UPDATE: After premiering at SXSW in March 2022, ‘Sissy’ has had an extremely successful festival run. Most recently, Sissy won the “Midnight X-treme” Audience Award at Sitges and was picked up by the scary…
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NYFA MFA Filmmaking student Israa Al-Kamali decided not to bring a seat to the table but instead build a table of her own. Israa, who is of Iraqi origin, co-founded…
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NYFA Acting for Film Teen Camp alum Maisa Silva boasts an impressive 41.2 million followers on Instagram, 11.4 million on Twitter, 14 million on Facebook and 5.79 million subscribers on Youtube. All…
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MAISA SILVA presses Control + Z IRL on Netflix’s ‘Back to 15’ NYFA Acting for Film Teen Camp alum Maisa Silva boasts an impressive 41.2 million followers on Instagram, 11.4…
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Many moons ago, actors made the long-awaited move to New York City right after graduating from conservatories, BFA or MFA programs out of necessity. They’d settle into the pace of…
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~Made possible by the generous support of the Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Foundation~ Lena McKnight was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in Harlem, New York. Lena attended the New…
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NYFA Filmmaking Alum Aditya J. Patwardhan has been making waves since graduating in 2014 from our Film and Media Production program. Aditya hails from Jaipur, India and has directed an…
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NYFA BFA Acting for Film Student Rosario Amico has had the unique opportunity to work on set of A Good Cop while also completing his BFA at New York Film Academy….
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New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Screenwriting and MFA Acting for Film alum Antaneise Jasonya is an actor and writer from the south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and recently booked…
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