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NYFA Welcomes Ukrainian Documentary Filmmakers 
April 25, 2023

NYFA Welcomes Ukrainian Documentary Filmmakers 

Ukraine has a rich and diverse history in the arts and is known for innovative visual artists, including Maria Prymachenko, Taras Shevchenko, and Victor Sidorenko. The creative crafts of Ukraine…

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Chinese Cultural Counselor Visits New York Film Academy
April 21, 2023

Chinese Cultural Counselor Visits New York Film Academy

On Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, two representatives from the Cultural Section of the Chinese Consulate General in New York visited NYFA’s New York City campus. The delegation was composed of…

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NYFA Welcomes MA Producting for Executives Graduates
March 28, 2023

NYFA Welcomes MA Producing for Executives Graduates

NYFA’s Los Angeles staff, students, and faculty welcomed five graduates of the MA Producing for Executives Program. As part of their trip to the United States, the graduates traveled from…

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NYFA Celebrates Women’s History Month 2023
March 23, 2023

NYFA Celebrates Women’s History Month 2023

March 23rd at NYFA Los Angeles’s Riverside auditorium, students gathered to celebrate Women’s History Month in a very special way: by telling their stories. About 30 students from across short-term…

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NYFA Students Visit The Academy Museum Exhibit 'Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971'
February 28, 2023

Students Visit The Academy Museum Exhibit ‘Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971’

NYFA DEI Committee Takes Students on a Walk Through the Past On a cool Saturday morning in February 2023, NYFA’s DEI Programming Committee took students to The Academy of Motion…

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The 2023 Oscars: Highlights & Full List of Nominees (Updating Live)
January 25, 2023

The 2023 Oscars: Highlights & Full List of Nominees (Updating Live)

The nominations for the 2023 Oscars were announced on Tuesday, January 24th, with Riz Ahmed, who won the Oscar for best live-action short last year, and Allison Williams, who currently…

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NYFA New York
January 20, 2023

NYFA New York Musical Theatre Faculty: Interview with Kristy Cates

There’s something inimitable about the experience of sitting in the audience as a soaring piece of musical theatre plays out onstage in front of you. It was just such an…

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NYFA Los Angeles
January 20, 2023

NYFA Los Angeles Acting Faculty: Interview with Lynda Goodfriend

Most of the time, if a famous New York stage director looked you in the eye and told you your acting was terrible, it might convince you that performing wasn’t…

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screenwriting faculty nyfa
January 20, 2023

NYFA Los Angeles Screenwriting Faculty: Interview with Nunzio DeFilippis

The purpose of a writer is to elicit emotion. For Nunzio DeFilippis, Chair of Screenwriting and Dean of Faculty at NYFA’s Los Angeles campus, a story hasn’t served its purpose…

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