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AFDA walks away with Four M-Net Edit Awards

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.

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28 Mar 2011

Metro X, an AFDA Cape Town reality show about extreme sports, won Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Director (James Tayler), where the pilot was commissioned by M-Net for a series.

Afda is a Private Higher Education Institution owned by Stadio Holdings, which offers Higher Certificate and Degree programmes that are registered by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

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