Academic Programs

NYFA Student Veterans Spend Evening at Clippers Game
November 4, 2015

NYFA Student Veterans Spend Evening at Clippers Game

The New York Film Academy’s Veteran Services Office brought together more than 70 veterans from 25 partner veterans’ organizations for the Los Angeles Clippers against the Phoenix Suns basketball game…

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Award-Winning Network Correspondent Bob Dotson to Meet with NYFA Broadcast Journalism Students
November 3, 2015

Award-Winning Network Correspondent Bob Dotson to Meet with NYFA Broadcast Journalism Students

Bob Dotson knows a good story when he hears one. As a correspondent for NBC’s Today show, he filed 1,500 of them for the acclaimed American Stories series. He also…

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Former NYFA Student’s ‘Utopia’ Earns Afghanistan’s Entry for Academy Award
October 30, 2015

Former NYFA Student’s ‘Utopia’ Earns Afghanistan’s Entry for Academy Award

Often times in filmmaking, producers and directors will “cheat” their location by recreating a scene on set or in a completely different country. With former New York Film Academy student Chris…

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NYFA Graduate Anthony O’Brien Talks Life After Film School
October 28, 2015

NYFA Graduate Anthony O’Brien Talks Life After Film School

The New York Film Academy Los Angeles was recently reunited with alumnus Anthony O’Brien to review his career since graduating in 2006. Students delighted in Anthony’s candid discussion of making…

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NYFA DOCUMENTARY GRADUATES TO PREMIERE AT PRESTIGIOUS DOC NYC FILM FESTIVAL
October 27, 2015

NYFA DOCUMENTARY GRADUATES TO PREMIERE AT PRESTIGIOUS DOC NYC FILM FESTIVAL

The New York Film Academy Documentary Department is proud to officially announce five of its recent graduates will premiere their new films at DOC NYC. All five documentary shorts will screen at…

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“Thor,” “Kong,” and “Alien: Paradise Lost” to Film at Village Roadshow Studios in Australia
October 27, 2015

“Thor,” “Kong,” and “Alien: Paradise Lost” to Film at Village Roadshow Studios in Australia

One of the immediate and most obvious benefits of having a film school inside the confines of a movie studio is the unprecedented access to the movie industry and the…

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NYFA Abu Dhabi Student Awarded at SICFF for “Ice Flower”
October 26, 2015

NYFA Abu Dhabi Student Awarded at SICFF for “Ice Flower”

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Kassimi, member of the Supreme Council and the governor of sharjah, awarded New York Film Academy student Shirin Abu Ouf for her documentary Ice Flower,…

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NYFA LA Documentary Student’s Short to Air on LA TV
October 26, 2015

NYFA LA Documentary Student’s Short to Air on LA TV

New York Film Academy Los Angeles documentary student Alejandro Talen’s Semester 2 social issue film Mark of the Four Waves has been picked up by local LA TV station LA18’s program “Kababayan…

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News Producer Aliki Shinas Speaks at NYFA
October 23, 2015

News Producer Aliki Shinas Speaks at NYFA

One of the real advantages of studying Broadcast Journalism in New York is the chance to meet, and network with, outstanding television professionals. Recently Aliki Shinas, a news producer for a…

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