FILM FESTIVAL

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FILM FESTIVALS

Hi! Some good news from Governor’s Island! My film “Orisha’s Journey” will there tomorrow September 25th for the New York African Film festival’s “Family Day” event. Feel free to stop by! 

I had the pleasure of attending a Tribeca Film Festival party with the super talented Ghanaian filmmaker Priscilla Anany and took a few selfies with the actress and human rights activist Rosario Dawson!! Definitely good times:) #tribeca #rosariodawson #filmfestival #selfie #film #animation (at New York, New York)

Hi, here’s my new Demo Reel featuring my Fupitoons award-winning short, whiteboard animations, and other works!

https://vimeo.com/247196730

A live-action feature doc called "STICKMAN: The Roosevelt Wilkerson Story" that I had the pleasure of working on will have its NYC Premiere at the Cinema Village in New York City on Friday, March 16th at 9:30pm as part of the Socially Relevant Film Festival. Please join us for this special screening and a Q&A with Director/Producer Margaret Galbraith and Animators Ryan Frost and Abdul Ndadi #film #filmfestival #animation #documentary #cinemavillage #sociallyrelevantfilmfestival #filmmaking #blackartist #stickman (at New York, New York)

Here's an album cover I made for the Swiss-Indian rapper/producer @deng.strg (Prince Deng) for his upcoming project "Pink Lotus." I had fun mixing sci-fi/fantasy elements inspired by his unique music and the ancient imagery of the Hindu goddesses Kali and Lakshmi. Please feel free to follow his page for updates on his music!

Orisha’s Journey, a fantasy tale of a girl’s journey through the Spirit World by Ghanaian Animator Abdul Ndadi

“I want to show another side to Africa besides safaris, so I explore different aspects of different countries around Africa in order to give the viewer a pan-African experience”. Abdul Ndadi gradua…

Hi all! Afrokanist Magazine wrote an article about me and my short. I’m really honored they did that and its already gotten over 5K shares! Also, my film was selected to play later this year at Detroit’s big event called Meccacon (Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts) Please feel free to check it out:)

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6853630/

FILM YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoqdX8Z7uUY

FILM VIMEO https://vimeo.com/149355438 

DEMO REEL https://vimeo.com/94230565 

Hi all, my film “Orisha’s Journey” was selected to premiere online this Wednesday (December 23rd, 2015) by FILM SHORTAGE for their “Daily Short Picks.” Thank you all for the support and feel free to check it out when its online!

-Abdul 

Ghanaian animator Abdul Ndadi’s fantasy film Orisha’s Journey (2014) has made it to the May 2015 Cannes Festival and will be screened in the Short Film Corner section which is part of the Cannes Court Métrage program. 

I am truly honored to be featured in this years festival and I want to give a huge thanks to my family and ALL my friends for their help and support! -Abdul

PART 4- I took the original concept of “The Lady, Or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton and decided to create my own version with original characters and dialogue. Here are the storyboards. (Please see other parts for the whole story) WIP

Alumni Blog: Abdul Ndadi - SVA Film & Animation

I was recently interviewed by the SVA alumni blog and got to talk a bit about my thesis film "Orisha's Journey"... Feel free to check it out!