Student & Alumni Spotlights

Robert Thorpe Wins Audience Choice Award for Best Director
November 26, 2014

Robert Thorpe Wins Audience Choice Award for Best Director

As a proud supporter of the GI Bill, the New York Film Academy was the perfect fit for military veteran and former student, Robert Thorpe. Robert came out of the…

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Producing an Award-Winning Film on a Budget
November 24, 2014

Producing an Award-Winning Film on a Budget

One of the more celebrated thesis films from the New York Film Academy was Andrey Trevgoda‘s, The Bicycle. The short film, which was beautifully shot, screened at a number of film festivals around…

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Watch MFA Filmmaking Grad’s Award-Winning Film
November 17, 2014

Watch MFA Filmmaking Grad’s Award-Winning Film

MFA Filmmaking graduate Farah Fuad ALHashem has been making waves with her short film, Seven Hours. The film won two awards at the Women’s Independent Film Festival in Santa Monica — one…

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NYFA Teams Up with R&B Star Banky W.
November 14, 2014

NYFA Teams Up with R&B Star Banky W.

  The New York Film Academy has recently collaborated with R&B sensation, Banky W, on his latest music video for the upcoming single, “Unborn Child” featuring hip hop artist, Lynxxx….

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Award-Winning Commercial Filmmaker Transitions to Feature Film
November 11, 2014

Award-Winning Commercial Filmmaker Transitions to Feature Film

With years of success in the commercial directing world, including a “best advertising” award at the Garden State Film Festival for the commercial Flanm by Coca-Cola and several awards for…

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NYFA Abu Dhabi Graduate Shortlisted for $100,000 Prize
November 6, 2014

NYFA Abu Dhabi Graduate Shortlisted for $100,000 Prize

Swiss luxury watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen and the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have announced the three shortlisted projects in the line-up for the $100,000 prize for the third annual…

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Documentary to Raise Awareness About Sex Trade in Banchara Community
October 30, 2014

Documentary to Raise Awareness About Sex Trade in Banchara Community

Former New York Film Academy Filmmaking student, Atin Mehra, is currently in the final stages of an ambitious and worthwhile documentary, Bulbul: Song of the Nightingale. Now in its editing…

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Actor Ronen Rubinstein Returns to His Alma Mater
October 23, 2014

Actor Ronen Rubinstein Returns to His Alma Mater

New York Film Academy Acting for Film graduate Ronen Rubinstein has come out of the gates running. Since graduating from NYFA, he’s appeared in a few features, including It Felt Like Love,…

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Love and Business Blossom at NYFA
October 22, 2014

Love and Business Blossom at NYFA

After working post-production in New York City and Los Angeles for five years on projects like Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New York Film Academy graduates, Helena Hilario (Producing)…

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