AFDA Graduation Festival
Venue: AFDA Port Elizabeth campus
Dates: 19/11/2019 to 23/11/2019
Times: 1pm to 10pm
Over the last 25 years AFDA students in their final year of their Undergraduate or Postgraduate degrees showcase their work at the AFDA Graduation Festival which takes place in November every year. This annual festival is a multi-faceted and multi-medium event, which is hosted in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth in various cinema, theatre and studio venues.
In 2018 the Graduation Festival showcased over 125 productions from the respective AFDA campuses. These included 70 live action short films, 4 animation films, 8 documentary films, 12 telenovela pilots, 9 theatre plays and 21 live music performance shows (EP releases). 21 of the best live action, documentary and telenovela pilots were selected by AFDA participate in an international festival run resulting in the films been screened all over the globe as well as locally. Even more productions and outcomes are anticipated with this year’s festival.
“The annual AFDA Graduation Festival is an important platform for our final year Undergraduate and Postgraduate students to showcase the final practical outcome of their qualification. This outcome is the culmination of their learning journey at AFDA and finding their voice as young creatives. The content the AFDA graduates create is culturally relevant and engaging content for their chosen target markets. Many meaningful industry collaborations and connections have resulted from our Graduation Festival in previous years, creating opportunities for AFDA students as well as industry and media stakeholders alike.” says AFDA CEO Teresa Passchier.
Previous graduation film productions have been hugely successful. These include the film ‘Elalini’, directed by Tristan Holmes, which won the Best Foreign Student Film Oscar in 2006, ‘Kanye Kanye’ which won over 20 best short film awards worldwide, and was a finalist for the Oscars and Cannes in 2012. ‘Die Windpomp’ and “Hollywood in my Huis” which were initially AFDA student films and later developed into feature films. AFDA student films have also won 8 SAFTA’s in the “Best Student Film” category. This year also saw 16 AFDA graduation films selected by Showmax and AFDA to stream live on Showmax.
Venue Details & Map
AFDA Port Elizabeth campus
Physical Address: 28 BIRD STREET CENTRAL 6006, PORT ELIZABETHTelephone: +27(0)+27 (0) 41 582 1266 Email: pecampus@afda.co.za Website: http://www.afda.co.za Latitude: -33.961586 Longitude: 25.610161