Student & Alumni Spotlights

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) FILMMAKING ALUM GABRIELE FABBRO’S ‘THE GRAND BOLERO’ SELECTED FOR 2021 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
October 21, 2021

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) FILMMAKING ALUM GABRIELE FABBRO’S ‘THE GRAND BOLERO’ SELECTED FOR 2021 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL

New York Film Academy (NYFA) filmmaking alum Gabriele Fabbro’s latest feature-length film, The Grand Bolero (2021) is an official selection of the 2021 Austin Film Festival. The film was nominated for “best narrative feature…

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Q&A With MFA Filmmaking Alum Apoorv Arora on Life After NYFA and Recent Work
October 12, 2021

Q&A With MFA Filmmaking Alum Apoorv Arora on Life After NYFA and Recent Work

Filmmaking alum Apoorv Arora has been busy since graduating from NYFA Los Angeles’ MFA Filmmaking Program in 2018. He has gone on to direct and produce a number of projects…

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Filmmaking Alum Jameelah Rose Lineses Discusses The Khatak Film Society
October 7, 2021

Filmmaking Alum Jameelah Rose Lineses Discusses The Khatak Film Society

Jameelah Rose Lineses, a New York Film Academy (NYFA)  1-Year Filmmaking alum spoke with us about her recent work founding the film organization Khatak Film Society.  Founded in 2020 and…

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NYFA Student Israa Al-Kamali Produces 2nd Annual Independent Iraqi Film Festival
September 30, 2021

NYFA Student Israa Al-Kamali Produces 2nd Annual Independent Iraqi Film Festival

NYFA Filmmaking student Israa Al-Kamali is co-founder of the Independent Iraqi Film Festival (IIFF) which is now celebrating its second year with a series of screenings of Iraqi-based films. The…

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NYFA Acting for Film Alum Anatolii Panchenko Stars in ‘Infiniti’ and ‘OnePlus Nord 2 5G: Origins’
September 22, 2021

NYFA Acting for Film Alum Anatolii Panchenko Stars in ‘Infiniti’ and ‘OnePlus Nord 2 5G: Origins’

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Acting for Film alum Anatolii Panchenko (Анатолий Панченко) has been cast in a Canal+ mini-series, Infiniti, which began filming in March of this year.  Directed…

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NYFA Alum Galo Semblantes Directs ‘The Legend of Tayos’
September 17, 2021

NYFA Alum Galo Semblantes Directs ‘The Legend of Tayos’

New York Film Academy MFA Filmmaking alum, Galo Semblantes directs a recent film, The Legend of Tayos (2021), which follows the story of Janos Moricz, a Hungarian explorer who finds…

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NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) SCREENWRITING ALUM MOHAMED DIAB SCREENS FILM AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
September 3, 2021

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) SCREENWRITING ALUM MOHAMED DIAB SCREENS FILM AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting alum Mohamed Diab screens his latest film, Amira, at this year’s 78th Venice Film Festival. Writer Mohamed Diab attended NYFA’s 1-year screenwriting program in 2005. The Egyptian filmmaker…

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7th Annual Nordic International Film Festival Partners with NYFA for Workshop Scholarship
August 23, 2021

7th Annual Nordic International Film Festival Partners with NYFA for Workshop Scholarship

The largest Nordic film festival outside of Europe takes the stage in its seventh year to showcase the power of international film. The 7th Nordic International Film Festival (NIFF) will…

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NYFA Alum Bob Ahmed’s ‘Tikkun Olam’ Tackles Homelessness with Humanity in Award-Winning Short
August 11, 2021

NYFA Alum Bob Ahmed’s ‘Tikkun Olam’ Tackles Homelessness with Humanity in Award-Winning Short

Bob Ahmed opens his interview at the 2021 SEEMA Summit with a translation from a poem written by a famous Indian poet, Mirza Ghalib: “To be human is easy, but…

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