November 2011
17 posts
AFDA Awards Winners!!
Cape Town 3rd Year Winners
Johannesburg 3rd Year Winners
Cape Town Post Grad Winners
Johannesburg Post Grad Winners
AFDA Alum to Direct "Racheltjie de Beer"
AFDA JHB 2005 graduate Brett Michael Innes is part of a new and exciting South African film project.
If you grew up in South Africa then it’s almost a guarantee that you have stumbled across the story of Racheltjie De Beer, the Voortrekker girl who, after getting lost with her younger brother during a snowstorm, uses her body to shelter him from the cold, sacrificing her life for his.
The time...
There Are No Heroes In Future Cape Town
There Are No Heroes is a 48-minute science fiction film being shot in Cape Town. It is has been adapted from a cyberpunk short story called Land Of The Blind by Charlie Human; that was based on Lauren Buekes’ cult novel Moxyland and subsequently published in her international award-winning novel Zoo City in 2010.
Set in future Cape Town several years after the meltdown of a nuclear power plant,...
AFDA Student VFX Showreel
AFDA Award Nominations
Following the screening of over forty new graduation titles in Johannesburg and Cape Town this week, the critics and audience have responded with their audience response assessments. These assessments form part of the overall AFDA annual assessment criteria and are used as part of the AFDA’s market related curriculum that encourages students to create entertainment products for an intended...
Brendan Barnes Wins 1st Place at 2011 Kodak Film...
AFDA 4th year honours graduate Brendan Barnes has won 1st place in the worldwide 35mm competition at the 2011 Kodak Film School Cinematography Competition. Barnes was recognized for his cinematography work in 4th year 2010 film Bomlambo: Those of the Water.
World renowned cinematographer John Bailey judged the competition for the third consecutive year. He commented on Bomlambo;
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AFDA 2010 Filmmaker Wins Award at the 11th...
AFDA 2009 graduation film ‘The Tupperware Party’, written and directed by Stacey Howell; won the Roger Closset’s prize (founder of the ancient festival 40 years ago) at the 11th International Festival for Cinema Schools – FIDEC. Stacey won a prize of 500 euros which was offered by FIDEC.
The professional jury liked the originality of the script, staging and historical relationship of the...
Skeem at AFDA
AFDA staff and students had opportunity of watching a screening and meeting with some of the cast and crew; producer Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat, actors; Kurt Schoonraad (Richie Rich), Jenna Saras (Shelley), Mark Elderkin (Josh) and Michelle Scott (Lizette) of new local feature film Skeem at AFDA. The feature includes some of South Africa’s best ensemble cast and was shot by AFDA alumni cinematographer;...
AFDA Alumni Nominated for an Emmy Award
AFDA alumni; Emma Eunson was nominated for an award at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in the category for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Non-fiction Programming.
Gettysburg; set in the 1860s, was shot in Cape Town last year and aired on the History Channel.
Emma has worked on the set of several international productions and the production; Footskating 101, after majoring in...
AFDA Annual Film Festival Programmes
The official programmes for the AFDA Annual Film Festival 2011 are now available for download. Click one of the links below to open the PDF document for your campus.
Johannesburg: http://ow.ly/1A4BjT
Cape Town: http://ow.ly/1A4AQb
AFDA Hosts Global Event
[Article by Screen Africa]
In a first for Africa, the Cape Town campus of AFDA, the South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance, has won the bid to host the biennial conference of the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT) from 1 to 5 May 2012.
CILECT’s membership is drawn from schools across four continents. Delegates from 148 schools are...
AFDA Film Screening at New York International...
Bomlambo - Those of the Water, an AFDA Johannesburg 4th year 2010 film has been selected to be screened at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. The NYIIFVF hosts 4 festivals a year, taking place in New York and Los Angeles and has become one of the largest Indie festivals in the world. Bomlambo will be showing at the upcoming Los Angeles festival which takes place...
AFDA 2009 Filmmaker Wins an Award at the 11th...
AFDA 2009 graduation film ‘The Tupperware Party’, written and directed by Stacey Howell; won the Roger Closset’s prize (founder of the ancient festival 40 years ago) at the 11th International Festival for Cinema Schools – FIDEC. Stacey won a prize of 500 euros which was offered by FIDEC.
The professional jury liked the originality of the script, staging and historical relationship of the...
AFDA Annual Film Festival: Exhibiting Tomorrow’s...
Forty new titles will be showcased at the AFDA annual film festival to be held at Ster Kinekor Johannesburg The Zone, Rosebank and Ster Kinekor Cape Town, Cavendish Commercial on the 18th and 19th November 2011.
“It is a great opportunity to showcase South African culture and talent at a commercial venue like Ster Kinekor. It certainly gives students a great opportunity to experience the...
AFDA Annual Film Festival
AFDA will unveil its highly anticipated annual film festival from 18 - 19 November 2011. The film festival is a collaborative culmination of the work that the final year graduation students have produced.
It is through these films that the students hope to enter into the South African film industry and deliver content of unequivocal quality and substance.
The festival itself promises to deliver...
