The five million rand makeover of the AFDA Cape Town campus, which includes the refitting of the AFDA research centre, TV studio, actors' studio, canteen and 'hard' landscaping of the campus, is finally underway. 1 Mar 2012 Read more >>

AFDA Acting Department reinvigorated by new staff signings and outcomes in acting for Stage Acting, Screen Acting and Acting for Media and Television. 1 Mar 2012 Read more >>

Jozua Malherbe did his first AD job on Spoon - written and directed by Sharlto Copley and Simon Hansen in Cape Town. The project took two years of planning and shooting and was Jozua's personal baptism by fire into the industry. 1 Mar 2012 Read more >>

AFDA alumni once again showed their mark in the film and TV industries' annual SAFTA awards with 35 nominations. The AFDA executive and staff wish to congratulate the nominees and wish them the best of luck for the prestigious awards evening to be held in March. 1 Mar 2012 Read more >>

AFDA alumni hits 35 nominations in the 2012 SAFTAS. 29 Feb 2012 Read more >>

Forty new titles will be showcased at the AFDA annual film festival to be held at Ster Kinekor Johannesburg The Zone, Rosebank and Ster Kinekor Cape Town, Cavendish Commercial on the 18th and 19th November 2011. 8 Nov 2011 Read more >>

AFDA - The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance - will unveil its highly anticipated annual film festival from 18-19 November 2011. The film festival is a collaborative culmination of the work the final year students have produced. 24 Oct 2011 Read more >>

AFDA, South Africa's leading motion picture and performance school, is excited to announce the appointment of local music industry legend Brad Holmes as the new driving force behind AFDA's music performance discipline, part of the BA Live Performance degree. 21 Oct 2011 Read more >>

AFDA cleaned up the South African Film & Television Awards 2011 with two awards and four special mentions. This year AFDA had six nominations, at the first half of the 5th SAFTAs, held at Melrose Arch, Madame Zingara's Theatre of Dreams on 20 February 2011. 30 Mar 2011 Read more >>

AFDA reaches Nigeria, with a short film nomination. Bomlambo was nominated in the Best Short Film category of the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2011 edition, which takes place in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, on the 27th March 2011. 29 Mar 2011 Read more >>

M-Net presented a Merit Award for Best Overall Project to the AFDA Johannesburg fourth year film, Bomlambo, which was funded and entered into a special category of the M-Net Edit Awards. 28 Mar 2011 Read more >>

A total of 6 AFDA films were selected to screened at the 2011 Cape Winelands Film Festival. 25 Mar 2011 Read more >>

On 24 and 25 January 2011 AFDA - The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, hosted an academic conference with the theme "Rethinking Motion Picture and Performance Education in the New Millennium" on its Johannesburg campus. 2 Mar 2011 Read more >>

AFDA has once again been nominated at The 5th South African Film & Television Awards. This year a total of five AFDA films were selected in three different categories. The following films were selected: 2 Feb 2011 Read more >>

FESPACO 2011 2 Feb 2011 Read more >>

Well done to the class of 2010 on their success throughout the year! AFDA wishes the cast and crew winners and nominees all the best for the future which lies ahead. We look forward to many award-winning films. 30 Nov 2010 Read more >>

AFDA Alumni students have hit the district with the internationally renowned box office movie, District 9. The young, skilled and passionate group of filmmakers have created entertainment products within the growing film industry of South Africa. 8 Oct 2009 Read more >>

The Honours programme is a one-year full-time degree starting in February and ending in November with term breaks in April and September and a production window in June and July. The focus of the honours programme is to provide opportunities for students to acquire in-depth conceptual and applied skills in a chosen major discipline. 17 Aug 2009 Read more >>

All individuals and companies interested in attending the AFDA television short course are invited to attend a short presentation on what the course will entail as well as meet the staff that will deliver the course. 5 May 2009 Read more >>

AFDA is offering a hands-on, six-week short course in Television Production. 30 Mar 2009 Read more >>

The Oscar award-winning film school AFDA, is proud to announce that the Cape Town Honours year film Wamkelekile (which means "Welcome Back") has been selected as the official South African 2009 entry in the 36th Student Academy Awards. 19 Feb 2009 Read more >>

The Cape Town Honours graduate film Wamkelekile (Welcome back) has been selected as AFDA The South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance's entry into the CILECT (International Association of Film & Television Schools) student film competition. 19 Feb 2009 Read more >>

AFDA is about to have its Annual Students Film Festival. This has always been the debut platform for big international AFDA winners! 17 Nov 2008 Read more >>

AFDA is offering graduate students a unique opportunity to realise their dream of mastering the craft of motion picture production by researching, developing and participating in the making of a feature film or television series. 31 Oct 2008 Read more >>

The Shadow Boy directed by Justine Puren (left) has been selected for the competition of the 31st edition of the Recontres Henri Langlois, an international film schools festival, which will take place from 5th to 13th of December 2008 in Poitiers, France. The committee chose 62 films among the 1063 received. 24 Oct 2008 Read more >>

Awards second year in a row! AFDA students have done it again! The Best Student Film Award went to Sindiswa at the recently held 2007 South African Film and Television Awards held at Gallagher Estate. 16 Aug 2008 Read more >>

The AFDA Johannesburg third-year production, The Cure, was officially selected to be screened at the Hip Hop International Film Festival 2008 in Manchester, UK. 24 Jul 2008 Read more >>

The Sophiatown sisters - Staci Lyons, Miranda Mokhele, Phumza Mtila and Funeka Pepeta, are all graduates of the AFDA Johannesburg campus. They performed at Nelson Mandela's birthday celebrations in Bangkok last month. 21 Jul 2008 Read more >>

We are proud to announce that the AFDA student film, Elalini, has been selected by the Academy membership as the winning film in the 33rd Annual Student Academy Awards Honorary Foreign Film category. The news was received via an official letter from the Academy. 18 Jun 2008 Read more >>

AFDA won big at this year's Loerie Awards in the student category TV & Cinema - Motion Graphic Design, with Andrew Haycock's claymation production, Grumble Bumble, winning Gold and Justine Puren's sand animation production, The Shadow Boy, winning Silver. 3 Jun 2008 Read more >>