Community Highlights

NYFA Screenwriting Alumnus Jon Mann’s “Wolfville” Selected for National Screen Institute 2017’s Totally Television Program
August 28, 2017

NYFA Screenwriting Alumnus Jon Mann’s “Wolfville” Selected for National Screen Institute 2017’s Totally Television Program

NYFA Screenwriting alumni and New Brunswick, Canada native Jon Mann was recently accepted along with producing partner Rob Ramsay into the National Screen Institute (NSI) 2017 Totally Television program. Mann’s…

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NYFA at IFP Week: Faculty Panel, Student and Alumni Discounts, and More
August 28, 2017

NYFA at IFP Week: Faculty Panel, Student and Alumni Discounts, and More

The New York Film Academy is proud to be a sponsor of upcoming top industry gathering IFP Week, in Brooklyn from Sept. 17-21. This year, NYFA faculty will be represented…

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NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Master Class Professor Jeremy Xido’s Film Selected for Spotlight on Documentary at IFP Week
August 25, 2017

NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Master Class Professor Jeremy Xido’s Film Selected for Spotlight on Documentary at IFP Week

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 September….

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NYFA Gold Coast May ’17 Actors Shine in Mid-Year Performance
August 25, 2017

NYFA Gold Coast May ’17 Actors Shine in Mid-Year Performance

This August, New York Film Academy Gold Coast Campus held the May 2017 Acting for Film mid-year performance showcase. As a part of the New York Film Academy Australia’s commitment…

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NYFA Los Angeles holds Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day at LACMA
August 23, 2017

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)….

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NYFA Broadcast Journalism School Weekly Updates Aug. 21
August 22, 2017

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…

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NYFA Alumnus Dr. Mukesh Hariawala’s Journey from Heart Surgeon to Bollywood Actor
August 22, 2017

NYFA Alumnus Dr. Mukesh Hariawala’s Journey from Heart Surgeon to Bollywood Actor

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…

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VR and AR Crash Course with pioneering developer and NYFA instructor, Aaron Pulkka
August 18, 2017

VR and AR Crash Course with pioneering developer and NYFA instructor, Aaron Pulkka

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…

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NLGJA’s Excellence in Documentary Award Winner is “Romeo Romeo” by NYFA’s Lizzie Gottlieb
August 18, 2017

NLGJA’s Excellence in Documentary Award Winner is “Romeo Romeo” by NYFA’s Lizzie Gottlieb

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 Academy…

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