by EarleH@afda.co.za | Feb 2, 2024 | Alumni, News
Showmax recently announced that it will increase its African originals content by 150%, or 1,300 hours, as part of its relaunch on the 12 February. This is great news for the SA entertainment industry and for AFDA alumni who have been and are, in on the act, creating...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Jan 19, 2024 | Alumni, News
Starting 2024 with a celebration of the numerous accolades won by AFDA students and alumni throughout the award-winning year of 2023 is a great way to start the year. Here they are: 13 Golden Horn awards at the 17th annual SAFTAs. The AFDA Johannesburg 2022 honours...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Nov 24, 2023 | Alumni, News
The Tourism Business Council’s Tourism Campaign for South Africa, starring comedian Trevor Noah has been officially released on various social media platforms worldwide. The commercial, directed by young, talented and gifted AFDA alumnus Lindo Langa has been...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Nov 3, 2023 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA alumnus Tsoanelo Moyo made it two in a row at the 3rd Annual South African Social Media Awards Ceremony at Sandton Convention Centre on the 29 October winning the Most Popular Video Series On Social Media award. On the SASMA X social media account they announce...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Oct 27, 2023 | Alumni, Awards, News
After winning the Audience Choice Award at the International Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, the documentary film, ‘Rise: The Siya Kolisi story’, co-produced by AFDA alumnus Adam Thal has won the Peace and Sport documentary prize at the Sportel Awards in...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Oct 20, 2023 | Alumni, Learning Staff, News
The new highly anticipated MNet crime series Devil’s Peak, based on the best-selling 2004 novel by South African writer Deon Meyer and directed by multi award-winning AFDA alumnus, Jozua Malherbe, airs on Sunday, October 29, at 8pm on M-Net. It will be live-streamed...