by design@afda | Feb 12, 2025 | News
Established in 2015, AFDA Gqeberha began its journey in a modest suburban home off Cape Road. As student numbers grew, the institution sought a more expansive space, eventually acquiring a cluster of properties in the historic Bird Street area. These buildings, once...
by design@afda | Feb 7, 2025 | Alumni, Learning Staff, News
AFDA is delighted to announce that AFDA Johannesburg BCom Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme Coordinator Tebogo Motaung recently was awarded the Leadership Innovation Award 2024 from the prestigious international CEO Monthly magazine. “This award is a...
by design@afda | Jan 31, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA student achievements 2024 AFDA is as proud as punch and delighted to celebrate the remarkable achievements of AFDA’s 2023 graduation films. The award-winning trio—Anguish, Warm, and Cipher—dominated the South African entertainment awards circuit in 2024 while...
by design@afda | Jan 29, 2025 | Management and Admin Staff, News
Dr Temara Prem is an academic and filmmaker based in Durban, South Africa, specialising in postcolonial film theory and filmmaking. She holds a PhD in Film and Television from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Her doctoral research examines identity...
by design@afda | Jan 28, 2025 | Management and Admin Staff, News
Leopold Senekal is an accomplished academic leader, educator, and creative practitioner with a distinguished career spanning over a decade in higher education and the performing arts. Currently serving as the Dean of AFDA Cape Town, Leopold is dedicated to fostering...
by design@afda | Jan 24, 2025 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA is thrilled to announce that the South African film The Last Ranger, directed by Cindy Lee and produced internationally by Kindred Films and locally by AFDA alumnus Adam Thal of Star Films, has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Live Action Short...
by design@afda | Jan 23, 2025 | Awards, Learning Staff, News
AFDA is delighted to announce that AFDA Cape Town Screen Acting lecturer, Gerard Rudolf, recently was awarded the Ingrid Jonker L’Art Poétique Prize. “I am really honoured for the recognition. I have been writing for many years and published my work both locally...
by design@afda | Jan 20, 2025 | Film School, News
AFDA is proud to announce that students in the 2023/2024 Master’s programme at AFDA have produced two feature films that will be screened at the MFA Graduation Festival – Monday 20th January 2025 at Ster Kinekor V&A Waterfront. The factual film, “Waar is...
by design@afda | Jan 17, 2025 | Film School, News
The annual AFDA Graduation Festival 2024 once again proved to be a huge success; screening over 80 undergraduate and postgraduate films, documentaries, animation films and tv pilots. “Making a short film on a tight budget is nothing short of a miracle. AFDA 2024...
by design@afda | Dec 11, 2024 | News
The annual AFDA Graduation Festival once again proved to be a resounding success. Audiences enjoyed an array of thought-provoking experiences. Our Business & Innovation School students pitched their cutting-edge and financially viable business concepts, while our...
