#WomenOfNYFA

Broadcast Journalism Alumna Wins Rio WebFest Award
December 12, 2016

Broadcast Journalism Alumna Wins Rio WebFest Award

All of us at the New York Film Academy are so proud of what Brazilian Broadcast Journalism alumna Paula Varejao has accomplished. Last week she won a prestigious Rio WebFest award….

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NYFA Alumna’s Award-Winning Doc Captures Saudi Arabian Culture
December 6, 2016

NYFA Alumna’s Award-Winning Doc Captures Saudi Arabian Culture

Coming off of her documentary short film, “Historic Jeddah,” which screened at the International Film Festival Manhattan in 2015, One Year Filmmaking Conservatory Program and the Eight-week Filmmaking Workshop alumna Jameelah Rose Lineses…

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Award-Winning NYFA Grad’s Newest Film Tackles Native Americans’ Struggle in “Mannahatta”
December 1, 2016

Award-Winning NYFA Grad’s Newest Film Tackles Native Americans’ Struggle in “Mannahatta”

Renae Maihi is a New Zealand Film Commission Grant Recipient, who attended the New York Film Academy 8-Week Filmmaking Program on a Professional Development Award. She is currently an award-winning and…

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NYFA Broadcast Journalism Grad Covers Venice Film Festival
November 29, 2016

NYFA Broadcast Journalism Grad Covers Venice Film Festival

Soon you will be seeing Hollywood stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone on NYFA News as part of a wonderful story that recent New York Film Academy Broadcast Journalism alumna Federica Polidoro…

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NYFA Acting Alumna Ingrid Vollset to Appear in “You Can’t Say No” with Peter Fonda
November 24, 2016

NYFA Acting Alumna Ingrid Vollset to Appear in “You Can’t Say No” with Peter Fonda

New York Film Academy Acting for Film alumna Ingrid Vollset was born in Los Angeles to Norwegian parents and moved back to Norway at an early age where she spent…

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A Talk with NYFA Alumna Bayan Yerimbet
November 14, 2016

A Talk with NYFA Alumna Bayan Yerimbet

NYFA alumna, Bayan Yerimbet is a well-known producer in Kazakhstan, as well as a businesswoman, wife and mother of two. She has a very creative family. She has worked on two…

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MFA Acting Grad’s Award-Winning “Treintañera”
November 3, 2016

MFA Acting Grad’s Award-Winning “Treintañera”

MFA Acting for Film alumna Tamara Bunker wrote, co-produced with NYFA alumna Adrenia Kemp, and acted in her New York Film Academy thesis film, “Treintañera.” Since completing the film, “Treintañera” has…

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NYFA Grad Kalpana Malviya’s “Made in America” to Air on Zee TV
November 2, 2016

NYFA Grad Kalpana Malviya’s “Made in America” to Air on Zee TV

Kalpana Malviya is a New York Film Academy graduate who’s been blazing a trail in new television programing. Her new show, “Made in America,” is the first English language reality…

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Photography Alumna’s Fashion Work Featured in Cosmo China and Lucy’s Magazine
October 28, 2016

Photography Alumna’s Fashion Work Featured in Cosmo China and Lucy’s Magazine

While in high school, Kimiko Chan received her first camera and quickly fell in love with capturing the details of her world. After studying painting for more than 20 years, Chan decided to attend New…

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