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Mobile Film Festival Is ‘ Making Peace With Nature’
CLIMATE is at the heart of the 2021 Mobile Film Festival. In its 17th edition, the festival is partnering with the United Nations Development Programme, as well as with the support of a large network of NGOS and international organisations committed to the environment. The organisers request filmmakers to create and submit films following the unique format that has made Mobile Film Festival such a success for the last 17 years. Dubbed ‘ 1 Mobile, one minute, one Film’, this year’s theme, Making Peace with Nature, comes directly from the State of the Planet speech given by the UN Secretary- General, Antonio Guterres, at Columbia University in New York City. The festival is, thus, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGS), in particular SDG 13, which aims to urgently fight climate change and its consequences. This year, the festival will be affiliated with two major upcoming United Nations campaigns. First, the Global Week to Act for Sustainable Development Goals ( September 17- 28, 2021), for which the Mobile Film Festival will be an official event, and subsequently, COP26 in Glasgow ( from October 31 to November 12, 2021), where the official selection of 50+ winning films will be screened. The Mobile Film Festival is first and foremost a digital film festival — with a collective 134 million video views to date — so all films will be presented online and via all the festival’s social media accounts. Interestingly, all the films in the official selection will also be accessible free of charge to NGOS, associations, institutions, teachers, and anyone else who wishes to broadcast them. For this edition, call for entries is from August 24 to October 12 while the online festival is scheduled to hold as from November 2 through to 30. The award ceremony is billed for early December. One of the main objectives of the Mobile Film Festival is to discover and support the film talents of tomorrow by helping them on the road to become professional filmmakers. As with past editions, we will bestow monetary prizes to a number of winning films and filmmakers.
Also this year, the festival will award 10 prizes including $ 30,000 in creative grants.
MIPCOM Unveils First Content Showcases, Screenings For Cannes Market
THE world’s entertainment content market MIPCOM, has announced the first confirmed market screenings and content showcases for MIPCOM 2021 from an array of international businesses including All3media International ( UK), BBC Studios ( UK), Beta Film ( Germany), KOCCA Korean Creative Content Agency ( South Korea), MEC Moscow Export Center ( Russia), Movistar ( Spain), TVP Polish Public Television ( Poland), U. S. Agency for Global Media & Current Time ( USA) and ZDF Enterprises ( Germany). The statement from MIPCOM 2021 also indicated that the content market will welcome the industry back to the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, 11- 14 October, for the first major international market to take place in person since 2019. From Monday 11 October to Wednesday, October 13, more than 15 market screenings and showcases will be presented to delegates, buyers and international press, offering an exclusive look at the most- anticipated series and programmes across all genres from around the world. According to Director of MIPCOM, Lucy Smith, “It’s wonderful to have such a strong lineup of exclusive screenings and showcases for our return to Cannes. A big thank you to all our partners for their participation which really underlines the strength, creativity and diversity of the content at MIPCOM.” Launched in 1985, the largest TV market in the world brings together every year the most influential TV and digital content executives for four days of in- person networking, creative exchange, screenings and inspiring talks.
Spotify Reveal Most Streamed Songs in Nigeria
IT has been a great time for Nigerian artists on Spotify, as the last three months shows that music lovers from all over the country chose to listen to songs by local artists during the season. With global acceptance of Nigerian music and artists growing by the day, it is not surprising that more and more Nigerians are turning to hits from their home- grown artists on Spotify for their listening pleasure. According to data from Spotify, in the last 90 days, nine local songs made the Top 10 most- streamed songs in Nigeria. Topping the list is ‘ Feeling’ by Ladipo Eso, popularly known as Ladipoe, followed by ‘ Bounce’ by Ruger and Olamide’s ‘ Rock’. Fourth on the Top 10 list is Wizkid’s ‘ Essence’ ( feat. Justin Bieber & Tems), followed by ‘ Soundgasm’ by Rema, and ‘ Understand’ by Omah Lay. “Nigerians’ support of homegrown talent has always been a joy to behold. It’s great to see that theme persevere and show up strong this summer!” says Phiona Okumu, Spotify Head of Music, SubSaharan Africa. The only non- Nigerian song in the Top 10 list is ‘ Dimension’ by JAE5, the British- born Ghanaian Grammy Award- winning pro.