A groundbreaking collaboration between two of Australia's longest-standing private institutions – the Actors College of Theatre & Television (ACTT) and the International Film School Sydney (IFSS) – AFTT is Australia's most immersive contemporary creative arts academy. A groundbreaking collaboration between two of Australia's longest-standing private institutions – the Actors College of Theatre & Television (ACTT) and the International Film School Sydney (IFSS) – AFTT is Australia's most immersive contemporary creative arts academy.
Our top-tier industry-relevant training includes cinematography, acting, stage management, live production, performance, screenwriting, directing, producing, and more. We are adaptive, innovative, and flexible, with courses designed to take full advantage of new media technology's rapid and ongoing advancements. So whatever your dream – to manage, perform, produce, direct, sing, dance, or design – the Academy of Film, Theatre & Television promises to deliver you into the heart of the industry, highly trained, experienced, and ready to impress.
For over 20 years, ACTT and IFSS have helped launch countless careers in film, television, and theatre, both in Australia and internationally. Their alliance, and the birth of the Academy of Film, Theatre & Television (AFTT) in 2016, builds on this prestige and takes it to the next level – creating a dynamic, skills-based learning environment that offers a full spectrum of creative arts disciplines.
AFTT is a broad-focused, dynamic, world-class learning environment. Our vision is long-reaching – to produce industry-ready graduates with a real-world understanding of their craft for whom employability in the industry is a realistic and attainable goal. To do that, we need to be ahead of the curve, an adaptive, innovative, and flexible learning environment with a cross-disciplinary ability to respond and think outside the square.
To succeed, graduates need practical hands-on training and one-on-one mentorship from industry professionals. Our intense and wholly immersive environment is designed to ensure AFTT excels in production-focused, professional teaching, and training in all disciplines within our multifaceted industry. Thanks to the Academy's industry conditions and the latest knowledge of our tutors, our graduates emerge with an inherent understanding of the global film, theatre, and T.V. economy and leave primed to succeed on the world stage.
The AFTT community is made up of creatively focused, like-minded individuals, drawn from current and past students, tutors, directors, consultants, and a supportive and dedicated student recruitment and administration team. Our extended friends and esteemed partners from the creative industry at large include the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), University of New England (UNE), Belvoir Street Theatre, L.A. film festival, Cannes Film Festival, Director Guild, and the Cinematographers Guild to name a few. Our industry networks are healthy and growing, and our high-value graduate productions are routinely well attended by luminaries in the business.
At AFTT, we believe in success. We believe in thinking outside the square, pushing the limits, and daring to imagine. With a highly supportive and nurturing approach, we believe in helping our students aspire to greatness, giving them the best possible foundation to become an integral part of the global film and T.V. industry.
