by MediaAxisAdmin | Jul 23, 2021 | Film School
AFDA student and alumni films are once again very much part of the Durban International Film Festival programme. The festival kicked off last night and will run virtually from 22 July-1 August 2021. Three AFDA Durban 2020 graduation films: “Entanglement”, directed by...
by MediaAxisAdmin | Jul 22, 2021 | Film School
For the past 2 ½ weeks, Nohle Ngwenya, Sibusiso Khanyile, and Mbalenhle Mbade (AFDA Johannesburg Honours Live Performance students) have been quietly getting on with the inaugural National Arts Festival (NAF) Stage-Hand and Management Internship in the Red Roof...
by MediaAxisAdmin | Jul 10, 2021 | News
AFDA students have proved that in life, nothing is impossible to achieve when you have enthusiasm, optimism, confidence, and commitment. On the 25 June 2021, AFDA 3rd year students from our Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth campuses promise to offer...
by MediaAxisAdmin | Jul 2, 2021 | News, Staff
We are proud to announce that AFDA Johannesburg Production Course lecturer Kamogelo Matsoso recently won the first ever Sunday World Unsung Heroes Award in the category of Heroes in Sport, Arts & Culture. The Sunday World editor Wally Mbhele describes the awards...
by MediaAxisAdmin | Jun 7, 2021 | News
The AFDA Cape Town 2020 honours graduation film, “Four Walls and a Roof”, directed by Keelan Nieuwstadt and the AFDA Johannesburg 2020 honours graduation film, “Quite on Set”, directed by Jessica Teixeira, have been selected as finalist at the Flatness Film Awards in...
by MediaAxisAdmin | Jun 7, 2021 | News
The AFDA Cape Town 2020 honours graduation film, “Four Walls and a Roof”, directed by Keelan Nieuwstadt and the AFDA Johannesburg 2020 honours graduation film, “Quite on Set”, directed by Jessica Teixeira, have been selected as finalist at the Flatness Film Awards in...
by MediaAxisAdmin | May 26, 2021 | News
The nominees for the 27th edition of the South African Music Awards (Sama27) were announced on SABC1 on the 19 May with AFDA alumni bagging four nominations in three categories. In the Best Alternative Music Album category, alumnus Bongeziwe Mabandla received a...
by MediaAxisAdmin | May 18, 2021 | Film School
Internationally acclaimed artist and AFDA Live Performance alumna, Shekhinah, has dropped her long-awaited album, “Trouble in Paradise”, which follows her multi-award winning 2017 debut album “Rose Gold”. In a statement from Sony Music, Shekhinah explained...
by MediaAxisAdmin | May 6, 2021 | News
AFDA alumni have received a massive 46 nominations at the15th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS). In the feature film category, the film Toorbos, directed by AFDA alumna Rene van Rooyen, picked up 9 nominations. Stam, directed and written by AFDA...
by MediaAxisAdmin | Apr 26, 2021 | News
Every person in the film industry dreams of one day being able to shout out loud – WE WON THE OSCAR!!! – In the early hours this morning, AFDA alumnus Kyle Stroebel said just that, after the South African documentary “My Octopus Teacher” on which Kyle is credited as...
