NEW VIDEO LINK!!! https://vimeo.com/340638155

Hey y'all! Just got word of a screening in Seattle at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center African American Film Festival! I'm really grateful any chance my film gets to play for an audience. Thanks for everything y'all! -Abdul

I had the pleasure meeting director Ari Aster (Midsommar) at the Korean Film Festival where he presented "Save the Green Planet" which was Awesome btw! Also, here are a few other events feat: Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Ladj Ly (Les misérables 2019 Cannes jury prize winner) @ghettofilmschool , Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver), Antonio Banderas (Pain & Glory), etc. #midsommar #thelighthouse #theirishman #film #filmmaker #storytelling #lesmiserables #taxidriver #pedroalmodovar #savethegreenplanet #cinema #writing https://www.instagram.com/p/B6b-ifjgH_8/?igshid=1nfskel4jcqb8

PART 7- 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

Thank you futurafrika for the share from Italy! Grazie:)

#filmchevorremmovedere: ORISHA’S JOURNEY Creato dall’animatore ghanese Abdul Ndadi, “Orisha’s Journey” è un film che s’ispira alla tradizione folcloristica africana. Il film, presentato come tesi di laurea, esplora i diversi aspetti culturali africani. Orisha, infatti, è il nome comune attribuito ad alcune divinità nella religione yoruba.  «It’s important to me that Africans feel that no matter where they’re from, they’re part of my film.» "Orisha’s Journey" racconta di una bambina e il potere trascendente dell’immaginazione. Orisha, pur non credendo nelle favole, si ritrova a viverne una dopo l’incontro con un fiore animato che si è smarrito. Orisha intraprenderà un viaggio nel mondo degli spiriti e dell’immaginazione per restituire il fiore alla misteriosa foresta.

This the final version of the volcano pan shot from my film...

(including final lighting, camera movement, swf, and painted Photoshop layers for earthquake)

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

Abdul Ndadi is an animator from Ghana and a graduate from the School of Visual Arts, NY class of 2013.  He’s created an animation film entitled Orisha’s Journey (2014) which will be shown at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan (21st August 2014 - 25th August 2014).

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!

STORYBOARDS

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Opening scene boards based on the script

and a few changes from the final film.

Film Script (http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Crouching-Tiger,-Hidden-Dragon.html)

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)