New York Film Academy Student Arabic Film Festival
A frustrated screenwriter gets unlikely inspiration for his next “killer” screenplay. A young man is pressured by his father to leave his true love for an arranged marriage. A police…
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December 15, 2014
December 3, 2014
Screenwriter Ian Shorr Joins Business of Screenwriting Class
On November 18th, screenwriter Ian Shorr dropped by our Business of Screenwriting class to explain how he went from literally representing himself to becoming one of the most sought after…
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December 1, 2014
Kellen Gibbs Wins “Best Student Film” at the Los Angeles Thriller Festival
Psychological thrillers have been a part of American culture for some time now. With legendary films like Se7en, The Machinist, and The Shining, it’s no wonder why audiences love submerging…
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November 21, 2014
Filmmaker Rowan Joffe Screens His New Thriller Starring Nicole Kidman & Colin Firth
Award-winning writer/director Rowan Joffe visited New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles branch to screen thriller Before I Go To Sleep, which he adapted for the screen from a S.J. Watson…
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November 18, 2014
Producer Bobby Sabelhaus Sits Down with NYFA Screenwriting Students
On November 3rd, 2014, Bobby Sabelhaus sat down with New York Film Academy’s Business of Screenwriting class, regaling his unique story of how this one-time #1 national high school quarterback…
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November 12, 2014
NYFA Veteran Students March in Veterans Day Parade
Once again, the New York Film Academy and its veteran students marched in New York City’s Veterans Day Parade down 5th Avenue, which included over 600,000 spectators showing their full support. The annual event…
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November 5, 2014
How Do You Land a Literary Agent?
One of the most difficult challenges for screenwriters coming out of film school is landing the right agent — or any agent for that matter. To clue our students in…
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November 4, 2014
NYFA Finding Talent in Moscow
The New York Film Academy recently wrapped another successful Producing Workshop in Moscow! During the last two weeks of October, NYFA marked the 5th Anniversary of its Moscow Workshops and Guest Lectures with…
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September 22, 2014
NYFA Alum and Original Film Exec Visits Business of Screenwriting Class
On September 9th 2014, New York Film Academy alum-turned-Original Film exec Toby Ascher joined our Business of Screenwriting class. Ascher was a student in NYFA’s Summer Filmmaking Program in Los…
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