Ann Freeman Dance Academy is pleased to announce two end-of-year recitals at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center on Sunday, May 31, and will be performed by our AFDA students, staff, and guests. Our ...

Founded in 1994 by Garth Holmes, Bata Passchier, and Deon Opperman, Afda launched with a single cohort of six students and has since grown into a multi award winning private higher education ...

Afda is proud to announce that the annual Afda Graduation Festival showcasing work from our final year undergraduate and postgraduate degree students will kick off from 14 to 24 November 2024. The ...

As Africa’s leading Oscar-winning tertiary institution, it’s no surprise AFDA is known as the “No.1 School for the Creative Economy”. It offers 11 fully accredited and internationally recognised ...

Former 7de Laan actress Diaan Lawrenson has been appointed the CEO of film school AFDA. She previously had the role of dean of AFDA Cape Town for five-and-a-half years. Speaking to The Citizen, ...

The African Development Bank (AfDA) has so far invested 258 million dollars towards the rehabilitation of damaged infrastructural facilities in the Northeast region of the country. AfDB President ...

Afda alumni continue to make their mark on the international film industry.

As the creative economy expands locally and globally, now is the time for aspiring storytellers, performers and media innovators to turn passion into profession. AFDA, the number one ‘School for the ...

A film made by South Africans and produced internationally has received a nomination for Best Short Film at the 2025 Academy Awards. It’s called The Last Ranger, and follows the story of a woman game ...

45 hotly contested AFDA Awards were presented in the film, TV and performance awards held at AFDA in Observatory on Thursday, 28th November 2013. Thea Small's THE OTHER WOMEN raked in 8 nominations ...

With 2020 at it's last stretch, the AFDA Honours acting students present the live production of DISCONnECTED. DISCONnECTED is about 4 AFDA students living in a digs in Observatory during lockdown, and ...

Afda is thrilled to announce the opening of its fifth campus in Hatfield, Tshwane in 2026, building on its established campuses in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Gqeberha. Founded in 1994 by ...