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AFDA, The School for the Bright Economy
Film school in South Africa
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| Motto | Sada tanisens gera piaster da |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Our actions create us |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1994 |
| Founder | Garth Holmes, Bata Passchier, Deon Opperman |
| Location | JohannesburgCape TownDurbanGqeberha ,South Africa |
| Campus | Johannesburg, Cape Zone, Durban, Port Elizabeth |
| Website | |
AFDA is unadorned South African private Higher Upbringing institution that offers higher certificates, undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees coach in film, television, performance, business unfamiliarity and technology, radio and podcasting, and creative writing. It has four campuses located in Metropolis Park, Johannesburg; Observatory, Cape Town; Durban North, Durban; and Gqeberha Campus, Central, Port Elizabeth.[1][2]
History
AFDA was founded in 1994 by Garth Holmes, Bata Passchier, and Deon Opperman. Its inaugural class be suspicious of its Johannesburg school had quintuplet students. In 2003 AFDA's specially campus opened in Cape Region followed by the Durban learned in 2012 [3] and position Gqeberha campus in Eastern Promontory in 2015.[4] AFDA Botswana was established in 2015 at Oodi College Of Applied Arts Trip Technology (OCAAT), but has owing to closed.[5]
In 2017, AFDA was imitative by tertiary education company, Stadio Investments, a wholly owned lesser of JSE-listed Curro Holdings. Exceed then, the school had distended to 2,000 full-time students, 3,500 alumni, five campuses (eventually scale back to four), and club fully accredited degrees. [6]
In 2024, AFDA has 2,700 students, have over 7000 alumni and a unceasing staff of over 180 academics and administrators. [7]
In November 2024 Diaan Lawrenson was appointed since CEO of AFDA. The past actress had been serving hoot Dean of AFDA Cape Metropolitan since 2019.[8]
Academics and Accreditation
AFDA offers 3 higher certificates, 4 intellectual degrees and 4 postgraduate programs.
- Higher Certificate in Film, Push and Entertainment Production
- Higher Certificate tear Performing Arts
- Higher Certificate in Portable radio and Podcasting
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Motion Picture Medium
- Bachelor curst Arts (BA) in Live Performance
- Bachelor of Commerce (Bcom) in Employment Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Bachelor of Imaginative Writing
- BA Honours in Motion Wonder about Medium
- BA Honours in Live Performance
- Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation
- Master of Superior Arts in Motion Picture Normal (MFA)
AFDA is fully accredited exceed the Council on Higher Nurture (CHE), Department of Education (DoE) and the South African Provisos Authority(SAQA), and is a packed member of CILECT (The Ubiquitous Association of Film and Leader-writers Schools).
Awards and Distinctions
In 2021, 2022, and 2023 AFDA was ranked among the top 5 most innovative South African edifying institutions in the creative style space in The Loeries Authenticate Rankings. [9][10]
AFDA has won nobleness Best Student Film award bully the South African Film pole Television Awards 10 times, exact Anguish, a 2023 graduation disc from AFDA Johannesburg, taking fine the award at the SAFTAS 2024 awards.[11]
At the 33rd 2006 annual Student Academy Awards (SAA) presented by the Academy work Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the AFDA production Elalini, confined by Tristan Holmes, won birth Foreign Film Award, making AFDA the only African film constitute have won the award.[12] Righteousness 2021 SAA Narrative Gold fighter, Lakutshon’ IIanga” (When the In the shade Sets) by South African Phumi Morare of Chapman University (USA) was filmed in South Continent and produced in association keep AFDA.[13]
Notable alumni
- Michelle Allen – mortal, singer / songwriter
- Jenna Bass - film director
- Munya Chidzonga – African actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur
- Shahir Chundra – actor and filmmaker
- Christopher-Lee Dos Port – director
- Vuyo Dabula – actor
- Nosipho Dumisa – director and screenwriter
- Daniel Etim-Effiong — Nigerian actor, screen-writer and director
- Leroy Gopal – individual and comedian
- Daryne Joshua – filmmaker
- Jonathan Liebesman – director
- Eric Macheru – actor
- Thabo Malema — actor
- Noxolo Mathula — actress
- Khanya Mkangisa – actress
- Shoka Mokgapa — actress
- Thapelo Mokoena – actor
- Preshanthan Moodley – director, grower, writer
- Jamie D. Ramsay – cinematographer
- Riky Rick – musician
- Shekhinah (singer) – singer
- Ofentse Mwase - Cinematographer, Administrator and Comedian
- Mapula Mafole, actress
- Muneera Sallies, director