AFDA students and alumni once again are making an impact at the Simon Mabhunu Sabela KZN Film and Television Awards receiving 12 nominations. In the Best Student Film category AFDA Durban Honours films “Winterslaap” and “Dog Trainer” are nominated alongside second...
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Two AFDA films competing at Durban International Film Festival 2023
AFDA is proud to announce that two AFDA Durban films have been selected to compete in the Isiphethu student programme at the Durban International Film Festival 2023. Congratulations to the cast and crew of the 2022 honours graduation film, “Winterslaap”, directed by...
AFDA students take all three podium places @The South African Student Film Competition 2023
Earlier this year TheSouthAfrican.com website called on registered film students from South African tertiary institutions to get creative and document a social issue facing South Africa today. AFDA Durban honours students grabbed the opportunity and produced three...
AFDA alumna Chipo Zhou reflects on her conversation with President Obama
AFDA alumna Chipo Zhou was among 100 other change-makers from across the world who recently met with former United States President Barack Obama under the latter’s leadership development programme in Athens, Greece. The five-day meeting brought together change-makers...
The AFDA Experimental Festival 2023 – watch online now!
Binge-watch over 70 productions The annual AFDA Experimental Festival 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...
AFDA Experimental Festival 2023: Showcasing African Creative Talent
The AFDA Experimental Festival is an annual event orchestrated by our 3rd year students. The primary purpose of the festival is to celebrate and exhibit the ingenuity of young African creatives who dare to explore unconventional and avant-garde approaches across...
AFDA Experimental Festival 2023: Showcasing African Creative Talent
The AFDA Experimental Festival is an annual event orchestrated by our 3rd year students. The primary purpose of the festival is to celebrate and exhibit the ingenuity of young African creatives who dare to explore unconventional and avant-garde approaches across...
Giving back: AFDA alumni invest in next generation of creative talent
At AFDA Durban this week, Sir Roel Twijnstra, the Program Co-Ordinator of the Live Performance School invited graduates Sibongiseni Shezi, Phakanyisiwe Onamandla Mbanjwa and Nonjabulo Bhengu to share their career journeys in the entertainment industry, giving back to...
AFDA Open Day – Saturday 10 June 2023
AFDA is excited to invite you to our second Open Day of 2023 so you can gain more insight into what it takes to break into the creative industries with AFDA, the No 1 School for the Creative Economy. You will not only have the opportunity to discover how AFDA’s...
The AFDA School of Business & Innovation graduates mean Business
Since the launch of the AFDA BCom in Business Innovation project-based degree in 2016, many of our BCom alumni have created and founded innovative and successful companies very soon after graduating. Ndiilokelwa Nthengwe Ndiilokelwa is an AFDA BCom graduate from the...
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