Student & Alumni Spotlights

NYFA Alumni Films at The American Pavilion
May 26, 2022

NYFA Alumni Films at The American Pavilion

May 26, 2022 Once a year, every year, the south of France becomes the premium destination for filmmakers and producers to gather at various film festivals like the Cannes Film…

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NYFA Acting for Film Alum Natasha Thahane Stars in Netflix Film
May 26, 2022

NYFA Acting for Film Alum Natasha Thahane Stars in Netflix Film

NYFA Acting for Film alum Natasha Thahane is a South African actress and model known for her work in Blood & Water, The Queen and many more prominent South African…

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NYFA Filmmaking Alum Sidney Esiri’s First Feature Film
May 16, 2022

NYFA Filmmaking Alum Sidney Esiri’s First Feature Film

NYFA Filmmaking Alum Sidney Esiri‘s journey has not been linear. Instead, it has wrapped around the Nigerian entertainment industry, health industry and military. Esiri, commonly known as Dr. Sid, is…

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Q&A with NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Alum Anna Khromova
May 10, 2022

Q&A with NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Alum Anna Khromova

The boom microphone first appeared on a film set in 1929 and since then it has been an indispensable part of audio film production. Though it looks simple, (holding a…

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Q&A with NYFA Acting Alum Danny Olabi
May 5, 2022

Q&A with NYFA Acting Alum Danny Olabi

Bobby Diggs, better known as the music artist “RZA,” is leading man to the hop hop music group Wu-Tang Clan and had been in search of a biopic that portrays…

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Q&A with NYFA Acting Alum Amanda Azevedo
April 1, 2022

Q&A with NYFA Acting Alum Amanda Azevedo

NYFA Acting for Film alum and Brazilian actress Amanda Azevedo recently starred in Netflix’s Back to 15 as Luiza, a seemingly-perfect young girl struggling with her desire to please everyone…

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NYFA ALUM LANA CONDOR STARS IN “MOONSHOT”
March 30, 2022

NYFA ALUM LANA CONDOR STARS IN “MOONSHOT”

NYFA Acting Alum Lana Condor is no stranger to rom-coms with the To All The Boys I’ve Loved trilogy sitting comfortably under her belt. Since graduating from Acting for Film at NYFA’s camps, Condor has…

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NYFA ALUM ANDOR ZAHONYI WRITES & DIRECTS FESTIVAL SCI-FI FAVORITE
March 28, 2022

NYFA ALUM ANDOR ZAHONYI WRITES & DIRECTS FESTIVAL SCI-FI FAVORITE

Since graduating from New York Film Academy, 12-Week Filmmaking Program Digital Compositor Andor Zahonyi has not stopped creating breath-taking visuals. Andor has almost 50 visual effects credits on IMDB and more than 300 TV…

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NYFA MFA ALUM MEITAL COHEN NAVARRO NOMINATED AT THE COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS
March 21, 2022

NYFA MFA ALUM MEITAL COHEN NAVARRO NOMINATED AT THE COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS

NYFA MFA Filmmaking alum Meital Cohen Navarro is an award-winning, Israeli-born narrative and documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Meital’s most recent film, Over My Dead Body, tells the story of a young Jewish…

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