Great to see Love Letters to the Future nominated for this year’s SXSW Interactive Awards: One of the notes sealed inside the time capsule is: “Please, you have to keep doing what we could not finish” by Manuela, Argentina http://www.loveletterstothefuture.com/ Another notable nomination is: http://sketch.odopod.com This is an addictive and therapeutic web sketcher with a lovely feel and texture to the brushes and pens. And I guess you can use the images you create to illustrate a digital story.
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India-UK grants
Here’s some news of funding that may benefit digital storytellers in the UK. A pilot grant scheme for Connections though Culture: India – UK is now open and arts producers or representatives from an arts organisations in the UK are eligible to apply. Connections through Culture is the British Council’s new programme for collaborative exchanges between the UK and India in the arts, aimed at generating long-term partnerships between arts organisations and producers in the UK and their counterparts in India. The funding may be for bespoke visits, development support and showcasing collaborative work. Information about the scheme and how to apply is here in English and in Welsh. There’s…
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Cyfle recruiting multiplatform creative trainees
Two of the people I worked with while digital storytelling with the Capture Wales team had joined the BBC via Cyfle training courses. Cyfle is now looking for eight people to take part in their Multiplatform Production Scheme for TV Creatives course in Cardiff, Wales, leading to a Post Graduate Certificate – Professional Practice in the Creative Industries. This isn’t a free course; it costs £1,000. It’s a four-month course with industry placement guaranteed. As Cyfle say in their email: “This is an intensive, hands-on, immersion into the Multiplatform World. In the intensely competitive world of The Media, this course will give you the skills to put you at the…