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“Animation is our memory in motion”
A conversation with a Cotonou-based director whose first cut-paper short is touring the continent's festivals.
Report
Inside a stop-motion workshop in Porto-Novo
Three weeks with the artisans sculpting a Fon folktale, frame by frame.
Analysis
Animated series: where are the African broadcasters?
A survey of distribution channels for francophone African animation.
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A short film that makes the lagoon sing
Paint-on-glass animation: a rare craft, an assured aquatic poetry.
Interview
Scoring animation, between gangan drums and synths
A composer on building the sound of West African animated films.
Report
An animation school grows in Abomey-Calavi
Class after class, the next generation organizes around shared machines.
Analysis
Co-producing animation: how the money flows
Regional funds, channels, platforms: mapping the accessible funding desks.
Report
In residency: writing tomorrow's animation
Eight writers, fifteen days, one goal: production-ready scripts.
History
Beninese animated films
From the first frame-by-frame experiments to today's studios — a living memory of animation cinema in Benin: the films, artisans and workshops that drew the movement.
Magazine
Point Cinéma d'Animation
The professional network's journal of record: yearly and biannual issues, in-depth features, long-form interviews and industry mappings.
Vlogs
See all →Video notebooks: sets, festivals, behind the scenes at the studios.