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NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) FILMMAKING ALUM GABRIELE FABBRO’S ‘THE GRAND BOLERO’ SELECTED FOR 2021 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
October 21, 2021

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) FILMMAKING ALUM GABRIELE FABBRO’S ‘THE GRAND BOLERO’ SELECTED FOR 2021 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL

New York Film Academy (NYFA) filmmaking alum Gabriele Fabbro’s latest feature-length film, The Grand Bolero (2021) is an official selection of the 2021 Austin Film Festival. The film was nominated for “best narrative feature…

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NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) WELCOMES NETFLIX’S ‘BLOOD BROTHERS’ DIRECTOR & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARCUS A. CLARKE TO THE Q&A-LIST SERIES
October 4, 2021

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) WELCOMES NETFLIX’S ‘BLOOD BROTHERS’ DIRECTOR & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARCUS A. CLARKE TO THE Q&A-LIST SERIES

MARCUS A. CLARKE, Brooklyn-born director and producer, joined NYFA’s virtual Q&A-List Series with Tova Laiter in a live video interview. Clarke, director and executive producer of the acclaimed Netflix documentary, Blood…

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2021 MONTANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS FILMS BY SIX NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY FILMMAKERS
September 22, 2021

2021 MONTANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS FILMS BY SIX NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY FILMMAKERS

**Update from the 2021 Festival Awards Jury team** NYFA’s very own BFA Filmmaking student Laurence Carroll Brahm won ‘Best Student Film’ for his film ’24 Hours in Beijing’. In his acceptance speech,…

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NYFA WELCOMES CRIME SHOW PRODUCER & WRITER WENDY WEST TO NYFA’S Q&A-LIST SERIES
September 10, 2021

NYFA WELCOMES CRIME SHOW PRODUCER & WRITER WENDY WEST TO NYFA’S Q&A-LIST SERIES

Award-winning crime television writer and producer, Wendy West joins the ranks of a long list of guests in NYFA’s Q&A-List Series, curated and moderated by Tova Laiter. West was a writer and…

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12TH ANNUAL BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS NYFA ALUMNI FILMS ‘AFTERMATH’ AND ‘LOVING BYRON’
September 9, 2021

12TH ANNUAL BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS NYFA ALUMNI FILMS ‘AFTERMATH’ AND ‘LOVING BYRON’

Three New York Film Academy (NYFA) alumni, Tarik Holmes & Jonathan Samukange, and Deante’ Gray screened their latest films as part of this year’s 12th Annual BronzeLens Film Festival official selection. Their…

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NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) SCREENWRITING ALUM MOHAMED DIAB SCREENS FILM AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
September 3, 2021

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) SCREENWRITING ALUM MOHAMED DIAB SCREENS FILM AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting alum Mohamed Diab screens his latest film, Amira, at this year’s 78th Venice Film Festival. Writer Mohamed Diab attended NYFA’s 1-year screenwriting program in 2005. The Egyptian filmmaker…

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ELVIE NIU’S ‘WAY OUT’ A SEMI-FINALIST IN THE 2021 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS
August 5, 2021

ELVIE NIU’S ‘WAY OUT’ A SEMI-FINALIST IN THE 2021 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

BFA Filmmaking NYFA alum, Elvie Niu takes her place as a semi-finalist in this year’s Student Academy Awards. Her captivating short, Way Out (2021) explores feelings of isolation and abandonment felt by protagonist…

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NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) WELCOMES EMMY-NOMINATED ACTRESS ELIZABETH OLSEN TO NYFA’S Q&A-LIST SERIES
August 5, 2021

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) WELCOMES EMMY-NOMINATED ACTRESS ELIZABETH OLSEN TO NYFA’S Q&A-LIST SERIES

New York Film Academy (NYFA) had the honor of hosting a live virtual Q&A with Emmy Nominated Elizabeth Olsen of Marvel’s Wanda Vision, the ever popular Disney+ limited series for NYFA students. TOVA LAITER,…

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NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) TO TEACH HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION TO URUGUAYAN FILMMAKERS
August 4, 2021

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) TO TEACH HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION TO URUGUAYAN FILMMAKERS

This September, New York Film Academy will be proudly partnering with InterAmerican Development Bank (IADB); the Uruguay Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining; the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture…

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