by design@afda | Oct 14, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA alumna Jamie-Lee Sexton won the Pop Artist of the Year Award at the Basadi in Music Awards held in Johannesburg recently. Jamie-Lee has been making waves in the SA music industry, with performances that have thrilled her audiences....
by design@afda | Oct 2, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA alumnus Richard Finn Gregory, has gained international acclaim with his four-part documentary series School Ties, which has been nominated for Best Documentary at the 2025 International Emmy Awards. The series, directed by Richard and produced by the acclaimed...
by design@afda | Oct 1, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA is proud to announce that the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa has selected The Heart is a Muscle as the country’s official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards. The Heart is a Muscle was written...
by design@afda | Sep 30, 2025 | Alumni, News
Brett Michael Innes is an accomplished filmmaker whose features and shorts have premiered in competition at festivals such as Berlinale, Sundance, IFFR, Tallinn Black Nights, Atlanta, IFFK, Sydney, and Urbanworld. Two of his feature films — Sink and Fiela se Kind —...
by design@afda | Sep 29, 2025 | Alumni, News
Kofi began making his mark as a film maker and photographer in South Africa. Two months out after graduating from AFDA, Kofi won his first gold at the ISAA – International Sports Advertising Awards. Now with three silver Loeries, a Cannes Bronze Lion, Creative Circle...
by design@afda | Sep 29, 2025 | Alumni, News
A self-made force in South African storytelling, Flavia Motsisi, 33, is redefining what it means to be a creative entrepreneur. As founder of Flavia Motsisi Media, she crafts powerful African narratives for local and global screens, and as executive producer and...
