Community Highlights

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Community Outreach Partners with Actors for Autism
July 26, 2018

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Community Outreach Partners with Actors for Autism

The New York Film Academy-Los Angeles recently partnered with Actors for Autism (AFA), providing “hands-on,” college-level filmmaking courses as an extension of the AFA filmmaking program where students write, shoot…

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Documentarian Amy Rice Presents “By The People” to New York Film Academy Students
July 26, 2018

Documentarian Amy Rice Presents “By The People” to New York Film Academy Students

This July, the New York Film Academy (NYFA) Producing and Documentary Filmmaking departments presented a screening of By the People: The Election of Barack Obama followed by a Q&A with director…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alumni Premiere Films at LA Shorts Fest
July 25, 2018

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alumni Premiere Films at LA Shorts Fest

What do New York Film Academy (NYFA) alumni Assem Yedgey, Dina Naji, and Zixian (Season) Ouyang have in common?  They all have thesis films premiering at the Los Angeles International Shorts…

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Five New York Film Academy Los Angeles Students Selected as Finalists in LA Live Score Film Festival
July 17, 2018

Five New York Film Academy Los Angeles Students Selected as Finalists in LA Live Score Film Festival

Whether a director is choosing a song to play in an onscreen location or adding a composed score to the soundtrack to punctuate an emotion, music is a key element…

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Summer Post-Production, Dateline NBC, and NBC News With New York Film Academy Broadcast Journalism School
July 16, 2018

Summer Post-Production, Dateline NBC, and NBC News With New York Film Academy Broadcast Journalism School

In the previous update, you got to see the New York Film Academy (NYFA) Broadcast Journalism summer students out in the field shooting … but following “production,” there is “post-production.”…

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Summer Brings Another New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Workshop to Beijing

July 16, 2018

Summer Brings Another New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Workshop to Beijing


On July 8, 2018, New York Film Academy (NYFA) began its eighth hands-on-workshop in Beijing, China. The 4-Week Filmmaking Workshop runs throughout July, and finishes on August 4th. The classes…

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NYFA Alumni (& Brothers) Maan & Talha Bin Abdulrahman Are Saudi Film Trailblazers
July 13, 2018

NYFA Alumni (& Brothers) Maan & Talha Bin Abdulrahman Are Saudi Film Trailblazers

Five of the nine films premiered by Saudi Arabia at Cannes this year featured the work of NYFA students and alumni, including brothers and fellow BFA Filmmaking graduates Maan Bin…

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Eurasia International Film Festival (EIFF) Welcomes the New York Film Academy
July 13, 2018

Eurasia International Film Festival (EIFF) Welcomes the New York Film Academy

The New York Film Academy (NYFA) was honored to participate in the Eurasia International Film Festival this July in Astana, Kazakhstan, as a VIP guest on the red carpet and…

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Broadcast Journalism Summer School, Wind Summer Festival, and Invisible Love From the New York Film Academy
July 9, 2018

Broadcast Journalism Summer School, Wind Summer Festival, and Invisible Love From the New York Film Academy

Summer is well underway here in New York City, and that means the NYFA Broadcast Journalism Summer Session is in full swing too. Once again this year, we have students…

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