South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance
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AFDA the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance is a film school
located on campuses in Auckland Park, Johannesburg
, and Observatory, Cape Town
, South Africa
. AFDA is South Africa's only full member of CILECT
and therefore all AFDA degrees are recognized internationally. It offers two three year undergraduate degree programmes - a Bachelors of Arts in Live Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture and postgraduate degrees as an Honours or a Master of Fine Arts (MFA
).
AFDA aims to create an environment that develops high quality human and intellectual property with the relevant skills to deal with the entertainment industry. AFDA believes that in the global economy, cultural exchange is a valuable commodity. AFDA graduates are taught to create indigenous products of South Africa for the local and international market. AFDA aims for its students to join profitable and sustainable careers in this market. More than 90% of AFDA's Honours alumni are working and employed in their chosen field of specialisation.
Johannesburg
is South Africa's television production hub. AFDA was established in Johannesburg in 1994 and is currently situated on a 10 000 metre square campus near the national broadcaster the SABC.
The Cape Town
film industry has provided infrastructure and service to international feature films and commercial productions from Germany, Canada, USA, UK and many other countries. AFDA Cape Town campus is situated in Observatory on a 7000 metre square campus in an area just outside the central business district.
).
AFDA has developed it's own learning programme. The learning programme aligns what it calls "core course" classes with the various specific film discipline skills. This system aims to get each learner to conceive original ideas and to create them efficiently in productions that communicate meaningfully with their identified target markets.
The first year offers a broad foundation and focuses on continuity and identifying each student's talents. The second year focuses on the entertainment medium, and aims to increase the students' understanding of the 'nuts and bolts' of the motion picture and live performance courses. The third year is designed to identify and develop each learner's artistic expression, while the fourth year is designed to ensure the maximum commercial management of the learner's chosen discipline. Although you may earn a degree after the third year, it is not internationally recognised, for that the fourth year must be completed.
In addition to the compulsory Core Course, AFDA offers disciplines which undergraduate students may choose a combination of, allowing them to specialise in a particular area of film making or performance. These include the following:
AFDA Honours students interact with the industry, their films are regularly broadcast on M-net
and SABC. The Honours thesis is an in-depth research document with direct usefulness for the student's chosen career or that is focused on your Master of Fine Arts Motion Picture (MFA
).
The AFDA Masters of Fine Arts in Motion Picture degree provides students with the opportunity to create a feature length film. It offers direct participation in the research work of key conceptual areas and the analysis of their contribution to targeting the broader local audience profile.
AFDA films have been exhibited at various international festivals and have been broadcast worldwide, some winning awards including a prized Oscar.
At the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards, in June 2006, the AFDA production Elalini, directed by Tristan Holmes, won the award for Best Foreign Film. This is the first time that this award has been given to a South African film school.
In addition, Ongeriewe was nominated as a finalist in the professional short-film category at the Cannes Film Festival of 2006. And Wamkelekile in the category of Best Foreign Film in 2009.
AFDA is a full member of CILECT
(Centre International de Liaison de Ecoles de Cinema de Television). AFDA is the only film school in South Africa to be a full member of CILECT.
AFDA campuses both have 16mm super sixteen and 35mm film cameras as well as a number of digital industry standard cameras and an extensive range of camera accessories, lenses and lighting equipment. The school is currently in the process of shifting into the required digital platforms and this has been initiated in the acquisition of high-definition cameras for the outside broadcast unit vehicle.
AFDA's OBU (Outside Broadcasting Unit) is a mobile television vehicle. This unit enables AFDA to train students for the growing demand in various arenas of multi-camera recording, such as live television. The unit currently has a three-camera rig. The rig currently uses three JVC HDV (high-definition) cameras, two of which are linked via a control cable system and one which is linked via a fibre optic system. This allows it to be operated at a distance of 300m from the vehicle. All cameras are remote controlled by camera control units (CCUs).
A Digital Broadcast Pix Switcher is used to cut between cameras and insert all graphics, clips and chroma key requirements in real time. Final programme material is recorded onto hard disk drive via a Deck Link Multi Bridge interface. The rig has a separate audio station with a digital audio desk to control all audio inputs and mix down to final programme material.
The students' have limited access to this equipment when they first arrive but this becomes less limited as they graduate through the years.
The folklore surrounding these problems came from a rumour that an electrician had died in the room where the sound suite was located and his ghost remained to thwart students from completing their work. Although there is no actual proof that anybody died there, this was more a psychological defence mechanism to cope with the frustration caused by the malfunctioning machines.
The computers have since been replaced. But students have still been faced with frustrating problems due to hardware error.
This spending of money on the campus itself and not on the equipment for the students led to the comical idea among the students, that most of the money from student fees (R50 000/$6 180 annually) was spent on Bata's cigars.
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Film school
The term film school is used to describe any educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as film production, film theory, digital media production, and screenwriting. Film history courses and hands-on technical training are usually incorporated into...
located on campuses in Auckland Park, Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, and Observatory, Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. AFDA is South Africa's only full member of CILECT
CILECT
CILECT is the association of the world's major film and television schools...
and therefore all AFDA degrees are recognized internationally. It offers two three year undergraduate degree programmes - a Bachelors of Arts in Live Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture and postgraduate degrees as an Honours or a Master of Fine Arts (MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
).
AFDA aims to create an environment that develops high quality human and intellectual property with the relevant skills to deal with the entertainment industry. AFDA believes that in the global economy, cultural exchange is a valuable commodity. AFDA graduates are taught to create indigenous products of South Africa for the local and international market. AFDA aims for its students to join profitable and sustainable careers in this market. More than 90% of AFDA's Honours alumni are working and employed in their chosen field of specialisation.
Location
AFDA has two campuses; the first is located in Johannesburg, the second in Cape Town.Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
is South Africa's television production hub. AFDA was established in Johannesburg in 1994 and is currently situated on a 10 000 metre square campus near the national broadcaster the SABC.
The Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
film industry has provided infrastructure and service to international feature films and commercial productions from Germany, Canada, USA, UK and many other countries. AFDA Cape Town campus is situated in Observatory on a 7000 metre square campus in an area just outside the central business district.
Degrees
AFDA offers two different undergraduate degrees; a BA Degree in Motion Picture and a BA Degree in Live Performance. It also offers postgraduate degrees, the BA Honours Degree in Motion Picture and BA Honours Degree in Live Performance, as well as the postgraduate degree in Masters of Fine Arts (MFAMaster of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
).
AFDA has developed it's own learning programme. The learning programme aligns what it calls "core course" classes with the various specific film discipline skills. This system aims to get each learner to conceive original ideas and to create them efficiently in productions that communicate meaningfully with their identified target markets.
The first year offers a broad foundation and focuses on continuity and identifying each student's talents. The second year focuses on the entertainment medium, and aims to increase the students' understanding of the 'nuts and bolts' of the motion picture and live performance courses. The third year is designed to identify and develop each learner's artistic expression, while the fourth year is designed to ensure the maximum commercial management of the learner's chosen discipline. Although you may earn a degree after the third year, it is not internationally recognised, for that the fourth year must be completed.
In addition to the compulsory Core Course, AFDA offers disciplines which undergraduate students may choose a combination of, allowing them to specialise in a particular area of film making or performance. These include the following:
- Screen ActingActingActing is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
- Music ProductionFilm scoreA film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
- ProducingFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
- ScreenwritingScreenwritingScreenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is a freelance profession....
- DirectingFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
- CinematographyCinematographyCinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...
- Production Design
- CostumeCostumeThe term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. Costume may also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances...
, StylingFashionFashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
and Make-up - EditingFilm editingFilm editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
- AnimationAnimationAnimation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
DirectingFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... - Visual EffectsVisual effectsVisual effects are the various processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shoot. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or...
- Sound DesignSound designSound design is the process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production and video game software...
- Television Production
AFDA Honours students interact with the industry, their films are regularly broadcast on M-net
M-Net
M-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers....
and SABC. The Honours thesis is an in-depth research document with direct usefulness for the student's chosen career or that is focused on your Master of Fine Arts Motion Picture (MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
).
The AFDA Masters of Fine Arts in Motion Picture degree provides students with the opportunity to create a feature length film. It offers direct participation in the research work of key conceptual areas and the analysis of their contribution to targeting the broader local audience profile.
Ranking
International Recognition
At the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards, in June 2006, the AFDA production Elalini, directed by Tristan Holmes, won the award for Best Foreign Film. This is the first time that this award has been given to a South African film school.
In addition, Ongeriewe was nominated as a finalist in the professional short-film category at the Cannes Film Festival of 2006. And Wamkelekile in the category of Best Foreign Film in 2009.
AFDA is a full member of CILECT
CILECT
CILECT is the association of the world's major film and television schools...
(Centre International de Liaison de Ecoles de Cinema de Television). AFDA is the only film school in South Africa to be a full member of CILECT.
Facilities and Equipment
AFDA's OBU (Outside Broadcasting Unit) is a mobile television vehicle. This unit enables AFDA to train students for the growing demand in various arenas of multi-camera recording, such as live television. The unit currently has a three-camera rig. The rig currently uses three JVC HDV (high-definition) cameras, two of which are linked via a control cable system and one which is linked via a fibre optic system. This allows it to be operated at a distance of 300m from the vehicle. All cameras are remote controlled by camera control units (CCUs).
A Digital Broadcast Pix Switcher is used to cut between cameras and insert all graphics, clips and chroma key requirements in real time. Final programme material is recorded onto hard disk drive via a Deck Link Multi Bridge interface. The rig has a separate audio station with a digital audio desk to control all audio inputs and mix down to final programme material.
- 4 Lecture Halls
- Film Studio
- Television Studio
- Music Studio
- Music Production Suite working with Cubase, KorgKorgis a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
M1, Sibelius SoftwareSibelius SoftwareSibelius Software is a London-based software business and a part of Avid Technology that develops and sells music notation and music education software....
and HypersonicHypersonicIn aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that is highly supersonic. Since the 1970s, the term has generally been assumed to refer to speeds of Mach 5 and above...
. - Edit Suites
- 1 X Fully equipped fixed rake 75 seater theatre: MX 24 Lighting Board. Lighting Rig and 12 Channel Mixing Desks. 1 x Fully equipped floating-rake studio: Rehearsal Rooms.
- Visual Effects Studio
- MPM/LP Research Centre with access to computer work stations and 3 meeting pods with Viewing Facilities.
- Production Design Workspace
- Cinematography Equipment includes a 35 mm MitchellMitchellMitchell may refer to:* B-25 Mitchell, an American World War II-era bomber aircraft* Billy Mitchell Award, a Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program award* Mitchell , an automobile built in Racine, Wisconsin from 1903-1923...
Animation camera 35 mm ArriArri-History:Arri was founded in Munich, Germany as Arnold & Richter Cine Technik in 1917, named after founders August Arnold and Robert Richter. They produce professional motion picture equipment, digital and film cameras and cinematic lighting equipment...
camera BL with b/w video take-off, Arri 2C camera b/w video-tape, full set of lenses and accessories. Super 16 mm Arri SR camera and AatonAatonAaton is a motion picture equipment manufacturer, based in Grenoble, France. Aaton was founded by Eclair engineer Jean-Pierre Beauviala, whose efforts have been primarily focused on making quiet, portable motion picture hardware suitable for impromptu field use, as for documentaries...
LTR54 with full set of lenses and accessories. Arri-M 16 mm film cameras with lenses and accessories. Light meters. Griphouse Crane with swivel seat assembly and docking mount of Elemack Dolly.
The students' have limited access to this equipment when they first arrive but this becomes less limited as they graduate through the years.
The Johannesburg Sound Design Suite
During the late 2000's the sound design suite at the Johannesburg campus used below par computers for the tasks the students required. Each virus-ridden and lacking many of the hardware requirements to fulfill the software demands, students often encountered problems with the computers.The folklore surrounding these problems came from a rumour that an electrician had died in the room where the sound suite was located and his ghost remained to thwart students from completing their work. Although there is no actual proof that anybody died there, this was more a psychological defence mechanism to cope with the frustration caused by the malfunctioning machines.
The computers have since been replaced. But students have still been faced with frustrating problems due to hardware error.
L5
At the Johannesburg campus each of the lecture halls is referred to simply as the letter "L" and which ever number is allocated to it (i.e. lecture hall 1 becomes L1). This naming system was used to dub the area near the campus where students often go to smoke marijuana. This was done to imply that they were simply attending another class.Bata's Cigars
One of the founders of AFDA, Bata Passchier, was often seen sitting at the cafeteria area of the Johannesburg campus, once it had been moved and renovated, smoking cigars. During that time there were many problems with equipment the students were required to use. Also around that time there were many changes to AFDA's façade like the installation of a fountain, a gravel area formerly comprised of sand and the logs used as chairs replaced with benches.This spending of money on the campus itself and not on the equipment for the students led to the comical idea among the students, that most of the money from student fees (R50 000/$6 180 annually) was spent on Bata's cigars.
Awards
1999- Student CLIO AWARDS (New York) - Best Commercial
- Student LOERIE AWARDS (RSA) - Best Commercial
- DSTV VUKA AWARD - Best Editor Karen Bosch
- DSTV VUKA AWARD - 2nd Best Commercial Overall - Audience Award
- GERAAS MUSIC AWARDS - Best Music Video - Guy Raphaely, Kom-Kom
- SAMA MUSIC AWARDS - Nomination: Best Music Video, Ashaan
2000
- NTVA AVANTI GOLD - Best student director: Norman Maake, Lefifing Bofelong Ba Lesedi
- NTVA AVANTI CRAFT AWARD - Cinematography: Natalie Haarhoff, Lefifing Bofelong Ba Lesedi
- NTVA AVANTI CRAFT AWARD - Directing: Norman Maake, Lefifing Bofelong Ba Lesedi
- VITA AWARDS - Nominations: Best newcomer actress: Vanessa Frost, Sex, Lies and Leopard Crawl
- VITA AWARDS - Nominations: Best newcomer actor: Michael Lewis, Sex, Lies and Leopard Crawl
- DSTV VUKA - Nominations: Best director: Mosese Semenya, Fight Night
- DSTV VUKA - Nominations: Best cinematographer: James Adey, Fight Night
- SAMA MUSIC AWARDS - Nominations: Best music video: TKZEE Tzinjazami
2001
- NTVA Avanti GOLD - Animation (Broadcast) TKZEE Tzinjazami - Garreth Fradgley and Tyron Janse van Vuuren
- NTVA Avanti GOLD - Animation (Narrowcast) Requiem for Broken Toys - Tyron Janse van Vuuren
- NTVA Avanti CRAFT - Editing - Henk Ekermans
- NTVA Avanti CRAFT - Cinematography - Justus de Jager
- NTVA Avanti CRAFT - Directing - Wickus Strijdom
- Aardklop Arts Festival - Potchefstroom - SPECIAL MENTION, Requiem for Broken Toys
- Aardklop Arts Festival - Potchefstroom - 3rd BEST PRODUCTION in the Profession Theatre category - Le Shebeen
- EDIT (M-Net) FINALIST - Firelight, Wickus Strijdom
- EDIT (M-Net) FINALIST - Bachelor Pad, Darren Gordon
- Transparency International, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 2nd place - Home Sweet Home - Norman Maake
- Ibdaa Media City, Dubai - Best Film; Triomfeer - JH Beetge
- Ibdaa Media City, Dubai - Finalist, The Space Between - Dean Blumberg
- Ibdaa Media City, Dubai - Finalist, Requiem for Broken Toys - Tyron Janse van Vuuren
- VITA, Best Newcomer - Craig Jackson, Mousetra Edinburgh Festival - BECK'S PICK OF THE FRINGE - Locking Horns - Antonakas
- Celebrate South Africa Short Film Festival - Home Sweet Home
- Bite the Mango - Home Sweet Home
- Goteburg Film Festival - Home Sweet Home
- Kino Film Festival - Black Sushi & Home Sweet Home
2002
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Production Overall: Bachelor Pad
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Script - Bachelor Pad: Andrew Frater
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Technical, Sound and Camera: Firelight
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Director: Aidan Lithgow
- EDIT (M-Net) - Merit Award, Production Design: Bernard Botha Apollo - Best Student Film: Triomfeer
- Apollo - Best Student Film: Triomfeer
- DSTV Vuka Award - Best Director: Craig Blythe
- DSTV Vuka Award - Best Cinematographer: Zeno Petersen
- DSTV Vuka Award - Best Novice PSA: Partner Hopping
- Cape Town World Cinema Film Festival Selection - Triomfeer, Angels and Boerreloe, Stof
- Aardklop Film Festival Potchefstroom - Angels en Boerreloe, Triomfeer, Skitterwit
2003
- Ibdaa Media Festival, Dubai - Best Student Film, Stof, Jacobus Roos
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Dramatic Insert - Camera Boy - Danie Bester
- EDIT (M-Net) - Merit Award, Best Performance - Makgano Mamabolo
- Toronto International Film Festival - Soldiers of the Rock
- Apollo Victoria West - Black Sushi, Skitterwit, Senter
- Grahamstown Natural Arts - Elephant beater
- Durban International Film Festival - Soldiers of the Rock, Black Sushi, Under the Rainbow
- London World Student Film Festival - Best Film - Under the Rainbow
- Edit (M-Net) Finalist - Baas van die Plaas, S.A. Vetkoek Odyssey
- Obz Festival - Best Film Audience Award - Crooks
- Stone Awards - Best Actress, Shimmy Isaacs
- Stone Award Newcomer Category - Craft - Cinematography, Liefde's Verhaal - Jonathan Le Roux
- Cape Town World Cinema Festival Film Festival Selection - Soldiers of the Rock, Black Sushi and Under the Rainbow
- DSTV Vuka Award - Best Overall Newcomer - Torture VC
- DSTV Vuka Award - Best Production - Torture VC
- DSTV Vuka Award - Best Director Newcomer - Justin Head
- KKNK Festival - Nominated Best Student Production, 2 Tones iAfrica
- Out in Africa Film Festival - Stof
- Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Chicago - Merit Award, Stof
- Turin Gay and Lesbian - Stof
- International Cinema Nouveau Film Festival - Under the Rainbow, Triomfeer, Angels en Boerreloe, Black Sushi
- Manchester, Commonwealth Film Festival - Skitterwit, Under the Rainbow
- Transparency International Film Festival, Korea - Triomfeer
- Cape Town World Cinema Festival Film Jury Award - Most promising Director - Soldiers of the Rock
- Apollo Special Jury Award - Soldiers of the Rock
2004
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Screenplay, Baas van die Plaas - Rudi Steyn
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Director - Richard Thwaites, SA Vetkoek Odyssey
- EDIT (M-Net) - Best Production - Baas van die Plaas
- Milano, African, Asian and Latin Film Festival - Best Film - Black Sushi
- Sanlam Afrikaans Theatre Prize - E?tjie, Fe?tjie, Ernst Bröcker
- Barcelona, Base Film Festival - I Got Rage
- One City Many Cultures, Cape Town - Triomfeer, Under The Rainbow Black Sushi, Lefifeng Bofelong Ba Lesedi, Stof, Home Sweet *Home, Skitterwit, Requiem For Broken Toys, Senter, Gijima, I Got Rage, Scarred Instinct
- Durban International Film Festival - Laduma, Small Street, Senter
- Zanzibar International Film FestivalZanzibar International Film FestivalThe Zanzibar International Film Festival , also known as Festival of the Dhow Countries, is an annual film festival held in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It has been described as the largest cultural event in East Africa. During the festival, films are shown in Stone Town in Zanzibar City, as well as rural...
- Byale, Black Sushi, Small Street, Senter, Under the Rainbow, Triomfeer, Soldiers of the Rock - Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival - Best Screenplay - Soldiers of the Rock, B. Passchier, N.Maake
- Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival - Special Jury Mention - Soldiers of the Rock
- Washington Film Festival DC - Soldiers Of The Rock
- San Francisco Black Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock, Melvin Van Peebles Award, Best Feature Film
- Rotterdam International Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Belgium African Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- London 1st London SA - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Manchester Commonwealth Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Cambridge African Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Cannes Film Market - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Cardiff, International Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Atlanta, Georgia, Pan African Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Zanzibar International Film Festival - Golden Dhow Award, Best Short Film, Senter
- Basel, Switzerland, CinemaAfrica Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Durban, Joburg, Cape Town, Metro FM Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Toronto, Cabbagetown Film Festival, Grand Prize, Best Film - Under the Rainbow
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Festival do Rio - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Los Angeles and Washington DC National Geographic Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Milwaukee International Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Nantes, COSMOPOLIS - Black Sushi
- Czech Republic, 5th International Film Festival, Pisek - Black Sushi
- New York African Film Festival - Touring Festival: Soldiers Of The Rock
- Milano, Italy, Cinema Africano, Black Sushi - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Geneva, Festival Cinema Tout Ecran - Soldiers Of The Rock
- JoBurg, Awakening Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Cape Town, African Screen Opening, Labia Theatre - Soldiers Of The Rock
- Zimbabwe International Film Festival - Soldiers Of The Rock
- London, Up Over Down Under Film Festival - Requiem for Broken Toys and Black Sushi
- Cape Town World Cinema Festival - SA Vetkoek Odyssey, SA/X
- Uruguay, 5th International Film School Festival - Best Script: Triomfeer
- Uruguay, 5th International Film School Festival - Special Mention for Best School Selection
- Best International Student Film at the Asheville Film Festival in America - Ever Dark
2005
- Portland, Oregon, Cascade Festival of African Films - Soldiers of the Rock
- Amsterdam, Cinestud Film Festival - Fugitive Pieces, SA/X (Competition for Jury and Audience Award)
- California, Tiburon International Film Festival - Soldiers of the Rock
- International Film Festival of the Film Academy Vienna - Triomfeer
- San Francisco Black Film Festival - Modderkoffie, Stoffelina, Jamali, Ghetto Lingo and A Picture of Us
- South Africa at Cannes Film Festival - Under the Rainbow, Fourdays, Through the Flight of Feathers, Box and SA/X
- Acipelago Film Festival - Bittersweet
- Freedom Day and Workers Day Film Festival - Soldiers of the Rock
- African Film Festival at the Walter Reade in NY - Black Sushi
- Durban Film Festival - SA/X, Tracks, Bittersweet, Bobbie and Eric, Through the Flight of Feathers, Stoffelina
- Youth day Film Festival - Black Sushi and Home sweet Home
- AFDA Mini Festival - Flight of Feathers, Bittersweet, Week end, Fugitive pieces, Cut, Tracks, Black Sushi, Eric and Bobby, SAX and Box
- Locarno International Film Festival - Black Sushi and SA/X
- Youth Day Film Festival - Black Sushi and Home Sweet Home
- São Paulo Film Festival - SA/X
- Gariep Short Film Festival - I got Rage, SA/X, Laduma, Through the Flight of Feathers, Baas van die Plaas, Stoffelina, Bobbie and Eric, Small Street, Gijima, Cut, Biyale, Bittersweet
- SA film in Mexico - Soldiers of the Rock
- 5th Apollo Film Festival - SA/X, Bobbie and Eric, Under the Rainbow, Through the Flight of Feathers, Fugitive Pieces
- 5th Apollo Film Festival - Bobbie and Eric-Special mentioned Award
- Zimbabwe Film Festival - Box and Through the Flight of Feathers
- PARDINO d'Argento prize in the LEOPARDS OF TOMORROW, Locarno Film Festival - SA/X
- Week of social Films Festival, Belgium - Soldiers of the Rock
- Munich - Germany Film Festival - SA/X
- Sithengi Film Festival Short Films Category - Bloedgrond, Bluegum Road, Fugitive Pieces, Sand and Culculating Love
- Shortends Film Festival London, UK - Weekend, Lefifeng Bofelong ba Lesedi, Fugitive Pieces and SA/X
- L'lternativa Festival de Cine, Barcelona - SA/X and Fugitive Pieces
- Abuja Film Festival Nigeria - Fugitive Pieces, Bobbie and Eric, Through the Flight of Feathers, Tracks, Bittersweet
- International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Academy-Chin - Black Sushi
- International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Academy-Chin - Audience Certificate, Black Sushi
- 1st Annual SA Horror Festacular - Dark Farm
- Flickerfest International Film Festival in Sydney, Australia - Black Sushi
- OFF Cinema Festival, Poland - Stoffelina and Modderkoffie
- Manchester International Film Festival, UK - Fugitive Pieces and SA/X
- Week of Social Films Festival, Belgium - Soldiers of the Rock
- Munich, Germany Film Festival - SA/X
- Sithengi Film Festival Short Films Category - Bloedgrond, Bluegum Road, Fugitive Pieces, Sand and Culculating Love
- Shortends Film Festival London, UK - Weekend, Lefifeng Bofelong ba Lesedi, Fugitive Pieces and SA/X
- L'Alternativa Festival de Cine, Barcelona - SA/X and Fugitive Pieces
- Abuja Film Festival Nigeria - Fugitive Pieces, Bobbie and Eric, Through the Flight of Feathers, Tracks, Bittersweet
- International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Academy, China - Black Sushi
- 1st Annual SA Horror Festacular - Dark Farm
- Flickerfest International Film Festival in Sydney, Australia - Black Sushi
2006
- Right Eye Film Festival - Pinky Pinky (Best Performance - Tema Sebopedi) Elalini (Best Film, Best Director - Tristan Holmes) *Hollywood in my Huis (Best Cinematography, Best Production Design) Kilimanjaro; Bluegum Road; Bloedgrond; Ever Dark; Modder Koffie; Ongeriewe; Vimba
- Kino Film Festival, Manchester - SA/X; Fugitive Pieces
- Israel International Student Film Festival - Escudo; Sand; SA/X
- Reelworld Film Festival - Toronto - SA/X (Best International Student Film)
- Durban International Film FestivalDurban International Film FestivalThe Durban International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It is one of the oldest and largest film festival in Southern African and presents over 200 screenings celebrating the best in South African, African and...
- Elalini; Pinky Pinky; Hollywood in My Huis; Vimba; Ongeriewe - Locarno International Film FestivalLocarno International Film FestivalThe Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...
- Elalini; Pinky Pinky; Hollywood in My Huis; Vimba - Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
- Official selection: Ongeriewe - CILECT Student Academy Awards - LA - Elalini (Honourary Foreign Film Award)
- Roxbury Film FestivalRoxbury Film FestivalThe Roxbury Film Festival is an annual event held in the historic Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. RFF is co-produced by the non-profits ACT Roxbury and The Color of Film Collaborative...
- SA/X - Three Continents Film Festival - Ongeriewe