Community Highlights

Matt Kohnen Wins Best Director at LA Indie Festival
March 17, 2016

Matt Kohnen Wins Best Director at LA Indie Festival

Most of us aren’t too fond of attending funerals, but in the case of New York Film Academy instructor Matt Kohnen’s film, The Funeral Guest, the main character, Emily, feels…

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NYFA Hosts Exclusive Screening of “The Unknowns”
March 15, 2016

NYFA Hosts Exclusive Screening of “The Unknowns”

Last week, the New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts (NYFA) Veterans Services department held an exclusive screening of the documentary “The Unknowns” in collaboration with the…

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NYFA Veterans Support NYC Military Office of Veterans Affairs
March 10, 2016

NYFA Veterans Support NYC Military Office of Veterans Affairs

Veteran students from the New York Film Academy (NYFA) were again invited to film New York City’s Veteran Advisory Board (VAB) quarterly meetings, the first of 2016, by the Mayor’s…

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NYFA Industry Lab Films Latrice Royale’s Music Video
March 8, 2016

NYFA Industry Lab Films Latrice Royale’s Music Video

California native, Latrice Royale, an American drag performer and reality television personality, best known for her appearances in RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 4), RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, and RuPaul’s…

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NYFA Veteran MFA Student Joins We Are the Mighty
March 7, 2016

NYFA Veteran MFA Student Joins We Are the Mighty

Daniel Smith, a U.S. veteran, is a producing student at the New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts (NYFA) who recently started interning with the organization We Are the Mighty’s…

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Adventures on the Big Screen Series at Los Angeles Campus
March 4, 2016

Adventures on the Big Screen Series at Los Angeles Campus

Has this happened to you? You’re in a class, and the instructor asks, who has seen… and then they name some “classic” film. You’ve never seen it, but maybe you’ve heard…

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NYFA South Beach Introduces The Movement Club
March 3, 2016

NYFA South Beach Introduces The Movement Club

Founded at the New York Film Academy South Beach, The Movement Club is an outreach organization of students whose purpose is to spread light through the “healing art of acting.” Their…

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NYFA Veterans Movie Night: “Everest”
March 3, 2016

NYFA Veterans Movie Night: “Everest”

It’s a Friday night, and the smell of pizza fills the corridors of the fourth floor at the New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts (NYFA) Los…

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NYFA Australia Sydney’s Ben Osmo Wins Oscar for Best Sound Mixing
February 29, 2016

NYFA Australia Sydney’s Ben Osmo Wins Oscar for Best Sound Mixing

Coming in with a “technical” knockout in last night’s 88th Academy Awards was Mad Max: Fury Road, winning six behind-the-scenes Oscars. The groundbreaking visuals and sound from the production paved the way…

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