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The application extension of the Realness Institute Episodic Lab is due to increased interest from filmmakers from Africa & the Diaspora.

Participants are expected to learn how to deepen their understanding of the story development process among other lessons.

Realness Institute in partnership with Netflix, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, through its 2022 Episodic Lab and Development

While the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2021...

The Realness Institute & Netflix through DET & Episodic Lab aims to empower Africans to tell their stories from an organic point of view.

Netflix Director of Content for Africa, Ben Amadasun tells Vanessa Obioha in an interview the streamer’s commitment to spotlighting the various talents in the creative industry to a global audience while building a home for the best-in-class African stories There was a lot of fanfare last year when Netflix announced plans to make Nigeria originals before the pandemic struck hard. What has and hasn’t changed since then? Nothing has changed. Sure the pandemic did have an impact on film produc...

x The program, launched by the Realness Institute, a non-profit organisation committed to fostering a new wave of African storytelling in partnership with the world’s leading streaming service Netflix, will kick off this week (13 June) and will run until September. Six of these candidates will have the opportunity to participate in the Episodic Lab (EPL) where they will develop their story concepts alongside expert Story Consultants and Creative Producers. ...

Sundance Labs: 20 Up-and-Coming Directors and Screenwriters Named for 2021 Fellowship Signature workshops include 12 fellows for directors and screenwriters labs and nine fellows cultivating Native artists Diane Haithman | May 10, 2021 @ 2:55 PM Sundance The Sundance Institute named on Monday the artists and projects for the first group of its upcoming summer labs. The group includes 12 fellows for the directors and screenwriters labs and nine artists participating in the Native and Indigeno...

Applications for Development Executive Traineeship by Netflix for African filmmakers are now open Shares The Realness Institute and Netflix have opened online applications for the Development Executive Traineeship program (DET). Development has often been a misunderstood and undervalued part of the filmmaking process in Africa, thus developing this skill is crucial to initiate more collaboration between African countries and create more authentic depictions of Africa. The DET program will follo...

This week’s BIG move: Realness Institute and Netflix extend Episodic Lab entry deadline, and launch development executive traineeship   Realness Institute’s newest programme, Episodic Lab, created in partnership with Netflix, has received an overwhelmingly positive response from members of the industry online and offline. The deadline has thus been extended. Online submissions will now close upon receiving 150 additional applications or on the 8 February 2021, whichever comes first.   ...