and June 1964, leading to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and several other [...]
DLA#1 VR winners selected for the 2018 Sundance New Frontier Story Lab Sundance Institute has announced the six projects selected for the annual New Frontier Story Lab, which supports independent artists working at the cutting-edge convergence of film, art, media, live performance and technology. The New Frontier Story Lab is a week-long immersive experience that empowers [...]
South African Twist @NewImages Festival 4-8 April, 2018 NewImages is a place of discovery and experimentation within everyone’s reach, but it is also a meeting place for professionals of the virtual reality and immersive technologies industry! This year the festival honours the African continent and especially South Africa. Tegan Bristow, director of the Fak'ugesi African [...]
Digital Lab Africa is pleased to partner with the Berlinale Africa Hub that will showcase the 4 VR experiences directed by the participants of the 1st DLA 48h VR Film Jam in Johannesburg. The Berlinale Africa Hub (Feb 16-21) at the EFM is coming back for its second edition! Thanks to a very successful first [...]
31 January, 2018: immersive experiences and debate to explore the "Power to the Imagination" Initiated by the French Institute in Paris, the Night of Ideas is a worldwide event settled in collaboration with most of the French Institutes around the world. This year, in Johannesburg, the Night of Ideas will take place on the 31st [...]
NewImages, a new festival dedicated to digital creation and virtual worlds Always at the cutting-edge of innovation, the Paris Virtual Film Festival and I LOVE TRANSMEDIA have come together to create the NewImages festival, that will take place in Forum des Images from 4 to 8 April 2018. During five days, the festival will offer a fully [...]
Discover the 4 VR experiences from the 1st South African 48H VR Film Jam ! From 24 to 27 October 2017, Digital Lab Africa organized in cooperation with the French Institute of South Africa and Wonda VR the first South African VR Film Jam, wich has been held in Johannesburg at Tshimologong – Digital Precinct (Maxum Digital). [...]
Triggerfish Animation, Afrika Toon, Sacem, Gaité Lyrique, Camera Lucida… in 2018, new partners are joining Digital Lab Africa to incubate next-gen talent in Africa. Winning applicants of DLA’s second edition will be accompanied by its whole ecosystem made of the best French and Sub-Saharan African experts and companies in multimedia field. The objective of DLA’s [...]
First SA 48H VR Film Jam in Joburg What happened? From 24 to 27 October 2017, Digital Lab Africa organized in cooperation with the French Institute of South Africa and Wonda VR the first South African VR Film Jam, wich has been held in Johannesburg at Tshimologong - Digital Precinct (Maxum Digital). 12 selected participants learnt how [...]
