Filmmakers Meet Composers Through “Speed Dates”
What happens when thirty composers meet thirty filmmakers and have five minutes to introduce themselves and then move on? It may sound like an exercise in speed dating but the…
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May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016
Photography Instructor Wins Webby & People’s Voice Award for “The Dawn of the Killer Robot”
Photography Instructor, Connelly La Mar’s documentary The Dawn of the Killer Robots—which he and his team at Motherboard pitched, shot and produced for VICE—was awarded both a Webby Award and a People’s Voice…
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May 9, 2016
Representatives from Brave New Films Discuss Documentaries and Gun Control
New York Film Academy students welcomed representatives from Brave New Films—Laurie Jones and Tommie Bayliss—after a screening of their documentary, Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA. The event was…
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May 4, 2016
Screenwriting Grad’s “Business” to Screen at Cannes Cinéfondation
For those of us in the film industry, the month of May has always been synonymous with the Cannes International Film Festival. This year’s festival, the 69th since its inception,…
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May 3, 2016
Screenwriting Instructor and NYFA Alumnus Team up for “Pali Road”
Written by New York Film Academy Screenwriting instructor Doc Pedrolie and directed by NYFA Beijing alumnus Jonathan Lim, the romantic thriller Pali Road opened April 29th in selected AMC, Regal and Consolidated…
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May 2, 2016
Grad’s Thesis “The Nutcracker Princess” Rakes in Festival Awards
Students graduating from New York Film Academy’s Filmmaking Department typically leave the course with the experience and finished product, a thesis film, which is often used as their calling card into the…
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April 29, 2016
Students at NYFA South Beach Support Local Veterans Charity
On Friday April 22, students and staff of the New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts (NYFA) South Beach Campus provided the filming and photography in support…
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April 29, 2016
New York Film Academy Participates in Sexual Assault Prevention Week
In order to bring awareness to our campus, New York Film Academy dedicated this week, April 25 – April 29, to Sexual Assault Prevention. As part of the week, awareness flyers, stickers, and monitors were…
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April 27, 2016
Grad’s ‘Susie Q’ to Premiere at NYC Independent Film Festival
Like so many filmmakers, from amateurs to professionals, there came a time when New York Film Academy graduate Vilan Trub felt like a failure after being unable to complete his first…
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