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Youth Month

#YouthMonth: SA’s Young Lions winners – “Our strength is our South Africanness”

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2025

Source: © PRCA Young Lions TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Young Lions TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2025

These are the 2024 winners of the competition. Source: Supplied.

Film & Cinematography

Short films, big dreams: Canex Shorts competition calls for entries

13 May 2025

Film & Cinematography

48 Hour International Film Project returns with a goal to make 100 films in one weekend

4 Sep 2024

Film

Joburg Film Festival celebrates storytelling

5 Mar 2024

Cannes Lions

7 insights from #Cannes2023

Cesar Vacchiano 8 Aug 2023

Higher Education

Afda students take all 3 podium places at The South African Student Film Competition 2023

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 11 Jul 2023

Cannes Lions

Nigeria's Cannes 2023 Young Lions & Roger Hatchuel Student Academy qualifiers

6 Apr 2023

Image supplied. The Young Lions competition finds the country’s leading young creative talent for an opportunity to showcase local excellence on the global stage

Cannes Lions

Registrations now open for Cannes Young Lions 2023

22 Mar 2023

Film & Cinematography

Joburg Film Festival opens registrations for youth programme

21 Sep 2022

Cannes Lions

Concept and Craft: the key to winning work

Danette Breitenbach 4 Jul 2022

Source: © Freight News https://www.freightnews.co.za/ Freight News]] Sa and Kenya won Gold at the Cannes Loins 2022

Cannes Lions

Cannes Lions 2022: It's a wrap as SA Young Lions win Bronze

27 Jun 2022

Cannes Lions

Registrations open for Cannes Young Lions

29 Mar 2022

Higher Education

Afda alumnus Walter Mzengi wins Netflix X Unesco 'African Folktales, Reimagined' Short Film Competition

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 18 Mar 2022

Image supplied: The winners of the African Folktales, Reimagined’ film competition.

Film & Cinematography

Netflix and Unesco announce film competition winners

15 Mar 2022

Film & Cinematography

Emerging African filmmakers shortlisted for 'African Folktales, Reimagined'

1 Feb 2022

Film & Cinematography

Netflix-Unesco extends deadline for 'African Folktales, Reimagined' competition

17 Nov 2021

Higher Education

Afda community play key role in Oscar-winning student film

Earle Holmes, Issued by AFDA 4 Nov 2021

Film & Cinematography

Phumi Morare wins Gold at Student Academy Awards 2021

22 Oct 2021

Streaming

The Netflix and Unesco competition kicks off in sub-Saharan Africa

14 Oct 2021

Film & Cinematography

Netflix and Unesco launch short film competition for African filmmakers

14 Oct 2021

Higher Education

3 Afda 2020 graduation films in race for the Oscar

Issued by Afda 26 Apr 2021

Film

Where to catch the outdoor and online 2020 Wavescape Surf and Ocean Fest

6 Nov 2020

Film

SA filmmaker selected as a finalist in 2020 Africa in Motion Short Film Competition

23 Oct 2020

Film

2 SA short films selected in African Women in the Time of Covid-19 Short Film Competition

2 Jul 2020

Cannes Lions

Registration open for 2020 Cannes Young Lions Film competition

25 Feb 2020

Film & Cinematography

South African short film wins Audience Award for iamAfrica competition

7 Feb 2020

Streaming

6 of the best: South African highlights on Showmax this November

Issued by Showmax 26 Nov 2019

Production

#StartupStory: Toasting film-making success with Breadbin Productions

Leigh Andrews 31 Oct 2019

Film

AFDA students and alumni set to take Silwerskermfees 2019 by storm

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 8 Aug 2019

Film & Cinematography

Botswana wildlife film wins three awards at New York Cinematography Awards

21 Jun 2019

Higher Education

3 AFDA films selected as candidates for the student Oscars

Issued by Afda 1 Apr 2019

Founder Robert Redford at the Sundance Film Festival.

Film & Cinematography

SundanceTV is launching second Short Film Competition in SA

12 Mar 2019

Education

Opportunities for scriptwriters, digital content creators

19 Nov 2018

Film & Cinematography

Africa in Motion announces finalists for short film competition

27 Sep 2018

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2018: Don't underestimate how big and life-changing this opportunity is

Juanita Pienaar 31 Jul 2018

Film & Cinematography

CTIFMF, Snake Nation, YomYomF is calling on talented South African filmmakers

19 Jul 2018

Higher Education

AFDA films selected as candidates for Student Oscars

Issued by Afda 3 Jul 2018

Film

Nosipho Dumisa on her breakout film Nommer 37

Daniel Dercksen 31 May 2018

Film

Q&A with Meerkat Maantuig writer/director Hanneke Schutte

Daniel Dercksen 14 Mar 2018

Education

AFDA keeps going international

Issued by Afda 19 Feb 2009

Film & Cinematography

Winner of AIM film competition

17 Nov 2017

New York Festivals TV & Film Awards has announced the 2018 grand jury

9 Nov 2017

Film & Cinematography

Young African filmmaking talent showcased at festival

13 Sep 2017

You hired them, now trust them to get the job done. JR Bale © –

CRM, CX, UX

#CEMAfrica2017: Your employees are always on - now TRUST THEM

Leigh Andrews 17 Aug 2017

Motheo Matsau, chief of marketing and sales at Ster-Kinekor.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2017: Cinemark brings SA all the creative magic

Leigh Andrews 14 Jun 2017

Film & Cinematography

Adventurous filmographers can enter Cape Union Mart Adventure Film Challenge

2 Jun 2017

Film & Cinematography

African short films sought for festival

11 May 2017

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