by design@afda | Dec 12, 2025 | Film School, News
The AFDA third year and honours students from the Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha campuses have once again pulled out all the stops this year at the annual AFDA Graduation Festival held recently. The Motion Picture Medium students very successfully...
by design@afda | Dec 10, 2025 | Management and Admin Staff, News
AFDA is delighted to announce the appointment of Pauli van Dyk as Dean of the new AFDA Hatfield campus which opens its doors to students in 2026. Pauli has a wealth of experience in the South African television industry and a dedicated tenure as a lecturer at AFDA...
by design@afda | Dec 5, 2025 | News
AFDA Cape Town student Alia Khan Koumantarakis, who has just completed her BA in Motion Picture degree has taken out all the stops and published her debut novel called Riot. Alia began developing Riot as a screenplay in 2021, shortly after the Durban riots. The...
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...