by design@afda | Jan 23, 2026 | News, School of Live Performance
AFDA Johannesburg’s Live Performance Department is proud to announce that two compelling student productions will be featured as part of the Pitso Ya Kalaneng 2026 Wits Theatre Festival this February, one of South Africa’s most dynamic performance platforms for...
by design@afda | Jan 20, 2026 | News, Staff
As AFDA, The No.1 School for the Creative Economy, prepares to open its Hatfield campus in 2026, the institution is proud to introduce exceptional staff who will shape the academic vision and student experience of this exciting new campus in Tshwane. The campus launch...
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 | 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...
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 | Nov 14, 2025 | Alumni, News
We are delighted to highlight the contribution of AFDA alumni to the brand-new crime-drama series Bad Influencer, which premiered globally on Netflix on 31 October 2025. The impact of Bad Influencer has been immediate and impressive. Shortly after its launch on...
