The AFDA student film Elalini has been selected by the Academy membership as the winning film in the 33rd Annual Student Academy Awards Honorary Foreign Film category. The news was received via an official letter from the Academy. The film is about Nomakaya (Ayanda Sithole), a disillusioned policewoman, haunted by the memory of a boy's death, who must decide between the city and her rural home when the protection of her own child (Kagiso Kuypers) is placed under threat. Her traditionalist father (Jabulani Makhubu), now too weak to look after him, journeys the long distance to Johannesburg to convince her to return. It is through a broken and lost street child, Moses (Motlatsi Mafatshe), that she is able to find the strength in herself to forgive, and resume her responsibilities as a mother. "Elalini" joins the ranks of phenomenal indigenous films like "Yesterday" (a nominee) and "Tsotsi" (a winner) that have carried the South African flag in the international world film industry. AFDA is one of the leading outcomes-based degree institutions of its kind in the world and is listed by the Council on Higher Education as one of the top six Private tertiary institutions in South Africa. Over the last 10 years AFDA has become a South African institution of international reputation and excellence and is the only film and drama school in this country that is a full member of the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT).