This archive report was first published on 29 June 2021.
On the heels of their success at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where they won the 2021 Mifa Animation Industry Award, Triggerfish has launched a call for entries for a pan-African Story Artist Lab sponsored by Netflix.
The lab, which builds on the success of their all-female writers lab, Mama K's Team 4, will provide shortlisted applicants with three months of paid skills development with international industry experts, including Nathan Stanton, a story artist on Oscar-winning features like Brave, Finding Nemo, and Monsters Inc.
According to Tendayi Nyeke, Triggerfish's Zimbabwean-born development executive, 'story artists translate screenplays into animatics, the loose first version of the movie that then shapes every step of animation that follows.' He adds, 'So having skilled story artists from the continent in control of how their stories are told is a gamechanger, not only in grooming the next African directors but also in giving pre-production artists the opportunity to establish their own voice as they bring African stories to life.'
African citizens with concept art and/or storyboarding portfolios can apply until Friday, 23 July 2021 at https://www.triggerfish.com/storyartistlab/. They must be available full-time for three months from August 2021; remote working is encouraged.
