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NYFA Collaborates With Prestigious Saudi Festival Hakaya Misk in Riyadh
The New York Film Academy has played an active role by offering workshops and training through a collaboration with the prestigious youth arts festival of Hakaya Misk, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. NYFA is...
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Mid-August Updates From the NYFA Broadcast Journalism School
In journalism, we always try to “get ahead of the story.” That is, not just report what has already happened but also cover what may well happen next. TVNewser had a great feature recently on how ABC...
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NYFA+RED Audience Award
What is the NYFA+RED Competition? New York Film Academy (NYFA) in partnership with RED affords NYFA students the unique opportunity to showcase some of their best work and win amazing prizes. We asked...
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A Q&A at NYFA Los Angeles With Disney Head of Animation Amy Lawson Smeed
This August, Head of Animation for Walt Disney Studios Amy Lawson Smeed gave a rousing Q and A at the Los Angeles campus of the New York Film Academy, after a screening of her latest work “Moana.”...
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NYFA Acting Instructor’s “The Good Catholic” Distributed by Broadgreen...
This September, New York Film Academy Instructors Zachary Spicer and John Robert Armstrong’s independent feature “The Good Catholic” will release in more than 20 cities across the U.S. and 15 countries...
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NYFA Photography Department Hosts Giant Artists Guest Lecture Series
Early this August, Jennifer Jenkins from Giant Artists gave the first of three lectures for the New York Film Academy Photography Department’s summer series. In attendance were students interested in...
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NYFA Acting for Film Alumnus Hayden Szeto Visits Los Angeles Campus as Guest...
On Tuesday, August 15 New York Film Academy alumnus Hayden Szeto returned to the Los Angeles campus to share his latest hit “The Edge of Seventeen.” Q and A Series Director Tova Laiter hosted the...
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VR and AR Crash Course with pioneering developer and NYFA instructor, Aaron...
NYFA instructor, Aaron Pulkka is a pioneer in the virtual reality and augmented reality having created groundbreaking projects going back to his days creating Aladdin’s Magic Carpet Ride as a Disney...
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NLGJA’s Excellence in Documentary Award Winner is “Romeo Romeo” by NYFA’s...
The prestigious Excellence in Documentary Award by the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association (NLGJA) has been awarded to “Romeo, Romeo,” a documentary feature directed by New York Film...
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NYFA Power Couple Haik Gazarian & Valentina Rendón Share Their Success Story
At the New York Film Academy, it is not uncommon to see actors and directors who have already made great strides in their career seek a focused short-term learning experience in order to brush up on a...
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NYFA Acting for Film Alumna Samantha Hamadeh Hosts Comedy Central Arabia’s...
In 2010 Samantha Hamadeh graduated from the One Year Acting Program at New York Film Academy. Her 3.9 GPA should have tipped everyone off that she was headed toward great things. In just a few years...
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NYFA Student Documentarian Braulio Jatar Interviewed by VICE on Resistance in...
Photo by Braulio Jatar There are many ways students can spend their breaks from school, but Braulio Jatar took a leave of absence from his studies in the 1-Year Documentary Filmmaking Program at the...
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NYFA Broadcast Journalism School Weekly Updates Aug. 21
Those of you who are especially observant — and I am sure that includes all NYFA Broadcast Journalism graduates — may have noticed that this edition of the Weekly Update arrived quite late on Monday....
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NYFA Alumnus Dr. Mukesh Hariawala’s Journey from Heart Surgeon to Bollywood...
While many adults around the world return to school to change careers, you don’t often hear about heart surgeons who decide to leave medicine to pursue acting — and then go on to find success in one of...
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NYFA Los Angeles holds Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day at LACMA
Recently, the New York Film Academy Los Angeles’ faculty and staff were treated to a day at one of LA’s premiere museums: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Sponsored by the Faculty Senate,...
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NYFA Acting for Film Alumna Esther Van Zyl Stars in “Life After Her”
From South Africa to New York to the Madrid International Film Festival to promote “Life After Her,” it’s been a busy year for NYFA Acting for Film alumna Esther Van Zyl — and she shows no signs of...
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NYFA Screenwriting & Filmmaking Alumna Jaclyn S. Powell Finalist at NY Film &...
New York Film Academy screenwriting and filmmaking alumna Jaclyn S. Powell adventured through previous careers as a ski instructor and a paralegal before making the decision to return to school at the...
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Brandii Grace Discusses Inclusiveness in Video Games
Brandii Grace is a game designer, writer, producer, programmer, educator and general pioneer of the gaming industry. She was also the Chair of the LA chapter of the International Game Developers...
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NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Alumna Andrea Blake is Associate Producer for...
“Between Oil and Water” is the latest VICE on HBO piece to benefit from the inestimable talents of New York Film Academy Documentary Filmmaking grad and associate producer Andrea Blake. Along with VICE...
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NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Master Class Professor Jeremy Xido’s Film...
New York Film Academy Documentary Filmmaking master class professor Jeremy Xido’s newest documentary “The Angola Project: Detroit” was selected for this year’s Spotlight on Documentary at IFP Week in...
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