Courses Offered at AFDA for 2027

Private university

Founded in Johannesburg in 1994, AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance) has grown into a multi-campus creative-arts institution with sites in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha and, from 2026, Hatfield (Pretoria). It is a full member of CILECT, the international association of film and television schools, and its students and graduates have built a strong track record in national and international industry awards, including South Africa's only Student Academy Award win for a foreign-language film.

Exterior of the AFDA campus building in Johannesburg with a dark cladded upper floor and red brick ground level.

AFDA's Johannesburg campus building features a striking dark facade and red brick entrance.

A student works at a radio mixing console in an AFDA production studio, with monitors and a recording booth visible.

Inside AFDA's radio studio, a student operates the mixing console during a live session.

Students and an instructor work together at desks with laptops in an AFDA classroom with whiteboards.

AFDA students collaborate on laptops with guidance from an instructor in this classroom.

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Find courses by type at AFDA: All types Higher Certificate (3) Bachelor's Degree (4) Bachelor Honours Degree (2) Postgraduate Diploma (1) Master's Degree (1)

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