Student & Alumni Spotlights

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Celebrates LGBTQIA+ Community
June 12, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Celebrates LGBTQIA+ Community

Each year, LGBT Pride Month is celebrated throughout June, originally to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Pride Month has since expanded to honoring the LGBTQIA+ community in countless ways, including…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Alum Bob Nguyen Wins Cinematographer of the Year & Best Feature Film at the Australian Cinematographers Society Awards
June 10, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Alum Bob Nguyen Wins Cinematographer of the Year & Best Feature Film at the Australian Cinematographers Society Awards

Song Lang, the highly lauded Vietnamese feature film, picked up two major prizes at the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards—Best Feature Film and 2019 Cinematographer of the Year—adding two more…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Photography Showcases Graduate Work
June 7, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Photography Showcases Graduate Work

May was a month of bittersweet endings as New York Film Academy (NYFA) said goodbye to both a class of BFA Photography students as well as the 1-year Conservatory class….

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Broadcast Journalism Update – June 5, 2019
June 5, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Broadcast Journalism Update – June 5, 2019

Three years ago, New York Film Academy (NYFA) Broadcast Journalism students Alisa Arvind and Urvashi Ward made history. They became fully credentialed White House reporters—not “student reporters,” but full-fledged reporters, just like the folks…

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South African New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alumni Meet Up at Inaugural Events
June 3, 2019

South African New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alumni Meet Up at Inaugural Events

This May, New York Film Academy (NYFA) hosted inaugural South African NYFA alumni events in Johannesburg and Cape Town. This was a fantastic opportunity for NYFA’s South African alumni to…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Graphic Design Graduates Reflect On Their School Year
May 29, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Graphic Design Graduates Reflect On Their School Year

The Graphic Design School at New York Film Academy (NYFA) is committed to imparting the expertise and experience necessary to develop the next generation of well-trained and successful designers. Students…

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Q&A with New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting Alum Maria Minguez
May 28, 2019

Q&A with New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting Alum Maria Minguez

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting Alum Maria Minguez started out as a 2nd AD and assistant director in her home country of Spain, but her true passion was writing…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Documentary Filmmaking Student Drama Del Rosario In Doc Edge Pride Festival
May 28, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Documentary Filmmaking Student Drama Del Rosario In Doc Edge Pride Festival

In This Family, the BAFTA-shortlisted documentary film by New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Documentary Filmmaking student Drama Del Rosario is now an Official Selection of the Doc Edge Pride…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Alum Cristian Prieto Takes His Talents to Australia
May 24, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Alum Cristian Prieto Takes His Talents to Australia

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Alum Cristian Prieto and his wife have moved to Byron Bay, a coastal town in Australia that is a hot spot home and vacation…

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