Showcasing the future stars of the creative economy. 6 Nov 2024 Read more Afda is proud to announce that the Afda Johannesburg 2023 third year graduation film Anguish won the Best Student Film at the South African Film and Television Awards. 5 Nov 2024 Read more Afda is delighted to announce that Afda students and alumni showed up once again, winning 17 Golden Horn awards in seven different categories. 1 Nov 2024 Read more Afda takes pride in continuously updating the state-of-the-art equipment on all Afda campuses. 24 Oct 2024 Read more The Afda Durban 2023 undergraduate third year graduation film Warm has won yet another award picking up the Equality Unleashed Award at the Sauti Zetu Film Festival. 22 Oct 2024 Read more The film Old Righteous Blues, directed by Afda alumna Muneera Sallies has been selected to represent South Africa in the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars. 16 Oct 2024 Read more Afda is proud to announce that Afda students and alumni won 10 SASC Visual Spectrum Awards and 25 gold, silver and bronze certificates. 26 Sep 2024 Read more The South African Film and Television Awards nominees have been announced and Afda is proud to announce that Afda students and alumni have received over 50 nominations. 13 Sep 2024 Read more Afda is delighted to announce that it will be the official education partner at Fame Week Africa 2024, from 1 to 7 September at the CTICC in Cape Town. 21 Aug 2024 Read more Afda graduation films continue to ride the wave. 31 Jul 2024 Read more Afda is delighted to announce that the 2023 AFDA Durban third year graduation film, “Cipher” won the Best Student Film award at the 11th Annual Simon ‘Mabhuna’ Sabela Awards. 24 Jul 2024 Read more Afda is proud to announce that six Afda 2023 graduation films have been selected as quarterfinalists at Fame Shorts Film Festival 2024. 10 Jul 2024 Read more The annual Afda Experimental Festival once again proved to be a resounding success. Audiences enjoyed an array of thought-provoking experiences. 24 Jun 2024 Read more The Afda Experimental Festival is an annual event orchestrated by our 3rd year students. 10 Jun 2024 Read more Afda is delighted to announce that the third year AFDA Johannesburg 2023 graduation film, Anguish, has been shortlisted for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2024. 29 Apr 2024 Read more Imagine being able to say that you played a key role on a film that served as a source of inspiration for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter. 5 Apr 2024 Read more Artificial intelligence increasingly impacts and transforms creative industries. 23 Feb 2024 Read more Afda is proud to announce the 11 Afda third and fourth year graduation films have been selected to screen at the Joburg Film Festival. 20 Feb 2024 Read more The Loeries Official Rankings is a useful and independent measure of who’s doing what and who’s doing it the best in the industry, across Africa and the Middle East. 12 Feb 2024 Read more The rapid shift to online education has necessitated that tertiary educators to adapt their teaching methods to new virtual environments. 29 Jan 2024 Read more Afda is proud to announce that the Afda Durban 2023 undergraduate third year graduation film Warm, won the Best Student Production Award at the 11th African Emerging Filmmakers Awards 24 Jan 2024 Read more BET Africa and Afda are proud to announce the upcoming BET Script to Screen: Afda Edition, a film festival featuring a selection of student films from the Afda film school. 7 Dec 2023 Read more Afda is proud to announce that the annual Afda Graduation Festival showcasing work from our final year undergraduate and postgraduate degree students will kick-off from 17 to 26 November 2023. 13 Nov 2023 Read more The Afda Durban Honours' team has done it again! Winterslaap, produced last year, has just won Gold at the 2023 Loeries for Best South African Student Film. 12 Oct 2023 Read more Afda is proud to announce that Afda students and alumni picked up 13 Golden Horn awards at the 17th annual Saftas held over the past weekend. 5 Oct 2023 Read more The 17th Annual South African Film and Television Awards nominees have been announced. 15 Aug 2023 Read more Afda are delighted to announce that Afda Durban 2022 honours film "Winterslaap", directed by Leandros Brown and Daniel Howells won the Best South African Student Film award at the 2nd edition of the Isiphethu International Student Film Festival at the Durban International Film Festival 2023 and that Afda alumna Sandulela Asanda won the Best South African Short Film award for her film Mirror Mirror. 8 Aug 2023 Read more Afda Durban have won the Simon "Mabhunu" Sabela Best Student Award for eight years in a row. 28 Jul 2023 Read more Thirteen Afda 2022 graduation films were selected to screen at the Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF). 21 Jul 2023 Read more Afda is proud to announce that two Afda Durban films have been selected to compete in the Isiphethu student programme at the Durban International Film Festival 2023. 13 Jul 2023 Read more Earlier this year TheSouthAfrican.com website called on registered film students from South African tertiary institutions to get creative and document a social issue facing South Africa today. 11 Jul 2023 Read more Afda Cape Town Live Performance alumnus Lemogang Tsipa plays the titular role of 'Shaka' in the upcoming drama series Shaka Ilembe. 24 May 2023 Read more Afda alumna Ofentse Thinane is the new SABC1 channel head and replaces Thuli Hhlapo who was acting channel head at the biggest TV channel in South Africa. 18 May 2023 Read more Afda is proud to announce the selection of three 2022 graduation films to compete for the prestigious Cilect Prize 2023. 3 Feb 2023 Read more Our students from our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth campuses have once again pulled out all the stops this year at the annual Graduation Festival. 5 Dec 2022 Read more Afda is proud to announce that the annual Afda Graduation Festival showcasing work from our final year undergraduate and postgraduate degree students will kick-off from the 15-27 November 2022. 14 Nov 2022 Read more The time for Africa to own African stories is now and has never been better. 11 Nov 2022 Read more Luntu Masiza and Francois Immelman recently shared the Best Actor award for their performances in the short film Some Mothers' Sons at the International Pan African Film Festival. 10 Nov 2022 Read more Afda Johannesburg 2021 honours graduation film Delville Wood walked off with a silver Loerie award in the Student Film category at the Loerie Awards 2022. 7 Nov 2022 Read more Afda Cape Town Live Performance lecturer Abduragman Adams recently received a Ministerial Award at the Cultural Affairs Awards for 2022 at Artscape on Wednesday, 12 October 2022. 4 Nov 2022 Read more The Afda Cape Town 2021 honours graduation film, Where is Mr Adams? is making waves. 3 Aug 2022 Read more Winners of the ninth Simon 'Mabhunu' Sabela KZN Film and Television Awards were announced during the annual Durban International Film Festival on 23 July. 29 Jul 2022 Read more Afda is proud to announce that Afda students and alumni have received an astonishing, record-breaking 64 nominations in 45 different categories at the 16th Annual Safta's. 25 Jul 2022 Read more The Afda Creative Writing degree programme introduced on our Johannesburg and Cape Town campuses in 2021 is proving to be a hit. Student numbers more than doubling in 2022. 8 Jul 2022 Read more Afda third-year students from our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha campuses promise to offer audiences an eye-popping and mind-boggling experience at the annual Afda Experimental Festival. 13 Jun 2022 Read more The Afda Cape Town 2021 honours graduation film, Where is Mr Adams? is having a fantastic run on the national and international film festival circuit. 6 May 2022 Read more Congratulations to the young and talented creative crew behind the scenes of the short film Leemtes en Leegheid, which scooped up three major awards at the Kyknet Silwerskerm Festival 2022. 1 Apr 2022 Read more After launching a groundbreaking competition to find some of sub-Saharan Africa's up-and-coming filmmakers, entitled 'African Folktales, Reimagined' Netflix and Unesco announced the six winners. 18 Mar 2022 Read more Afda COO Henriette de Villiers, is proud to announce the selection of two South African television productions at the Input Conference. 4 Mar 2022 Read more The Cilect Prize is the first-ever award bestowed to a student film based on review from the whole community of Cilect Full Member Schools. This includes 180 institutions from 60 countries, of which Afda is a full member. Each Cilect Member School may submit one film in each genre category. 3 Feb 2022 Read more Since the inauguration the Loeries Official Rankings in 2010, which offers a comprehensive overview of the annual performance across the brand communications industry throughout Africa and the Middle East, Afda students, alumni and staff have been highly ranked for their outstanding work and expertise in film, commercials and advertising campaigns. The rankings list the top brands, agencies and production companies, as well as the performance by both individuals and companies in special focus areas. 3 Feb 2022 Read more Afda has the great pleasure to announce the appointment of David Dennis as the new campus dean of Afda Johannesburg. 9 Dec 2021 Read more Over the last 25 years, Afda students in their final year of their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees showcase their work at the annual Afda Graduation Festival. 19 Nov 2021 Read more In a revolutionary move in the higher education sector, Afda will be purchasing Stadio Holdings shares for their postgraduate class of 2021. 18 Nov 2021 Read more Afda Johannesburg 2020 honours graduation film, The Extraordinary Super-Now, has won three awards after being nominated as a finalist in seven categories at the 2021 Loerie Awards. 4 Nov 2021 Read more Afda is proud to announce that Afda staff, students and alumni played a key role in the making of the 2021 Student Academy award-winning film Lakutshon' IIanga. 4 Nov 2021 Read more Afda is proud to announce the launch of the Afda book, an online publication created by Afda co-founder Garth Holmes and published by Art Africa Publishing. 20 Oct 2021 Read more Afda students have proved that in life, nothing is impossible to achieve when you have enthusiasm, optimism, confidence, and commitment. 21 Jun 2021 Read more Afda alumni have received a massive 48 nominations at the 15th South African Film and Television Awards. 12 May 2021 Read more Afda is proud to announce the selection of three 2020 graduation films to compete for the most prestigious award on the motion picture calendar - The Student Academy Awards (Oscars). 26 Apr 2021 Read more Afda Durban becomes the home of the Simon Sabela Awards. 20 Apr 2021 Read more Kyle Stroebel is an Afda alumnus and accomplished South African colourist. His recent work on the picturesque documentary My Octopus Teacher received national and international praise soon after it was released on Netflix in March of 2020. 23 Mar 2021 Read more Congratulations to all cast and crew members! 12 Feb 2021 Read more The intent of these qualifications is to economically boost the creative economy. 1 Feb 2021 Read more Showcasing African talent. 25 Nov 2020 Read more The fourth industrial revolution is well underway and it is shaping up some of the most significant opportunities and challenges of our lifetime. 19 Oct 2020 Read more Over the years, the festival has attracted broad critical acclaim, both locally and internationally. 25 Sep 2020 Read more The South African and global creative industries are undergoing massive growth and diversification, and there is a clear need for creative writing programmes to address and respond to the vast growth of new platforms and media technologies. 17 Sep 2020 Read more The film, renamed Tokoloshe: An African Curse for the American market, was recently released on VOD in the USA. 9 Sep 2020 Read more Afda student films have an extraordinary record at the Simon Sabela Awards. 31 Aug 2020 Read more The show must go on: 21 to 29 August 2020. 17 Aug 2020 Read more Dr Janet Van Eeden will be taking on the title of Afda Durban Campus Dean officially come 1 July 2020. 29 Jun 2020 Read more This deserves a shout from the rooftops!!! 22 May 2020 Read more Three Afda 2019 graduation films selected as candidates to compete for the most prestigious awards on the motion picture calendar - The Student Academy Awards (Oscars). 22 Apr 2020 Read more Wow. This is a big one!!! 12 Feb 2020 Read more The first-ever award bestowed to a student film based on review from the whole community of CILECT Full Member Schools. 4 Feb 2020 Read more AFDA is delighted to announce the introduction of a Higher Certificate in Performing Arts on our Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth campuses. 17 Dec 2019 Read more AFDA is proud to launch a one-year, full-time, Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation for 2020 on our Johannesburg and Cape Town campuses. 13 Dec 2019 Read more AFDA has identified the possibilities of growing the AFDA School of Business Innovation & Technology. 6 Dec 2019 Read more Our students offer you the opportunity to watch over 60 of their films, TV pilots and documentaries online 29 Nov 2019 Read more The AFDA Graduation Festival 2019 will showcase over 130 productions from the respective AFDA campuses. 29 Oct 2019 Read more The SASC Visible Spectrum Awards celebrate and acknowledge the very best work produced by South African cinematographers. 18 Sep 2019 Read more Silwerskermfees 2019 is sure to be a humdinger for AFDA students and alumni. 8 Aug 2019 Read more AFDA Open Day: Saturday, 17 August 2019, 10am-2pm
Campuses: Johannesburg - Cape Town - Durban - Port Elizabeth ` 30 Jul 2019 Read more AFDA are very excited to have the highly experienced film industry professionals Richard Starkey and Adze Ugah studying the AFDA Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture Medium. 30 Jul 2019 Read more This Pride Month, AFDA Port Elizabeth flies its very own pride flag alongside our AFDA and South African flags in the front courtyard - a first for AFDA. 28 Jun 2019 Read more Over 65 films and documentaries 24 Jun 2019 Read more The annual AFDA Experimental Festival promises to be an eye-popping and mind-boggling experience across our four AFDA campuses 4 Jun 2019 Read more 16 May was a wonderful day on the AFDA Cape Town campus as we hosted the illustrious Dr John Kani 28 May 2019 Read more Stranger Things, House of Cards and Mr Robot cinematographer shared his craft at AFDA Port Elizabeth 28 May 2019 Read more The 21st Encounters International Documentary Festival will be taking place in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 6 to 16 June 2019. 21 May 2019 Read more Every year, tertiary institutions host open days as an opportunity for prospective students and parents to visit their campuses and get more information about the educational offer. 16 May 2019 Read more CMS Africa is a conference with the intent to bring together likeminded people to talk about ideas, technology, business and open source softwares. 16 Apr 2019 Read more AFDA is proud to announce the appointment of Diaan Lawrenson as Dean of the AFDA Cape Town campus. 8 Apr 2019 Read more AFDA is proud to announce the selection of three AFDA 2018 graduation films as candidates for the Student Academy Awards 2019. 1 Apr 2019 Read more Two in a row for AFDA students 13 Mar 2019 Read more AFDA students and alumni made the red carpet their own at the 13th annual South African Film and Television Awards, walking away with a host of Golden Horns. 7 Mar 2019 Read more The CILECT Prize includes 160 institutions from 60 countries, of which AFDA is a full member. Each CILECT Member School is permitted to submit one film in each category. 7 Feb 2019 Read more The online AFDA Graduation Festival goes live 28 November 2018 28 Nov 2018 Read more Sewing the seeds for a thriving entertainment industry in the Eastern Cape 13 Nov 2018 Read more ADCAN is a UK/USA-based competition run annually for unsigned filmmakers around the world. 9 Nov 2018 Read more Michael Ivy, AFDA Port Elizabeth campus dean, and founder of the Ivy makeup brand, is excited to announce the launch of a new range of eyeshadow in February of 2019. 7 Nov 2018 Read more It is very rare for a student film to win awards against films produced and directed by seasoned film industry professionals... 30 Oct 2018 Read more AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy, is proud to host their annual Graduation Festival. 25 Oct 2018 Read more The name's Niklaas, Chuma J. Niklaas or just CJ if you prefer and I'm a second-year BCom student specialising in Digital Technology at AFDA. 19 Oct 2018 Read more Learn about the creative economy and what your future career may look like. 3 Sep 2018 Read more AFDA (The School of the Creative Economy), will host its Application Day on Saturday,18 August 2018. 17 Aug 2018 Read more Graduate student film packs a golden punch at the El Dorado Film Festival 16 Aug 2018 Read more AFDA is proud to announce the selection of three AFDA 2017 graduate films for the 45th Student Academy Awards. 3 Jul 2018 Read more It's just a click away. 21 Jun 2018 Read more Showcasing the future stars of the Creative Economy 6 Jun 2018 Read more The Port Elizabeth campus of AFDA (The School for the Creative Economy) has announced the introduction of a one-year Higher Certificate course in Film, Television and Entertainment Production. 10 May 2018 Read more The five million rand makeover of the AFDA Cape Town campus, which includes the refitting of the AFDA research centre, TV studio, actors' studio, canteen and 'hard' landscaping of the campus, is finally underway. 1 Mar 2012 Read more AFDA Acting Department reinvigorated by new staff signings and outcomes in acting for Stage Acting, Screen Acting and Acting for Media and Television. 1 Mar 2012 Read more Jozua Malherbe did his first AD job on Spoon - written and directed by Sharlto Copley and Simon Hansen in Cape Town. The project took two years of planning and shooting and was Jozua's personal baptism by fire into the industry. 1 Mar 2012 Read more AFDA alumni once again showed their mark in the film and TV industries' annual SAFTA awards with 35 nominations. The AFDA executive and staff wish to congratulate the nominees and wish them the best of luck for the prestigious awards evening to be held in March. 1 Mar 2012 Read more AFDA alumni hits 35 nominations in the 2012 SAFTAS. 29 Feb 2012 Read more Forty new titles will be showcased at the AFDA annual film festival to be held at Ster Kinekor Johannesburg The Zone, Rosebank and Ster Kinekor Cape Town, Cavendish Commercial on the 18th and 19th November 2011. 8 Nov 2011 Read more AFDA - The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance - will unveil its highly anticipated annual film festival from 18-19 November 2011. The film festival is a collaborative culmination of the work the final year students have produced. 24 Oct 2011 Read more AFDA, South Africa's leading motion picture and performance school, is excited to announce the appointment of local music industry legend Brad Holmes as the new driving force behind AFDA's music performance discipline, part of the BA Live Performance degree. 21 Oct 2011 Read more AFDA cleaned up the South African Film & Television Awards 2011 with two awards and four special mentions. This year AFDA had six nominations, at the first half of the 5th SAFTAs, held at Melrose Arch, Madame Zingara's Theatre of Dreams on 20 February 2011. 30 Mar 2011 Read more AFDA reaches Nigeria, with a short film nomination. Bomlambo was nominated in the Best Short Film category of the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2011 edition, which takes place in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, on the 27th March 2011. 29 Mar 2011 Read more M-Net presented a Merit Award for Best Overall Project to the AFDA Johannesburg fourth year film, Bomlambo, which was funded and entered into a special category of the M-Net Edit Awards. 28 Mar 2011 Read more A total of 6 AFDA films were selected to screened at the 2011 Cape Winelands Film Festival. 25 Mar 2011 Read more On 24 and 25 January 2011 AFDA - The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, hosted an academic conference with the theme "Rethinking Motion Picture and Performance Education in the New Millennium" on its Johannesburg campus. 2 Mar 2011 Read more AFDA has once again been nominated at The 5th South African Film & Television Awards. This year a total of five AFDA films were selected in three different categories. The following films were selected: 2 Feb 2011 Read more Well done to the class of 2010 on their success throughout the year! AFDA wishes the cast and crew winners and nominees all the best for the future which lies ahead. We look forward to many award-winning films. 30 Nov 2010 Read more AFDA Alumni students have hit the district with the internationally renowned box office movie, District 9. The young, skilled and passionate group of filmmakers have created entertainment products within the growing film industry of South Africa. 8 Oct 2009 Read more The Honours programme is a one-year full-time degree starting in February and ending in November with term breaks in April and September and a production window in June and July. The focus of the honours programme is to provide opportunities for students to acquire in-depth conceptual and applied skills in a chosen major discipline. 17 Aug 2009 Read more All individuals and companies interested in attending the AFDA television short course are invited to attend a short presentation on what the course will entail as well as meet the staff that will deliver the course. 5 May 2009 Read more AFDA is offering a hands-on, six-week short course in Television Production. 30 Mar 2009 Read more The Oscar award-winning film school AFDA, is proud to announce that the Cape Town Honours year film Wamkelekile (which means "Welcome Back") has been selected as the official South African 2009 entry in the 36th Student Academy Awards. 19 Feb 2009 Read more The Cape Town Honours graduate film Wamkelekile (Welcome back) has been selected as AFDA The South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance's entry into the CILECT (International Association of Film & Television Schools) student film competition. 19 Feb 2009 Read more AFDA is about to have its Annual Students Film Festival. This has always been the debut platform for big international AFDA winners! 17 Nov 2008 Read more AFDA is offering graduate students a unique opportunity to realise their dream of mastering the craft of motion picture production by researching, developing and participating in the making of a feature film or television series. 31 Oct 2008 Read more The Shadow Boy directed by Justine Puren (left) has been selected for the competition of the 31st edition of the Recontres Henri Langlois, an international film schools festival, which will take place from 5th to 13th of December 2008 in Poitiers, France. The committee chose 62 films among the 1063 received. 24 Oct 2008 Read more Awards second year in a row! AFDA students have done it again! The Best Student Film Award went to Sindiswa at the recently held 2007 South African Film and Television Awards held at Gallagher Estate. 16 Aug 2008 Read more The AFDA Johannesburg third-year production, The Cure, was officially selected to be screened at the Hip Hop International Film Festival 2008 in Manchester, UK. 24 Jul 2008 Read more The Sophiatown sisters - Staci Lyons, Miranda Mokhele, Phumza Mtila and Funeka Pepeta, are all graduates of the AFDA Johannesburg campus. They performed at Nelson Mandela's birthday celebrations in Bangkok last month. 21 Jul 2008 Read more We are proud to announce that the AFDA student film, Elalini, has been selected by the Academy membership as the winning film in the 33rd Annual Student Academy Awards Honorary Foreign Film category. The news was received via an official letter from the Academy. 18 Jun 2008 Read more AFDA won big at this year's Loerie Awards in the student category TV & Cinema - Motion Graphic Design, with Andrew Haycock's claymation production, Grumble Bumble, winning Gold and Justine Puren's sand animation production, The Shadow Boy, winning Silver. 3 Jun 2008 Read more |
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