NEFCISA
NEFCISA

The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) is proud of its partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) as a Strategic Implementing Partner (SIP) for its Social Employment Fund (SEF). Through this collaboration, MIAF is running a national programme that is creating jobs, addressing skills gaps, and strengthening South Africa's creative industries — in line with the SEF's overarching goal to generate work for the common good and build community value through employment, social contribution, and inclusive economic participation. Operating under the banner NEFCISA (National Employment Facility for Creative Industries in South Africa), the initiative is recruiting and training participants, matching them with host organisations, and has already placed 1 500 workers across the country — surpassing its original target of 1 000. NEFCISA is delivered through a network of 20 host organisations spanning five provinces, who are actively hosting participants and contributing to work for the common good across South Africa's creative and cultural industries. Key Objectives: Support employment and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. Offer skills development and training programmes. Foster partnerships between public and private creative sectors. Promote South African creativity at both provincial and national levels Foster community development through social contribution.

ACCES
ACCES

ACCES Conference and Showcase Festival is Africa's leading music industry gathering, bringing together the people shaping the future of the continent's music business. Artists, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, policymakers and cultural leaders from across Africa and around the world come to ACCES to build partnerships, exchange ideas, discover talent and create new business opportunities. Since its launch in 2017, ACCES has become the continent's premier platform for professional exchange and music market development. Combining a high-level conference with a curated showcase festival, networking, exhibitions and industry programmes, ACCES offers a unique space where creativity meets business and where African music connects with the global industry.

Gender@Work
Gender@Work

Music In Africa Gender @ Work is a three-year training programme aimed at upskilling and increasing the participation of female professionals in the African music sector. Launched by the Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) in April 2019, the programme is connected to the MIAF’s ACCES music conference – a pan-African event held in a different African country every year. This connection enables the programme to reach new participants in a different African country every year. The programme marks the beginning of a more concerted effort by the Foundation to support the participation and inclusion of women in all facets of its programmes and the music sector in Africa as a whole. Over the three years, the programme will aim to address gender imbalances in the sector through training, lobbying, facilitating knowledge exchange and dialogues that foster the interest of women. The broader objectives of the programme are to: Provide industry training for women on critical music industry skills, focusing on: Stage management Electronic music production and recording Music business management Technical knowledge Provide an opportunity for both professional and aspiring women to benefit from the Music In Africa network and its broad range of activities in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Provide a solution-based platform in the form of a round table at ACCES with a view to identify challenges, discuss opportunities and lobby for the interests of female practitioners. Offer participants the opportunity to benefit from programmes offered by MIAF’s partners. Increase access to educational materials. Integrate participants in the broader ACCES programme to maximise experience and exposure to the industry. Record and present training materials on the www.musicinafrica.net, including but not limited to tutorials, templates and other best-practice materials. Communicate women-based themes that support the initiatives and messages of the programme. MAIN TRAINING ACTIVITIES Training in first country (Ghana): In the first year, participants will be trained on all aspects of stage management by a team of experienced stage managers from 10 to 17 November 2019. The programme will offer robust classroom training as well as practical, hands-on training in which participants will also be given the opportunity to manage various aspects of the ACCES performance programme. Training in second country: The second training iteration will take place at ACCES 2020 when the programme will diversify its course to include music production lessons and training on other music business topics. A round-table platform will also be introduced to coincide with the ACCES programme. Training in third country: The third training iteration will take place at ACCES 2021 in a different country, offering an advanced course. HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED?  As a participant, facilitator or trainer: The programme enrolls up to 12 trainees every year. All opportunities are advertised publicly on this website, and will be added to this page. Please keep checking this page for new calls (below under UPDATES & CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES). As a partner Please contact Claire Metais at [email protected]. APPLY The call for applications for 2020 will be announced soon. The Music In Africa Gender @ Work programme is made possible with the support of the Prince Claus Fund, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut.

Sound Connects Fund
Sound Connects Fund

For cultural and creative practitioners and organisations operating in southern Africa, access to funding remains a major challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has also had a massive impact on government policy, spending and the economy in general, and has seen spending on culture being moved further down the list of priorities. Further, the cultural and creative industries repeatedly cite four main areas where investment is needed for growth, which are increased visibility, mobility including access to new markets, finance and support structures.

Instrument Building And Repair Project
Instrument Building And Repair Project

Experience the Vibrations African Instruments Exhibition online in 3D

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« Serek fbir » élu meilleur clip au New York Movie Awards

Home/Non classé/« Serek fbir » élu meilleur clip au New York Movie Awards

Il s’agit d’une organisation de critiques de films américains fondée en 1935 par Wanda Hale du New York Daily News. Elle compte parmi ses membres plus de 30 critiques de films de quotidiens et hebdomadaires de New York, de magazines et de publications en ligne.

L’organisation distingue mensuellement plusieurs films du monde entier par catégorie : meilleur long métrage, court métrage, documentaire, clips, films d’animation ainsi que des acteurs, des scénaristes, etc. Dans la short-list du mois de juillet des films en provenance des Etats-Unis, de France, d’Allemagne, d’Iran…

Conçu comme un court-métrage, avec à l’affiche l’acteur franco-marocain Asaad Bouab, le film raconte  une histoire de famille tragique. Celle de Jihane Bougrine, qui a reconnu dans un roman «Une chute infinie» de Mohamed Leftah, sa propre histoire familiale.

Un secret longtemps caché, celui de son oncle qui s’est donné la mort devant sa classe, au collège dans les années 1960. « C’est une histoire sur le poids du secret, les fantômes du passé et le suicide. Une histoire tragique que je voulais partager avec le maximum de personnes, pour dire que les secrets peuvent tuer. Le fait que ce message aille aussi loin, à travers le monde et que cette histoire soit appréciée et comprise malgré les barrières de la langue me touche profondément », souligne Jihane Bougrine.

D’autant plus que le film est sélectionné dans d’autres festival à Berlin et à New Delhi, précise-t-elle.

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Le film tourné, à petit budget, à Essaouira, ville de cœur et ville de la grand-mère de la chanteuse, raconte le parcours d’un homme perdu, que la mer ramène et qui trimballe une mallette avec lui comme s’il trimballait un secret trés lourd. On suit un Assaad Bouab, paumé, en costume, pieds nus qui est à la recherche d’un passé ou d’un futur, obsédé par une ombre qui semble le poursuivre.

« J’ai découvert ce secret de famille via un roman qu’on m’a offert. Comme si on m’envoyait un message, qu’on me donnait des pistes d’une énigme qu’il me fallait résoudre, d’une vérité que je devais rétablir » confie Jihane.

« Serek fbir » est produit par Sebastien Deflandre de l’Océan Vagabond , Youssef Barrada des FreeMonkeyz et Khadija Alami de K Films.  L’image gracieuse de Paulin Amato qui a aussi étalonné le clip est au service de la réalisation bien ficelée de Julien Fouré, le tout monté par Soukaina El Jid.

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