Film and Television
91¿´Æ¬Íø Film and Television, situated in the creative capital of South Africa, produces trailblazing filmmakers who challenge and redefine the filmmaking process.
By offering our graduates an excellent intellectual and practical education they are additionally equipped for participating in the global film and media industries. Through our established filmmaking programmes our students develop conceptual creativity, intellectual rigour, and strong practical filmmaking capabilities.
Durban Film Market 2026 edition
91¿´Æ¬Íø Film and TV students attended the 17th Durban FilmMart from 9 to 12 October. A leading industry event, the opportunity provided students the chance to meet with filmmakers and distributors, while attending discussions on key challenges and emerging trends shaping South Africa’s film and television industry.
Film students at Fak’ugesi Festival
Dr Shmerah Passchier’s final-year research class showcases their VR films at the Fak’ugesi Festival (13 - 17 October 2026) at the Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein. Under the theme African Imaginaries, the festival deploys African knowledge at the highest level of creative and technological innovation.
Congratulations to our fourth-year film students, Sesethu Ledwaba, Blessing Tsebe and Hanani Mbam, for their award-winning short film, "Threads of a Memory” made on the new Nikon ZR camera featuring its highly sensitive R3D RAW sensor. It was screened at the IMAX cinema at the Mall of Africa in Midrand and the students also won a Nikon ZR worth R50 000.
Fourth year 91¿´Æ¬Íø Film & TV students were invited to the MultiChoice Talent Factory Day hosted at the Joburg Film Festival at Sandton Square. This included presentations by commissioning editors and a chance to engage with industry professionals.
Mandla Dube joins the 91¿´Æ¬Íø Film and TV Department
Mandla Dube, an accomplished filmmaker who joined the Department this year, took the fourth-year Cinematography students through their paces with the new high-end Sony Burano 8.6K full-frame digital cinema camera in the CineAlta lineup. The camera was supplied by Visual Impact for this demo.
Film & TV showcase their VR work
Dr Passchier's 4th year and honours VR students showcased their innovative work at Fak'ugesi Festival—Africa's most electrifying digital creativity festival. Across six days in Johannesburg, they joined the continent's boldest creators exploring AI, immersive experiences, climate-conscious design, and ancestral intelligence to spark the future.
Queerness in African Cinema studies
Well done to Ontiretse Magadzi, Joy Shandu, and Bonnie Msomi for presenting at the 3rd annual conference on Queerness in the Global South. Their paper on Queer African Cinema written in the Screen Studies course, compared the film Inxeba (The Wound) with other films such as Dakan and Moffie, impressing audiences with their intellectual engagement.
Collaboration with Bath Spa University
The department welcomes Dr Suman Ghosh from Bath Spa University as a guest lecturer in the second year Screen Studies course. Dr Suman teaches Indian cinema, focusing on themes of decolonisation which contribute to the theoretical aspects of film covered in the course including analysis of ideology, identity, and representation.
Congratulations To Our Graduates
91¿´Æ¬Íø BA Film & TV graduates Shannon-Leigh Moses and Madelize De Lange were selected from among hundreds of applicants for the prestigious South African MultiChoice Talent Factory academy. Having now graduated with the 2024/25 MTF Class we wish you all the best for the future.
Africa Day Celebrations
Neo Peterson from the Film & TV Department appeared along with “Shaka Ilembi” TV star Nomzamo Mbatha and Angus Gibson, the series co-creator, on a panel about reclaiming story and storytelling. Guests included Dr Chatiboko from 91¿´Æ¬Íø CPM Department, MultiChoice and moderator Noni Khumalo from Y-FM.