Academy of Film, Theatre & Television is founded on passion, adventure and creative excellence. With over 20 years of experience teaching in acting and film, the institute inspire students to be fearless in pursuit of their dreams. The highly practical courses enable students to learn their craft through creating. With actors, filmmakers and stage managers studying alongside each other, AFTT pride itself on the many collaborative opportunities that exist for students to push their creativity to its limit.
AFTT students benefit from the range and depth of industry experiences its tutors bring to their teaching, as they are all respected working professionals. The institute's teaching programs integrate internationally recognized and well-renowned performance techniques, the Eric Morris system, Meyerhold BioMechanics, with a hands-on collaborative approach that sees film students holding a camera and acting students on the stage from Day One.
AFTT offers industry recognized training in all areas of the filmmaking, theatre and TV world, from singing and dancing on stage to acting for a television mini-series, from rigging lights to designing sound, interpreting a Director's cinematic vision on screen to editing and post production on a high end commercial and everything in between. It teaches students to be highly adaptable, experienced and exceptionally skilled to address a broad range of opportunities in these growing industries.
Academy of Film, Theatre & Television's Holt Street campus is located in the heart of inner city Sydney, in Surry Hills. As an advanced-design campus AFTT offer all the equipment and facilities to students that they would expect from a leading creative arts Academy. The campus includes five theatres/ screening spaces with HD projection and surround sound, computer labs, production labs, production offices and rehearsal spaces. AFTT has a dedicated foley and audio recording room directly linked to Audio Suite, and an open studio sound-stage space with green screen infinity wall for camera exercises and set-building.