AFDA is a full member of CILECT (Centre International de Liaison de Ecoles de Cinema de Television), the most prestigious and formal governed institutions of film & television schools in the world. It's membership includes the likes of Columbia Film School, USC Loyola, Merymount, New York Tisch School of the Arts, AFTRS (Australia), the National Film School UK, but to name a few of its total body of approximately 300 film schools in the world today.

CILECT offers AFDA an international network of reciprocation, knowledge sharing, access to lecturers and the potential to create global cultural projects between the various film schools.

CILECT meets every 2 years to debate, network, resolve issues and to present and receive the latest trends and developments in the film industry & film schools.

This year's conference was held in Beijing when AFDA Executives, Bata Passchier and Garth Holmes attended their 3rd CILECT Congress.