AFDA - CAPE TOWN
Training in Cape Town

It has produced some of the top film-makers and actors in South Africa today and has made a significant contribution to developing a sustainable local entertainment industry. To develop a relevant educational institution that contributes to African nation building and rewards all stakeholders by providing a stimulating, rigorous and globally integrated learning experience that empowers students with productive innovative skills, enabling graduating learners to grow sustainable creative industries. AFDA Alumni are award winning skilled and networked. They continue to make a significant contribution to the growth of the local entertainment industry. AFDA is an Academy award winning institution and the first and only African film school to win the best foreign student film academy award in 2006 and runner up as a finalist in 2013 AFDA has a unique learning system that provides students with authentic undergraduate & postgraduate learning environments that are relevant to vocational opportunities both locally and abroad. AFDA students are trained to produce commercially viable entertainment products for local audiences and niche online global markets AFDA offers students a genuine opportunity to seek out their aptitude in order to discover their passion and on extension their successful vocational path The AFDA learning process encourages and rewards innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. AFDA is one of the leading outcomes-based film schools in the world. Although our track record speaks for itself, we continually renew our commitment to facilitate an environment that develops high-quality human and intellectual property with the relevant skills to deal with the rigors of a fast-expanding and ever-changing entertainment industry. At our fully equipped campuses in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Botswana, we train graduates to contribute to one of the largest growth industries in the world: entertainment. In the globalised economy, cultural exchange is a valuable currency. Our alumni have reinvigorated their industries with the quality of their intellectual property, skill and talent. AFDA films are exhibited at numerous international festivals and have been broadcast worldwide, winning many prestigious awards, including the Student Academy Award winner and Cannes festival finalist in 2006 and a SAFTA (South African Film and Television Award) in Where possible, AFDA will endeavour to notify all persons and/or organisations affected as a result. The creative industries require diverse specialization (intelligence’s) that are able to collaborate in an economically viable manner to achieve high standards of production. AFDA students are given the opportunity to explore and discover their aptitude and by extension their career path. AFDA uses a learning system designed to deal with the opportunities and challenges of the knowledge economy and the future. It is a market related learning system focusing on the audience and the target market. We offer an outcomes based learning system which requires a heads on-hands on approach, focusing on leadership, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Students are assessed on a individual basis and team/group focused research. An application of theory and research in the creation and exhibition of entertainment content or in development and monetisation of entrepreneurial business and disruptive technologies is what primarily constitutes assessment at AFDA. AFDA’s learning process is highly effective and creates a network of skilled graduates who are able to forge careers in the entertainment, media and other creative industries.