New York Film Academy Looks Back at the 2021 Highlights
2021 felt like a collective fever dream – a little strange but certainly not as unpredictable as its predecessor. This was a good year! In the midst of this reflection,…
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February 14, 2022
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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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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October 25, 2021
Recent NYFA Screenwriting Alumni Celebrate with Industry Pitch Fest
Due to the global pandemic NYFA, like most of the world, turned to remote education and many of NYFA LA’s recent Screenwriting graduates took classes, developed and workshopped their stories,…
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October 7, 2021
Filmmaking Alum Jameelah Rose Lineses Discusses The Khatak Film Society
Jameelah Rose Lineses, a New York Film Academy (NYFA) 1-Year Filmmaking alum spoke with us about her recent work founding the film organization Khatak Film Society. Founded in 2020 and…
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August 11, 2021
NYFA Alum Bob Ahmed’s ‘Tikkun Olam’ Tackles Homelessness with Humanity in Award-Winning Short
Bob Ahmed opens his interview at the 2021 SEEMA Summit with a translation from a poem written by a famous Indian poet, Mirza Ghalib: “To be human is easy, but…
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May 29, 2020
New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Alumni Direct Music Videos in Collaboration with Josh Homme’s Desert Sessions
New York Film Academy (NYFA) filmmaking alumni Gabriele Fabbro and Jonathan Samukange were given the opportunity to collaborate with Josh Homme’s super group, the Desert Sessions, to create two diverse and…
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May 29, 2020
New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alum John Saponara Starts Portrait Series While Working to Make PPE Equipment for Healthcare Workers
From businesses to hospitals to schools to families, COVID-19 has forced people into a season of great change and uncertainty, causing people to adapt to new circumstances in the age…
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