Happy Holidays from NYFA’s Division of Veterans Services
Dear NYFA Veteran Community, During this special time of the year, NYFA’s Division of Veterans Services (DVS) wants to make sure you know how much we appreciate you. As we…
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December 23, 2021
December 21, 2021
NYFA MFA Filmmaking Alum Hongyu “Neo” Li on Life After Graduation as a Development Executive
New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Filmmaking alum Hongyu “Neo” Li has been hired as the Development Executive and In-House Writer for Starlight Media. The production and finance company has…
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December 16, 2021
NYFA MFA Screenwriting Alum Bruce Purnell’s New Feature ‘Boxing Day’ Unwrapped for the Holidays
Bruce Purnell, New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Screenwriting alum, director and producer, has a new feature film coming this holiday season. Boxing Day, the story about a British author…
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December 15, 2021
Twelve New York Film Academy Alumni at the 2021 Red Sea Film Festival
Twelve New York Film Academy (NYFA) filmmaking, acting, screenwriting, and short-term workshop alumni have works that were selected for Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. This festival marks the first big…
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December 15, 2021
MFA Filmmaking Alum Zaid Abu Hamdan Wins ‘Audience Award’ at Cairo International Film Festival
New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Filmmaking alum Zaid Abu Hamdan premiered his latest feature film Daughters of Abdul-Rahman, to a global audience at this year’s 43rd Cairo International Film Festival. The film received…
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November 22, 2021
NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Grad Lucia Florez Awarded National Geographic Explorer Grant
New York Film Academy (NYFA) Documentary Filmmaking graduate, Lucía Flórez, was recently awarded the prestigious National Geographic Explorer grant for her upcoming film Shirampari, about indigenous Amazonian fishermen. The project…
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November 19, 2021
Nika Nikanava’s ‘Generation 328’ Wins Best Student Short at 2021 Woodstock Film Festival
New York Film Academy (NYFA) Documentary Filmmaking graduate, Veranika (Nika) Nikanava, won “Best Student Short” at the 2021 Woodstock Film Festival with her short film, Generation 328. After passing in a…
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November 18, 2021
NYFA Filmmaking Alum, Aditya Patwardhan’s, Film is Streaming on Amazon Prime
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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November 10, 2021
NYFA DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING ALUM PEDRO PEIRA’S SCREENS ‘LA QUEENCIAÑERA’ AT OUTFEST FILM FESTIVAL
At the 2021 Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival, NYFA alum Pedro Peira screened his documentary, LA Queenciañera (2021) to a worldwide audience. The 2021 edition of Outfest ran from August 13th…
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