Student & Alumni Spotlights

NYFA Photography Alumna Sinem Yazici Continues Her Meteoric Rise
August 3, 2017

NYFA Photography Alumna Sinem Yazici Continues Her Meteoric Rise

NYFA photography alumna Sinem Yazici is no stranger to success. As her interview with Asli Pelit illustrates, Sinem was a successful ad agency director before the age of 30 in…

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NYFA Veteran BFA Film and MFA Screenwriting Alumnus Joins We Are The Mighty
August 3, 2017

NYFA Veteran BFA Film and MFA Screenwriting Alumnus Joins We Are The Mighty

NYFA Veteran alumnus Tim Kirkpatrick is on the road to success, joining the team at We Are The Mighty (WATM) after completing both is BFA in Filmmaking and MFA in…

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NYFA Alum Janek Ambros’ Film Produced by Barbara De Fina
July 27, 2017

NYFA Alum Janek Ambros’ Film Produced by Barbara De Fina

New York Film Academy alumnus Janek Ambros, known for his work on “Valley of Bones,” “10,000 Saints,” and “Imminent Threat,” is working with Marin Scorsese’s long-time producing collaborator, Barbara De Fina….

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Gold Coast Q&A with Advanced Diploma Acting Alumnus Will Allen 
July 26, 2017

Gold Coast Q&A with Advanced Diploma Acting Alumnus Will Allen 

On Wednesday, July 19, New York Film Academy alumnus Will Allen gave a Q&A at the NYFA Gold Coast campus. Since graduating in January 2017 from the Advanced Diploma of…

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NYFA Harvard Musical Theatre Students Create Powerful Music Video Cover of Sia’s “Bird Set Free”
July 26, 2017

NYFA Harvard Musical Theatre Students Create Powerful Music Video Cover of Sia’s “Bird Set Free”

This summer, NYFA Harvard students from around the world had collaborated and performed in a unique and empowering music video project as part of NYFA’s musical theatre workshops. Performing their…

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NYFA Gold Coast Filmmaking Students Triumph at Final Film Screenings
July 25, 2017

NYFA Gold Coast Filmmaking Students Triumph at Final Film Screenings

NYFA Gold Coast was pleased to celebrate with the Class of July 2016 Diploma of Screen and Media – Filmmaking students at their Final Film Screenings on the June 7-8, 2017. The Final…

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NYFA Gold Coast Acting Student is Finalist in the Queensland Training Awards 2017
July 24, 2017

NYFA Gold Coast Acting Student is Finalist in the Queensland Training Awards 2017

NYFAA Gold Coast May ’17 Acting Diploma student Abeer Salem was given the outstanding achievement of being one of three finalists for 2017’s Queensland Training Awards. Out of 800 applicants,…

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NYFA Veterans Division Screens “Between Iraq and a Hard Place” With Special Guest Q&A
July 20, 2017

NYFA Veterans Division Screens “Between Iraq and a Hard Place” With Special Guest Q&A

This month, the New York Film Academy College of Visual and Performing Arts (NYFA) hosted a special screening of the military documentary, “Between Iraq and a Hard Place,” at its…

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NYFA Documentary Students Attend Full Frame Festival
July 18, 2017

NYFA Documentary Students Attend Full Frame Festival

Four lucky NYFA documentary filmmaking students got to attend the renowned Full Frame Documentary Film Festival as fellows this spring. The festival is distinguished from most major festivals by its…

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