by EarleH@afda.co.za | Apr 3, 2024 | Alumni, Film School, News
The film “Heart of the Hunter”, shot by AFDA alumnus Trevor Calverley (SASC) has achieved the incredible feat of clocking No. 1 spot in English-language films on the Netflix Top 10 weekly rankings – the first African film to do so! This past week, it was viewed...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Mar 12, 2024 | Alumni, Film School, News
The new South African multi-generational 52 – episode drama series, ‘Summertide’, produced and directed by AFDA alumni powerhouse couple Corne and Rene van Rooyen premiered on M-Net (DStv Channel 101) in January in the prized 18:00 Sunday night slot, which leads...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Mar 8, 2024 | Alumni, Film School, News
‘Inkabi’ (The Hitman) written and directed by AFDA alumnus Norman Maake is set to premiere on Netflix worldwide on the 13 March. The film is one of 6 micro-budget projects supported through a joint film fund by Netflix and the National Film and Video Foundation...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Feb 19, 2024 | Film School, News
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 will take place in Sandton from the 27 February to 3 March 2023. The films selected include the AFDA Johannesburg 2022 graduation...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Jan 12, 2024 | Film School, News
AFDA is proud to announce that the AFDA Durban 2023 undergraduate third year graduation film “Warm”, written and directed by Lindo Mthimkhulu and produced by Ndili Stamper and Neo Dube won the Best Student Production Award at the 11th African Emerging Filmmakers...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Dec 13, 2023 | Film School, News
AFDA has selected 21 third year undergraduate and fourth year postgraduate 2023 Graduation Festival films from our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Gqeberha and Durban campuses to represent AFDA at film festivals around the world in 2024, on the national and international...
