by design@afda | Feb 20, 2026 | Alumni, Awards, News
The 19th Annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) 2026 nominations have officially been announced, celebrating the country’s most creative storytellers, performers, and craftspeople. This year, AFDA — The No1 School for the Creative Economy — continues...
by design@afda | Jan 9, 2026 | Alumni, Awards, News
2025 saw AFDA announce the upcoming launch of its new AFDA Hatfield campus in Tshwane, set to open in 2026. This will be AFDA’s fifth campus, joining its existing locations in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha. Alongside this expansion, AFDA welcomed a...
by design@afda | Nov 25, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
The National Film & TV Awards South Africa returned to the Opera Theatre in Pretoria for its 3rd annual edition, delivering an unforgettable evening honouring the icons, trailblazers, and rising stars shaping the future of South African entertainment. The 2025...
by design@afda | Nov 21, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA is proud to announce that 3 feature films, that have AFDA alumni in key roles, have won 6 awards at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2025. The 2025 South African Oscar candidate film The Heart is a Muscle, produced by AFDA alumni Brett Michael Innes and...
by design@afda | Nov 20, 2025 | Awards, Learning Staff, News
AFDA is as pleased as punch to announce that David Stein, the AFDA Quality Assurance Officer in the Educational Value Assurance Department has won the 2025 Writers Guild South Africa Muse Award for Best Unproduced Short Film Screenplay for Words Like Weeds. The WGSA...
by design@afda | Oct 31, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA is delighted to announce that three AFDA alumni, Sarah Jane Nicholson, Vicki Fourie and Zandi Wardle have been selected as finalist in the Mail & Guardian Power of Women 2025 in the Arts, Film & Media category. The annual Mail & Guardian Power of...
