The annual AFDA Graduation Festival 2021 closed the curtain last night, celebrating another successful festival with the AFDA Awards. The awards ceremonies took place on our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha campuses and were also streamed online.
“The AFDA Graduation Festival which culminates with the AFDA Awards is truly one of my favorite times of the year. I watched it all – 11 glorious days of music, theatre, business innovation, entrepreneurship, television and film. The work made us weep, shudder, laugh, think and gasp. I was in awe, transported and transfixed, and very proud to be part of this creative community. The joy of the music performances, the intimacy of the theatre productions, the intensity of the business presentations and the celebrations at the film and television drive-in will remain with me for a long time.” says AFDA Cape Town Dean, Diaan Lawrenson.
Congratulations to all the award winners to all the AFDA staff and students. Here are the award winners.
AFDA Johannesburg Graduation Festival Award Winners
Undergraduate Awards Winners
Bachelor of Commerce in Business Innovation:
- Best Business – Fix It
Bachelor of Arts in Live Performance:
- Best Live Performance Production, Music or Stage – The White in Our Eyes
Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture:
- Best Third Year Television Production – Tables Turn
- Best Third Year Film – Camagu
Postgraduate Awards Winners
BA Honours in Live Performance:
- Best Honours Stage Production – Lunch
BA Honours in Motion Medium Picture
- Outstanding Achievement: Honours Motion Picture Medium Animation – The Adventures of Z&Z
- Best Honours Motion Picture Medium Fiction Production – Tart
Postgraduate Diploma
- Best Innovation – Sererubele
Critics Awards Winners
- Undergraduate Live Performance Production : Music or Stage – The White in Our Eyes
- Postgraduate Production: Stage – Lunch
- Undergraduate Production : Television – Tables Turn
- Undergraduate Production : Film and Animation – The Lovers
- Postgraduate Production: Motion Picture Medium (MFA/Hons) – Delville Wood
AFDA Cape Town Graduation Festival Award Winners
Undergraduate Awards Winners
Bachelor of Commerce in Business Innovation:
- Best Business – NFTrees
Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture:
- Outstanding Achievement for a Television Production – Izimfihlo
Bachelor of Arts in Live Performance:
- Best Musical Performance Production – Playdate
- Best Stage Production – The Possibilities
Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture:
- Best Third Year Film – If These Walls Were Wallets
Postgraduate Awards Winners
BA Honours in Live Performance:
- Outstanding Achievement for a Musical Performance Production – Mythical Rainbow Nation
- Outstanding Achievement for a Stage Production – Dineo’s Monologue
BA Honours in Motion Picture:
- Best Honours Production – Film or Television – Ishaan
Critics Awards Winners
- Undergraduate Third Year Live Performance: Stage and Music – The Possibilites
- Undergraduate Third Year Production : Film – If These Walls Were Wallets
- Postgraduate Production: Film or Television – Ishaan
AFDA Durban Graduation Festival Award Winners
Undergraduate Awards Winners
- Best Third Year Business – Zwhip
- Best Third Year Film – Pursued by a Bear
- Best Third Year Telenovela – The Men of Creed
Postgraduate Awards Winners
- Best Film – The Dog Trainer
Critics Awards Winners
- Best Undergraduate Production: Television – Ilifa
- Best Undergraduate Production: Film – Pursued by a Bear
- Best Postgraduate Production: Film/Doccie/TV – The Dog Trainer
AFDA Gqeberha Graduation Festival Award Winners
Undergraduate Awards Winners
BA Live Performance:
- Best third year stage performance – What a night
BA Motion Medium Picture:
- Best third year film – Severed Connection
Postgraduate Awards Winners
BA Honours Live Performance
- Best Stage Performance – April’s Corner
BA Honours Motion Medium Picture
- Best Film – Broke and Bless’d
Critics Awards Winners
- Undergraduate Production: Live Performance – What a Night
- Undergraduate Production: Film – Severed Connection
- Postgraduate Production: Stage Performance – April’s Corner
- Postgraduate Production: Film – Broke and Bless’d
