Character Design WIP (Prophet) Project: Chimera From Rough To Digital. #wip #characterdesign #sketch

Hi, my short will be playing in Scotland, at the AFRICA IN MOTION Film Festival! I'm thankful for the honor, as it's a great platform that's helped to spread the African narrative throughout the diaspora. Feel free to check out an article in The Guardian about some of their exhibitions.

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/…/cinemas-in-africa-from-crampe…

FILM FESTIVAL

TV NEWS INTERVIEW

Hello, everyone! The SVA Film and Animation Department just posted a blog about me on their website. Also, the Cape Town TV programming manager, Michael Aldridge aired my film “Orisha’s Journey” on South African television on Saturday, May 07 at 11:22:27. Thanks for all the support everyone, feel free to check out the links to the SVA Blog and a TV interview I did for South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC News)  can't wait to share the new projects I'm working on!

SVA BLOG- http://filmandanimation.sva.edu/alumni-blog-abdul-ndadi2/

SABC NEWS Interview- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u1ffP9fyYA

I want to say thanks to everyone at the Post New York Alliance for all your work creating more opportunities for storytellers and creatives from diverse backgrounds. Thanks again. I appreciate the PNYA featuring me in their "Spotlight of the Month." @postnewyorkalliance #film #tv #writer #screenwriter #artist #postproduction #storyteller #poccreatives

BIOGRAPHY Abdul Ndadi is a Harlem-born writer/artist of Ghanaian descent living in the Bronx. He studied Animation at the School of Visual Arts and started in the industry as a storyboard artist and character designer for independent film productions. His animated short Orisha's Journey, based on various African folktales, premiered in Japan at Hiroshima's animation festival and played last year at Annecy's special screening of African animation. Wanting to expand the types of stories he'd like to tell, Abdul transitioned into live-action after joining the Made in NY Post-production training program and now works as a post-production assistant for scripted film and television. Abdul is looking to apply all the knowledge he gains from helping the industry professionals he's fortunate enough to work with to create new stories of his own.

I got some good news from Cairo, Egypt today! My film will be screening next month (March 20-27, 2015) at the Cairo International Cinema and Arts Festival for Children... This means a lot to me because this will be the first African Film Festival my film will be a part of. Thanks to all my friends and family that helped on this project.

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!

Hey everybody! The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) put up the participants for this years Short Film Corner… Again, I am truly honored to play a small part in such a great festival!! Thank you for your time and thanks to ALL my family and friends for their love and support! There’s a link below or you can just type Orisha’s Journey Cannes Film Festival and it should pop up! 

http://sub.festival-cannes.fr/SfcCatalogue/MovieDetail/f0aca806-0423-4bb5-a99b-4383851a7d6a

Forest Spirits from my film Orisha's Journey I wanted to share a few more gifs from my thesis film. Thanks for checking it out!

PART 9- 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

PHOENIX QUEST

“The Tree of Life has faded and Death’s Shadow returned …”

Anansi: Last, of the Dreamwalkers, seeks the “Child of Fire” to awaken humanity’s only hope to restore their dying world. 

FILM FESTIVAL

Hi, everyone! I wanted to share some good news my film was selected to play at the Caribbean Tales International Film Festival in September. Also, I was fortunate enough to meet Director John Singleton at the 25th Anniversary of his debut "Boyz N the Hood," which made him the youngest (20 yrs.) director to ever receive an Oscar nomination. It was really inspiring to talk with him a bit and hear about the importance of recognizing one's culture and finding an artistic truth to your work. Peace!- Abdul http://www.caribbeantales.ca/CTFF/