In film school, students learn about the key aspects of movie making. Topics of study include producing, directing, art direction, cinematography, screenwriting, postproduction work and sound. Film school students can earn undergrad and graduate degrees in film, cinema studies, media studies or cinema production.
There are several Film Schools in South Africa. Below are some of the most popular film schools in South Africa.
Career Opportunities
- Director
- Editor
- Film-Maker
- Producer
- Writer
List Of Film Schools In South Africa
AFDA The South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance – Cape Town
AFDA The South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance – Jo’burg
Apeiro Film Training Academy
Auteur School of Independent Filmmaking (Cape Town, Western Cape)
AVEA (Johannesburg)
Beyond Borders Film School (Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape)
Black Leopard Film Campus (nr Lydenburg, Mpumalanga)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Cape Town, Western Province)
CityVarsity (Cape Town, Western Cape)
Dadla Art and Media (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
Dreamboy Rural Mobile Digital Film School (Thohoyandou, Limpopo)
Dunamis Creative Arts School (Germiston, Gauteng)
Durban Institute of Technology (Durban, Kwazulu Natal)
Dynamic Creative Arts School (Germiston, Gautenge)
Dzhatsha Films Academy (Thohoyandou, Limpopo)
FSA College (Somerset West, Western Cape)
Jintek Media Institute (Pretoria, Gauteng)
Movietech Film & Television College (Durban, Kwazulu Natal)
Mpumalanga Creative Academy (Belfast, Mpumalanga)
Natal Technikon (Durban, Kwazulu Natal)
National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
New York City College (Witbank, Mpumalanga)
Newtown Film & Video School (Newtown)
Peninsula Technikon (Belville)
Potchefstroom University (Potchefstroom, Limpopo)
Reel Edge Film Academy (Johannesburg, gauteng)
Rhodes University (Grahamstown, Eastern Cape)
Scrawl (Johannesburg)
Technikon Natal (Durban)
Technikon Pretoria (Pretoria, Pretoria)
The Excellent Film School (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria)
University of Cape Town (Western Cape)
University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg)
Walter Sisulu University for Technology (East London, Eastern Cape)
Wildlife Film Academy
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