Jan 24, 2025 |
AFDA is thrilled to announce that the South African film The Last Ranger, directed by Cindy Lee and produced internationally by Kindred
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Jan 23, 2025 |
AFDA is delighted to announce that AFDA Cape Town Screen Acting lecturer, Gerard Rudolf, recently was awarded the Ingrid Jonker L'Art ...
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Jan 20, 2025 |
AFDA is proud to announce that students in the 2023/2024 Master’s programme at AFDA have produced two feature films that will be ...
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Jan 17, 2025 |
The annual AFDA Graduation Festival 2024 once again proved to be a huge success; screening over 80 undergraduate and postgraduate ...
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Dec 11, 2024 |
The annual AFDA Graduation Festival once again proved to be a resounding success. Audiences enjoyed an array of thought-provoking ...
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Nov 29, 2024 |
AFDA (The School for the Creative Economy) and Stadio Holdings are delighted to announce the appointment of Diaan Lawrenson as the new
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Nov 22, 2024 |
As the AFDA 2024 Graduation Festival unfolds in full swing, it’s the perfect moment to celebrate the remarkable achievements of AFDA’s ...
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Nov 15, 2024 |
Multi-award-winning AFDA alumnus Vuyo Dabula picked up Best Supporting Actor award for his role in “The Butcher’s Soul” at the 2nd ...
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Nov 4, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that the annual AFDA Graduation Festival showcasing work from our final year Undergraduate and Postgraduate ...
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Nov 1, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that the AFDA Johannesburg 2023 third year graduation film, Anguish, produced by Raheem Razak and directed by
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Oct 29, 2024 |
The 18th South African Film and Television Awards were held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Jozi over the weekend and AFDA is ...
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Oct 25, 2024 |
With over 50 nominations, AFDA students and alumni are bound to win a bunch of Golden Horns.
The SAFTAs 18 Craft Awards Ceremony ...
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Oct 18, 2024 |
The AFDA Durban 2023 undergraduate third year graduation film “Warm”, written and directed by Lindo Mthimkhulu and produced by Ndili ...
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Oct 16, 2024 |
AFDA takes pride in continuously updating the state-of-the-art equipment on all AFDA campuses. This ensures that the students are ...
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Oct 15, 2024 |
The National Film & TV Awards South Africa has announced the 2024 Nominees and AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA alumni received 13 ...
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Oct 15, 2024 |
The 18th Annual South African Film and Television Awards nominees have been announced and AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA students ...
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Oct 15, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that our students and alumni won 10 SASC Visual Spectrum Awards and 25 Gold, Silver, and Bronze certificates ...
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Oct 15, 2024 |
AFDA is delighted to announce that AFDA alumnus Jordy Sank’s debut feature film “Die Kwiksilwers” won the Festival Favourite award, ...
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Oct 15, 2024 |
MultiChoice announced that production is underway for “My F*k Marelize,” a feature film that promises to be more than just a comedy. ...
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Oct 15, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA Live Performance alumnus Motlatsi Mafatshe from House of Zwide was awarded the Outstanding Lead ...
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Oct 11, 2024 |
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has announced that the film “Old Righteous Blues”, directed by AFDA alumna Muneera ...
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Aug 23, 2024 |
AFDA alumni once again will have a strong presence at the The kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival which will be held at the Camps Bay ...
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Aug 21, 2024 |
AFDA is delighted to announce that AFDA will be the Official Education Partner at FAME Week Africa 2024, which will be held at the ...
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Aug 2, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA alumnus Adze Ugah’s feature film Sierra’s Gold won the Best South African Film award at the Durban ...
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Jul 30, 2024 |
AFDA is delighted to announce that the third year 2023 graduation film, “Warm”, directed by Lindokuhle Mthimkhulu won the Best South ...
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Jul 26, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that four AFDA Live Performance alumni have been nominated for the Royalty Soapie Awards.
In the ...
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Jul 23, 2024 |
AFDA is delighted to announce that the 2023 AFDA Durban third year graduation film, “Cipher”, directed by Matthew Oscroft and produced ...
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Jul 19, 2024 |
Bongani Morgan
Believe in the power of your dreams, says film director Bongani Morgan, 29, who has certainly acted upon his own ...
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Jul 14, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that the 2023 AFDA Johannesburg honours film, Rebooting Memories, produced by Omolemo Boitumelo Mosadi and ...
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Jul 12, 2024 |
AFDA is delighted to announce that 6 AFDA 2023 graduation films have been selected to screen at the RAW Film Festival, Khayelitsha. The
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Jul 10, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that 6 AFDA 2023 graduation films have been selected as quarter finalists at FAME Shorts Film Festival 2024 ...
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Jul 7, 2024 |
The AFDA Experimental Festival is an annual event orchestrated by our 3rd year students. The primary purpose of the festival is to ...
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Jun 28, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce the AFDA Durban 2023 third year undergraduate films “Hobo” and “Cipher”, both written and directed by Matthew
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Jun 5, 2024 |
AFDA is proud as punch to announce that the third year AFDA Johannesburg 2023 graduation film, “Anguish”, produced by Raheem Razak and ...
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May 17, 2024 |
Earlier this year, the famous Kenyan content creator Kennedy Odhiambo, alias Crazy Kennar who holds a degree in Actuarial Science from ...
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May 10, 2024 |
Viewers favourite Netflix franchise, How To Ruin, returns with its first-ever spin-off on the 31st of May. The new series, How To Ruin ...
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May 3, 2024 |
AFDA alumnus Bongeziwe Mabandla walked off the stage carrying the Metro FM Music Award in the Best African Pop category for his album ...
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Apr 26, 2024 |
AFDA is delighted to announce that the third year AFDA Johannesburg 2023 graduation film, “Anguish”, produced by Raheem Razak and ...
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Apr 24, 2024 |
The Durban FilmMart Institute introduced the selected projects for the Pitch and Finance Forum of the 2024 Durban FilmMart (DFM), ...
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Apr 18, 2024 |
It’s all happening at AFDA OPEN DAY | THIS SATURDAY, 20 April 2024!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to hear from key industry ...
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Apr 5, 2024 |
Imagine being able to say that you played a key role on film "Five Fingers for Marseilles" that served as a source of inspiration for
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Apr 3, 2024 |
The film “Heart of the Hunter”, shot by AFDA alumnus Trevor Calverley (SASC) has achieved the incredible feat of clocking No. 1 spot in
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Mar 28, 2024 |
AFDA alumni Adze Ugah and Zeno Petersen share the directing credit on the Showmax Original mini-series “Red Ink”, which debuted on ...
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Mar 19, 2024 |
The voice role of Cheetor on Transformers: Rise of The Beasts crowns a brilliant Hollywood career for AFDA Live Performance alumnus ...
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Mar 15, 2024 |
“Congratulations to Given Masondo on his remarkable achievements in the field of business innovation. As an esteemed alumnus of the ...
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Mar 12, 2024 |
The new South African multi-generational 52 - episode drama series, ‘Summertide’, produced and directed by AFDA alumni powerhouse ...
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Mar 8, 2024 |
‘Inkabi’ (The Hitman) written and directed by AFDA alumnus Norman Maake is set to premiere on Netflix worldwide on the 13 March. The ...
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Travellers aboard Lift flight GE131 from Johannesburg to Cape Town were treated to a surprise sky-high book launch of AFDA alumna and ...
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Feb 19, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce the 11 AFDA 3rd and 4th year graduation films have been selected to screen at the Joburg Film Festival which ...
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Feb 9, 2024 |
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, ...
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Feb 2, 2024 |
Showmax recently announced that it will increase its African originals content by 150%, or 1,300 hours, as part of its relaunch on the ...
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Jan 26, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce the selection of two 2023 honours graduation films to compete for the prestigious CILECT Prize 2024; the ...
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Jan 19, 2024 |
Starting 2024 with a celebration of the numerous accolades won by AFDA students and alumni throughout the award-winning year of 2023 is
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Jan 12, 2024 |
AFDA is proud to announce that the AFDA Durban 2023 undergraduate third year graduation film “Warm”, written and directed by Lindo ...
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Dec 13, 2023 |
AFDA has selected 21 third year undergraduate and fourth year postgraduate 2023 Graduation Festival films from our Johannesburg, Cape ...
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Dec 6, 2023 |
BET Africa and AFDA are proud to announce the upcoming BET Script to Screen: AFDA Edition, a film festival featuring a curated ...
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Dec 1, 2023 |
The AFDA third year and honours students from the Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha campuses have once again pulled out all ...
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Nov 24, 2023 |
The Tourism Business Council’s Tourism Campaign for South Africa, starring comedian Trevor Noah has been officially released on various
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Nov 17, 2023 |
AFDA alumna Thuthuka Mthembu, popularly known for her leading roles in Uzalo and Ehostela will host the SAMA29 alongside DJ Sabby, ...
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Nov 10, 2023 |
AFDA is proud to announce that the annual AFDA Graduation Festival showcasing work from our final year Undergraduate and Postgraduate ...
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Nov 3, 2023 |
AFDA alumnus Tsoanelo Moyo made it two in a row at the 3rd Annual South African Social Media Awards Ceremony at Sandton Convention ...
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Oct 27, 2023 |
After winning the Audience Choice Award at the International Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, the documentary film, ‘Rise: The ...
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Oct 20, 2023 |
The new highly anticipated MNet crime series Devil’s Peak, based on the best-selling 2004 novel by South African writer Deon Meyer and ...
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Oct 13, 2023 |
Over the past 29 years AFDA has earned its reputation as the top institution of its kind in Africa, and the key to this success is the ...
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Oct 9, 2023 |
The AFDA Durban Honours’ team has done it again! Winterslaap, produced last year, has just won Gold at the 2023 Loeries for Best South ...
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Oct 3, 2023 |
AFDA alumna Muneera Sallies wins at The Western Cape Cultural Affairs Awards
AFDA alumna Muneera Sallies recently won the Most ...
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Oct 2, 2023 |
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 ...
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Sep 29, 2023 |
We are heading towards the SAFTAs weekend and AFDA would like to wish all the AFDA students, staff and alumni nominated for the awards ...
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Sep 21, 2023 |
A bunch of AFDA alumni hold key positions on the credits list on South Africa’s first contemporary Western series, “Outlaws”, now ...
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Sep 15, 2023 |
AFDA alumna Evelyn Maruping, founder and owner of Ping TVSA and Northern Cape Starlet recently was announced as the first female ...
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Sep 8, 2023 |
A host of AFDA alumni and alumni founded production companies are part a string of new and returning productions and deals revealed by ...
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Sep 1, 2023 |
AFDA alumni power-couple Corne and Rene van Rooyen’s new film, “Hans steek die Rubicon oor”, walked off the blue carpet at the 11th ...
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Aug 24, 2023 |
AFDA Johannesburg alumni Open Day Guest Speaker - Lemogang Tsipa
AFDA Live Performance alumnus Lemogang Tsipa acting career has ...
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Aug 17, 2023 |
AFDA alumni continue their strong showing at the kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival this year with alumni featuring in key positions in ...
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Aug 11, 2023 |
The 17th Annual South African Film and Television Awards nominees have been announced and AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA students,
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Aug 4, 2023 |
AFDA are delighted to announce that AFDA Durban 2022 honours film “Winterslaap”, directed by Leandros Brown and Daniel Howells won the ...
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Jul 28, 2023 |
“AFDA is delighted that our student films and alumni have excelled once more at the Simon “Mabhunu” Sabela Awards. Once again, the Best
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Jul 21, 2023 |
14 AFDA 2022 graduation films were selected to screen at the The Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF). 6 of the films, “Room ...
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Jul 14, 2023 |
AFDA students and alumni once again are making an impact at the Simon Mabhunu Sabela KZN Film and Television Awards receiving 12 ...
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Jul 13, 2023 |
AFDA is proud to announce that two AFDA Durban films have been selected to compete in the Isiphethu student programme at the Durban ...
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Jul 7, 2023 |
Earlier this year TheSouthAfrican.com website called on registered film students from South African tertiary institutions to get ...
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Jun 30, 2023 |
AFDA alumna Chipo Zhou was among 100 other change-makers from across the world who recently met with former United States President ...
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Jun 23, 2023 |
Binge-watch over 70 productions
The annual AFDA Experimental Festival proved to be a resounding success. Audiences enjoyed an array of ...
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Jun 9, 2023 |
The AFDA Experimental Festival is an annual event orchestrated by our 3rd year students. The primary purpose of the festival is to ...
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Jun 2, 2023 |
At AFDA Durban this week, Sir Roel Twijnstra, the Program Co-Ordinator of the Live Performance School invited graduates Sibongiseni ...
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May 24, 2023 |
Since the launch of the AFDA BCom in Business Innovation project-based degree in 2016, many of our BCom alumni have created and founded
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May 19, 2023 |
In the past 26 years, our AFDA Live Performance alumni have demonstrated their exceptional talent and achieved numerous accolades. They
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May 15, 2023 |
AFDA alumna Ofentse Thinane is the new SABC1 channel head and replaces Thuli Hhlapo who was acting channel head at the biggest TV ...
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May 11, 2023 |
Gambit Films is an independent, multi award-winning film and television production company based in Cape Town. The company was ...
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May 5, 2023 |
AFDA Cape Town Live Performance alumnus Lemogang Tsipa plays the titular role of ‘Shaka’ in the upcoming drama series “Shaka Ilembe” ...
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May 2, 2023 |
The SAST in Pretoria, South Africa, is proud to announce an exciting collaboration with multi-award winning director and AFDA's first ...
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Apr 24, 2023 |
AFDA Cape Town Bachelor of Creative Writing Lecturer Liana Hassim is a writer and director for film. She has a Bachelor degree in Drama
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Apr 11, 2023 |
AFDA Johannesburg Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programme Co-Ordinator Tebogo Motaung is an experienced higher education ...
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Apr 5, 2023 |
The AFDA Cape Town Higher Certificate Course is under the stewardship of Leopold Senekal who joined the AFDA family in 2019. Leopold ...
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Apr 3, 2023 |
AFDA Cape Town Live Performance lecturer Abduragman Adams is a well- known South African television, film and theatre actor, director ...
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Mar 31, 2023 |
AFDA is proud to announce that alumna Berenice Barbier won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 58th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards ...
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Mar 30, 2023 |
The multi-award winning 2022 AFDA Johannesburg honours theatre play, Whistleblowers, directed by AFDA Live Performance lecturer, Rob ...
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Mar 29, 2023 |
“I don’t think I’ve ever worked in such a dynamic and stimulating environment. And what an exciting time to be working in creative ...
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Mar 24, 2023 |
UNESCO and Netflix have announced the global launch of “African Folktales, Reimagined”, an anthology of six short films featuring a ...
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Mar 17, 2023 |
Netflix recently dropped the official trailer of the much anticipated new South African series ‘Unseen’. The crime thriller series has ...
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Mar 10, 2023 |
AFDA is proud to announce that four AFDA 2022 graduation films have been selected to screen at the Reel to Reality Festival. The films ...
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Mar 3, 2023 |
For the sixth consecutive year the AFDA Cape Town Live Performance School once again sees graduates named for the Fleur du Cap Most ...
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Feb 24, 2023 |
AFDA alumnus, Tsoanelo Moyo, over the last few years has made a massive name for himself as a social media content creator gaining ...
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Feb 17, 2023 |
AFDA alumnus and student Oscar winner Tristan Holmes’ debut feature film ‘The Fragile King’ will be screening at Film Mondays at AFDA, ...
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Feb 17, 2023 |
AFDA Higher Certificate graduate and content creator, Ethan “Bob” McKay is becoming a social media sensation on the Tik Tok and ...
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Feb 3, 2023 |
AFDA is proud to announce the selection of three 2022 graduation films to compete for the prestigious CILECT Prize 2023; the first-ever
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Feb 1, 2023 |
The IYABUYA iPOPArt festival is a live and mixed media arts festival presented by POPArt Productions running from 21 January - end ...
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Jan 27, 2023 |
AFDA is proud to announce that the 2021 honours graduation films, ‘Ihsaan’ and ‘Where is Mr Adams?' from AFDA Cape Town and ‘Tart’ from
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Jan 27, 2023 |
A deeply missed Johannesburg tradition is coming back to life: Weekly film screenings aiming to shape not only a community of practice ...
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Jan 20, 2023 |
The Cotton Fest team recently launched the Cotton Fest Creative program founded by the late Riky Rick, to give back to the students in ...
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Dec 9, 2022 |
Film and Television
AFDA alumni win 21 Golden Horns at SAFTAs 2022
After receiving a massive 64 nominations for the 16th annual ...
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Dec 5, 2022 |
Our 3rd year and honours students from our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth campuses have once again pulled out all ...
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Nov 14, 2022 |
AFDA is proud to announce that the annual AFDA Graduation Festival showcasing work from our final year Undergraduate and Postgraduate ...
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Nov 11, 2022 |
The South African film, ‘Wild is the Wind’, produced, written and directed by AFDA alumnus Fabian Medea premiered on Netflix on the 30 ...
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Nov 4, 2022 |
AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA’s first Artist in Residence in their Masters (MFA) programme student, Vusi Africa, walked off with ...
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Oct 28, 2022 |
AFDA Cape Town Live Performance alumni Luntu Masiza and Francois Immelman recently shared the Best Actor Dikalo Award for their ...
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Oct 26, 2022 |
AFDA Johannesburg 2021 honours graduation film “Delville Wood” walked off with a Silver Loerie award in the Student Film category at ...
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Oct 26, 2022 |
AFDA Cape Town Live Performance lecturer Abduragman Adams recently received a Ministerial Award at the Cultural Affairs Awards for 2022
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Oct 6, 2022 |
The new Showmax action-packed African fantasy series, a co-production with CANAL+, “Blood Psalms”, premiered on Showmax on 28 September
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Oct 6, 2022 |
Come to any of the AFDA Campuses that will be open for you to gain more insight into what it takes to break into the creative ...
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Sep 23, 2022 |
‘Surviving Gaza’ a film produced and co-written by AFDA Johannesburg writing lecturer Naledi Bogacwi and directed by AFDA Masters (MFA)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
Netflix announced the release of its upcoming supernatural drama “The Brave Ones” releasing on 16 September. The Brave Ones is created ...
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Sep 9, 2022 |
AFDA alumnus and founder of Black Brain Pictures Mandla N’s contribution to the South African entertainment industry is paying off big ...
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Sep 5, 2022 |
After receiving a massive 64 nominations for the 16th annual Saftas (South African Film and Television Awards) AFDA alumni picked up 21
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Sep 2, 2022 |
After graduating from AFDA Johannesburg with a degree in Live Performance in 2020, Chris Langa has taken very little time to shine on ...
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Aug 31, 2022 |
It was business as usual for AFDA alumna Shekhinah at the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) held over the weekend at Sun City. After ...
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Netflix's latest African original series “Justice Served”, directed by AFDA alumni Jozua Malherbe and Zwelethu Radebe and shot by AFDA ...
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Aug 17, 2022 |
SAVE THE DATE future #HumansofAFDA, Open Day is coming up next week Saturday, 27 August from 10.00 until 13.00.
All AFDA Campuses ...
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Aug 12, 2022 |
Netflix will launch its first streaming television Afrikaans series on the 26 August. The series, called Ludik, created and written by ...
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Aug 4, 2022 |
The Durban International Film Festival (Diff), organised by the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal ...
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Aug 2, 2022 |
The AFDA Cape Town 2021 honours graduation film, “Where is Mr Adams?”, directed by Cameron Murray and produced by Larise Krishnan ...
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Winners of the ninth Simon “Mabhunu” Sabela KZN Film and Television Awards were announced during the annual Durban International Film ...
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Jul 21, 2022 |
AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy, is proud to announce that AFDA students and alumni have received an astonishing, ...
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Jul 20, 2022 |
Over the last 20 years AFDA students and alumni award-winning films have had a strong presence at the Durban International Film ...
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Jul 13, 2022 |
You've heard her name by now.
Phumi Morare, the South African woman who won Gold last year at the Student Academy Awards for Best ...
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Jul 8, 2022 |
AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA’s first Artist in Residence in their Masters (MFA) programme student Vusi Africa’s unique ...
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Jul 1, 2022 |
Whistleblowers, directed by Rob Murray and Quintijn Relouw, has recently won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2022 National Arts ...
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Jun 29, 2022 |
The new AFDA Creative Writing degree programme introduced on the AFDA Johannesburg and Cape Town campuses in 2021 is proving to be a ...
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Saturday 18 June 2022
MOTION PICTURE
10:45am I: A Tragedy
11:20am Point, Blank, Period
11:55am Learning to ...
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Friday 17 June 2022
LIVE PERFORMANCE
15:30 – 16:45 LP 3rd Year Programme
17:00 – 18:00 LP Honours Programme
Saturday 18 ...
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Live Performances & Music Performances Schedule:
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12-Jun-22
11:00-12:00
Free Falling ...
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Jun 10, 2022 |
AFDA Johannesburg Live Performance alumni have scooped up three nominations for the South African Music Awards (SAMA) which will be ...
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Jun 9, 2022 |
AFDA 3rd year students from our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha campuses promise to offer audiences an eye-popping and ...
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Jun 2, 2022 |
MultiChoice and Bomb Productions are proud to announce that production on the epic drama series, Shaka Ilembe, has commenced and is ...
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May 18, 2022 |
AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA alumnus Thabo Malema won the Best Performance in a Play award for his role in “A Better Life” ...
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May 12, 2022 |
AFDA alumnus, cinematographer, director, filmmaker and social media content creator Ofentse Mwase aka Uncle Scrooch keeps ticking all ...
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May 4, 2022 |
The AFDA Cape Town 2021 honours graduation film, “Where is Mr Adams?”, directed by Cameron Murray and produced by Larise Krishnan is ...
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Apr 29, 2022 |
While still in her third year at AFDA in 2008, majoring in screenwriting and producing, AFDA alumna Rethabile Ramaphakela took the bull
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Apr 22, 2022 |
AFDA Live Performance alumnus Benny Afroe (born Benny Riba) is an exceptional young African talent creating waves on the South African ...
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Apr 14, 2022 |
The Naledi Theatre Awards nominations for 2022 were recently announced and AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA staff and alumni have ...
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Apr 8, 2022 |
AFDA alumnus, Tebogo Keebine is the Founder, Head Tribesman and Creative Director of the film production company Tribal Media ...
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Apr 4, 2022 |
INDEMNITY, a subversive, edge-of-your-seat local action film, produced in South Africa by Gambit Films and written and directed by AFDA
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Apr 1, 2022 |
AFDA Johannesburg alumnus Tristan Holmes is a fiercely hardworking award-winning film, commercial & music video director that ...
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Apr 1, 2022 |
AFDA Durban is delighted to announce that AFDA Live Performance alumna and digital content creator Paballo “Mam’ K” Kgwarebe will be ...
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Mar 31, 2022 |
Congratulations to the young and talented creative crew behind the scenes of the short film "Leemtes en Leegheid", which scooped up ...
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Mar 29, 2022 |
AFDA is extremely proud to announce that AFDA Cape Town live performance alumnus Siya Mayola won the Award for Best Performance by a ...
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Mar 25, 2022 |
AFDA Johannesburg Dean – David Dennis
David is an actor best known for his starring role as Sol Grootboom on the SABC1 television ...
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Mar 17, 2022 |
After launching a groundbreaking competition to find some of Sub-Saharan Africa’s up-and-coming filmmakers, entitled ‘African ...
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Mar 11, 2022 |
It gives AFDA great pleasure to announce the launch of AFDA honours Live Performance alumna Jamie-Lee Sexton’s new album, “Medicine ...
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Mar 8, 2022 |
AFDA are extremely proud to announce that 4 AFDA Cape Town live performance graduates have been nominated at the 57th Fleur du Cap ...
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Mar 4, 2022 |
Carolyn Carew of Free Women Films along with AFDA alumna Liese Kuhn were one of four South African projects selected for the JETS ...
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Mar 3, 2022 |
AFDA alumni Walt Mzengi from Tanzania and Mphonyana Mokokwe from Botswana are among the 21 shortlisted candidates announced by ...
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Mar 3, 2022 |
AFDA COO and the South African National Coordinator for INPUT, Henriette de Villiers, is proud to announce the selection of 2 South ...
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Feb 24, 2022 |
eMedia’s online streaming platform original film, ‘Surviving Gaza’, directed by Vusi Africa and produced and co-written by AFDA ...
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Feb 23, 2022 |
AFDA alumnus Rikhado Muziwendlovu Makhado, known professionally as Riky Rick, was a South African rapper, songwriter, singer, composer,
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Feb 11, 2022 |
AFDA alumni and student films continue their strong showing at the kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival this year with ten films screening ...
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Feb 2, 2022 |
Since the inauguration the Loeries Official Rankings in 2010, which offers a comprehensive overview of the annual performance across ...
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Jan 28, 2022 |
AFDA is proud to announce the selection of three AFDA 2021 graduation films to compete for the prestigious CILECT PRIZE 2022, the first
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Jan 26, 2022 |
The AFDA 2021 3rd year graduation film, “The Prey”, written and directed by Cheilin Wagner and produced by Leah Pillay & Walter ...
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Jan 14, 2022 |
As a full member of CILECT - The International Association of Film and Television Schools since 2006, AFDA is recognised ...
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Dec 13, 2021 |
AFDA has selected twenty two 3rd year undergraduate and 4th year postgraduate 2021 Graduation Festival films from our Johannesburg, ...
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Dec 7, 2021 |
AFDA has the great pleasure to announce the appointment of David Dennis as the new Campus Dean of AFDA Johannesburg. David will be ...
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Dec 4, 2021 |
The annual AFDA Graduation Festival 2021 closed the curtain last night, celebrating another successful festival with the AFDA Awards. ...
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Nov 17, 2021 |
In a revolutionary move in the higher education sector, AFDA will be purchasing STADIO Holdings shares for their postgraduate class of ...
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Over the last 25 years AFDA students in their final year of their Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees showcase their work at the ...
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Make sure you start your first year at the tertiary institution of your dreams with no complications by ensuring you register by the ...
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Nov 16, 2021 |
The short film “Ngikhona” directed by AFDA Durban alumnus Nathan Rice and written by fellow alumni Londiwe Shange won the Best Short ...
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Nov 16, 2021 |
The European Film Festival Zimbabwe 2021 announced the winners of this year’s BIOSKOP! Zimbabwe Short Film Competition and AFDA Cape ...
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Nov 16, 2021 |
Three AFDA alumni have been nominated for four awards at the African Social Entertainment Awards. The awards aim to give a much-needed ...
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Nov 3, 2021 |
AFDA Johannesburg 2020 honours graduation film, “The Extraordinary Super-Now” has won 3 awards after been nominated as a finalists in 7
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Oct 25, 2021 |
AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA, AFDA staff, students and alumni played a key role in the making of the 2021 Student Academy Award ...
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Oct 19, 2021 |
AFDA Durban staff, students and alumni once again have a strong presence at the annual Simon “Mabhunu” Sabela KZN Film and Television ...
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Oct 12, 2021 |
The Fleur du Cap awards which are in their 56th year, will this year, focus exclusively on the Most Promising Student category and AFDA
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Oct 12, 2021 |
AFDA is proud to announce the launch of the AFDA Book, an online publication created by AFDA co-founder Garth Holmes and published by ...
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Oct 12, 2021 |
AFDA Johannesburg 2020 honours graduation film, “The Extraordinary Super-Now” has been nominated as a finalists in 7 categories at the ...
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Oct 1, 2021 |
AFDA Cape Town is delighted to have Live Performance alumna Nancy Sekhokoane as the Open Day Guest Speaker on the 2 October. Nancy is a
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Oct 1, 2021 |
AFDA Johannesburg is delighted to have Motion Picture Medium Melissa Nayimuli as their Open Day Guest Speaker on the 2 ...
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Oct 1, 2021 |
AFDA Durban is delighted to have Live Performance alumna Katischka Kiara as the Open Day guest speaker on the 2 October. Katishcka is ...
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Sep 21, 2021 |
Netflix is the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, with over 209 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying ...
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Sep 17, 2021 |
Spring has sprung and AFDA alumna and singer Malehloka Hlalele, popularly known as Maleh, is back with a brand new Afro Pop album ...
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Sep 16, 2021 |
AFDA is proud to announce that four AFDA 2020 graduation films have been selected in competition at the 10th annual Jozi Film Festival.
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Aug 13, 2021 |
AFDA Cape Town alumnus Simon Beesley is the Co-Founder of Gambit Films, Chief Editor, Post-Production Superviser and an all-round Tech ...
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Aug 6, 2021 |
It is with great excitement that we give this honourable shout out to the documentary film, I Am Here, directed by AFDA alumnus Jordy ...
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Aug 2, 2021 |
The winners of this year’s South African Music Awards (SAMAs) were announced virtually on 31 July and AFDA alumni behind the mic and ...
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Jul 10, 2021 |
AFDA students have proved that in life, nothing is impossible to achieve when you have enthusiasm, optimism, confidence, and ...
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Jul 2, 2021 |
We are proud to announce that AFDA Johannesburg Production Course lecturer Kamogelo Matsoso recently won the first ever Sunday World ...
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Jun 7, 2021 |
The AFDA Cape Town 2020 honours graduation film, “Four Walls and a Roof”, directed by Keelan Nieuwstadt and the AFDA Johannesburg 2020 ...
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Jun 7, 2021 |
The AFDA Cape Town 2020 honours graduation film, “Four Walls and a Roof”, directed by Keelan Nieuwstadt and the AFDA Johannesburg 2020 ...
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May 26, 2021 |
The nominees for the 27th edition of the South African Music Awards (Sama27) were announced on SABC1 on the 19 May with AFDA alumni ...
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May 6, 2021 |
AFDA alumni have received a massive 46 nominations at the15th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS).
In the feature film
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Apr 26, 2021 |
Every person in the film industry dreams of one day being able to shout out loud – WE WON THE OSCAR!!! – In the early hours this ...
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Apr 23, 2021 |
AFDA is proud to announce the selection of three 2020 graduation films to compete for the most prestigious award on the motion picture ...
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Apr 20, 2021 |
On the 16th April, the Simon Sabela Awards Statue was officially unveiled by members of the KZN Film Commission, AFDA Durban, members ...
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Mar 24, 2021 |
The AFDA Johannesburg 2019 3rd year animation film, Hadeda, written and directed by Nuha Suliman has been selected to screen at the ...
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Mar 19, 2021 |
Since the start of the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA’s) 15 years ago, AFDA alumni cinematographers have dominated the
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Mar 19, 2021 |
Kyle Stroebel is an AFDA alumnus and accomplished South African colourist. His recent work on the picturesque documentary My Octopus ...
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Mar 11, 2021 |
AFDA Cape Town honours alumnus Ryan Kruger’s obsession with film started at the age of 14 when he was given a camcorder and feverishly ...
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Mar 11, 2021 |
AFDA alumni have made a huge impact on the Television Industry both locally and abroad, working in all forms of television content, ...
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Feb 19, 2021 |
Over the last 26 years, our multi-talented and multi-award winning AFDA Live Performance alumni have not only become household names in
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Feb 19, 2021 |
Since the inauguration the Loeries Official Rankings in 2010, which offers a comprehensive overview of the annual performance across ...
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Feb 19, 2021 |
When, your goal as a tertiary institution is to:
Offer an education that contributes to South African nation building and rewards ...
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Feb 12, 2021 |
AFDA is proud to announce the selection of three 2020 graduation films to compete for the prestigious CILECT Prize 2020; the first-ever
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Feb 11, 2021 |
AFDA has selected twenty two 3rd year undergraduate and 4th year postgraduate 2020 Graduation productions from our Johannesburg, Cape ...
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Jan 29, 2021 |
The 2020 annual AFDA Online Graduation Festival, which continues up until the 31 January 2021, is proving to be an enormous success. ...
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Dec 21, 2020 |
AFDA Port Elizabeth
Graduation Festival 2020
Live Performance Festival
Venue: AFDA PE Theatre – Bird Street, ...
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Dec 15, 2020 |
Over the last 26 years AFDA students in their final year of their Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees showcase their work at the ...
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Dec 9, 2020 |
AFDA Johannesburg
Graduation Festival 2020
Live Performance Festival
Venue: Red Roof Theatre @ ...
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Dec 9, 2020 |
AFDA Cape Town
Graduation Festival 2020
Live Performance Festival
Venue: 228 on Lower Main Road ...
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Dec 7, 2020 |
AFDA alumni films have had a huge impact at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2020 reeling in 17 nominations.
The multi-award ...
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Dec 3, 2020 |
AFDA Johannesburg alumna, Faith Riyano who graduated in 2018 with a BA. Motion Picture Medium, majoring in cinematography recently was ...
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Dec 2, 2020 |
The AFDA Johannesburg honours Stage Acting students welcome all back LIVE and to return to the theatre with them with a double bill of ...
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Nov 27, 2020 |
AFDA alumnus, Jarryd Duthoit, a finishing artist at Left Post Productions along with Tshepo Tumahole, a copywriter at Joe Public, was ...
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Nov 20, 2020 |
AFDA is as proud as punch to announce that two AFDA alumni feature films have been selected as candidates for the holy grail of film ...
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Nov 19, 2020 |
Realness Institute, founded by AFDA alumni Elias Ribeiro and Cait Pansegrouw announced its partnership with global streaming service ...
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Nov 11, 2020 |
A grand total of nine 2019 undergraduate and postgraduate AFDA films from our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth ...
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Nov 3, 2020 |
The AFDA Cape Town 2019 graduation film, “In Sight”, directed by Ying Zhang and produced by Yolisa Letshwene has been selected as a ...
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Nov 2, 2020 |
With the annual AFDA Graduation Festival around the corner it is great to see 2019 graduation festival films doing so well on the ...
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Oct 30, 2020 |
At the beginning of the lockdown AFDA alumni Grant De Sousa and Tyrone Rubin brought the global #Masks4All movement to South Africa and
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Oct 22, 2020 |
Mbaliyekhethelo is a business owner, digital content creator, social media strategist & manager, bedroom DJ and podcaster ...
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Oct 20, 2020 |
The multi-award winning 2012 AFDA Johannesburg honours graduation film, “Kanye Kanye”, directed by Miklas Manneke is the only South ...
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Oct 16, 2020 |
“As AFDA Port Elizabeth Campus Dean and Registrar I am elated to announce the introduction of the AFDA Undergrad Bachelor of Commerce ...
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Oct 15, 2020 |
The 2019 honours graduation film, “Lefa”, written and directed by Mpolokeng Chabane, has been selected in the Focus Africa2020 category
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Oct 8, 2020 |
Congratulations to the cast and crew of AFDA Durban second year film, Unveiled, written and directed by current third year student, ...
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Oct 2, 2020 |
Our AFDA Online Open Day host, Noluthando Mnguni, can’t wait to introduce you to our alumni guest speaker, Flavia Motsisi - creative, ...
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Sep 25, 2020 |
“This is not a Burial, it’s a Resurrection” , directed by Lesotho-born, Berlin-based filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese and produced by
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Sep 23, 2020 |
The AFDA Cape Town 2019 honours graduation film, “You, Me And Everything In Between”, directed by Esther Jo Mbulawa, picked up the ...
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Sep 17, 2020 |
After receiving four nominations, three of which were in the professional short film categories, AFDA Durban 2019 honours graduation ...
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Sep 16, 2020 |
The South African and global creative industries are undergoing massive growth and diversification, and there is a clear need for ...
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Sep 9, 2020 |
Arish Sirkissoon, AKA LX SETH and Head of AFDA Durban Business Innovation and Technology School has released his 8th Studio Album. The ...
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Jul 22, 2020 |
AFDA Durban lecturer, film director, producer and AFDA Master of Arts (MA) graduate, Richard Green’s Masters degree outcome horror ...
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May 21, 2020 |
The show must go on, and it did at the 55th Fleur du Cap Awards. With the current lockdown making the prestigious annual red-carpet ...
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Jan 21, 2020 |
On Friday 17th of January 2020 The Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society (PEMADS) hosted their annual Awards Evening at the ...
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