As a member of CILECT, AFDA is pleased as punch to announce that three of our learning staff from AFDA Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban campuses will be representing AFDA at the CILECT Conference 2025 held at Universidad de Guadalajara, México from the 27-31 October 2025.
Ayanda Fali from our AFDA Durban campus will be presenting research on Composting Narratives: Cultivating Social Impact through Storytelling and Cultural Regeneration.
Liana Hassim from our Cape Town campus will be presenting research on Revolution Through Story: Guiding the Next Generation of Impact-Driven Filmmakers.
Lungelo Khuzwayo from our Johannesburg campus will be presenting research on Ethical Representation of the Other.
The theme of this year’s conference is COURAGE, CONVICTION, AND COMPASSION: The Transformative Power of Conscience in 21st Century Cinema.
The conference will address the contemporary challenge of answering the critical questions: “What films to make?”, “For whom to make them?” and “Why make them?” It seeks to create a space for dialogue between educators who share the mission of inspiring the next generation of filmmakers, encouraging deep reflection on the responsibility of cinema in society today and the transformative role of education in the creation of meaningful and engaged films.
Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision – CILECT was founded in Cannes, France, in 1954 at the proposal of Marcel L’Herbier (IDHEC President) and Rémy Tessonneau (IDHEC General Director) who gathered together for the first time higher education film school representatives from France, Italy, Poland, Spain, UK, USA and USSR.
By 2025 CILECT includes 180+ film, TV and media schools from 60+ countries on 6 continents with 11,000+ teachers and staff that annually train 90,000+ students and communicate with an alumni network over 1,600,000+ strong.
CILECT believes in the inherent inter-connectivity of humankind and fully supports creativity, diversity, cross-cultural thinking and sustainable development as fundamental prerequisites to human existence and progress.
CILECT is committed to developing and promoting the highest standards of education, research and training for film, television and related media through establishing and organizing global and regional forums for the exchange of artistic, pedagogical, methodological and managerial best practices for all its members.