Call for applications: 2023 Fak’ugesi Awards for African creatives

The call is open to creatives in the following five categories: arts (visual, performance), music, animation, video games and extended reality (XR). Each project will be reviewed by two selection panel members who will develop a shortlist of 10 projects per category for the jury to evaluate.

All the winning projects will be announced at a special Fak’ugesi Awards ceremony on 29 September followed by the closing party of the Fak’ugesi Festival.

Requirements

• Applicants need to be 18 years or older.
• The work must be their own.
• Applicants must have a fully completed project (material/project must have been shown publicly).
• All submissions in which intellectual property rights are jointly owned must be submitted with the full written consent of all rights holders concerned.
• An application must be made in one category.
• Open to all individuals or companies who wish to apply.
• Projects that are created from 2019 to the present.

Eligible formats for each category

Digital cross-sector music and composition

• Composers linked to animation, gaming, XR and digital arts.

Animation

• Short films (duration not more than five minutes).
• Longer length features (30 minutes and above).
• Title animations.
• Student animation.

Gaming

• Mobile.
• Desktop.
• Student game.

XR

• AR
• VR
• Immersive

Digital Art

• Digital film.
• Photography and digital manipulation.
• Performance with digital components.
• Screen-based digital art.

Interested applicants should apply here before 24 July, with finalists to be announced on 21 August. The judging process will be held on 29 September.

“Fak’ugesi 2023 Awards for Digital Creativity is back with the only award of its kind on the continent recognising digital innovation in creativity across the countries of Africa,” a statement reads. “Since our inception 10 years ago, we have seen, worked with and applauded the meteoric rise of African creativity in the digital space. In 2023, we want to further this growth by awarding the best works in five categories: arts (visual, performance), animation, music, video games, and extended reality (AR, VR).”

View the original call here.