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 stars in the horror hit M3GAN, announcing the nominees. The ceremony, which will take place Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, has Jimmy Kimmel back as the host after previously leading the awards show in 2017 and 2018. The 95th Academy Award Nominations: Our Highlights Similar to the 2023 Golden Globes, A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Banshees of Inisherin from Searchl ..read more

On January 17th, 2023, several NYFA staff and faculty members attended a Lunar New Year reception hosted by the Consul General of China’s Consulate in New York, Ambassador Huang Ping, and his wife, Zhang Aiping. Ambassador Huang met with David Mager and Evgenia Vlasova Bill Einreinhofer (NYFA’s Chair Emeritus of the Broadcast Journalism Department), David Mager (NYFA’s NYC Chair of Photography), Evgenia Vlasova (NYFA faculty member and filmmaker), and Sheng Lai (NYFA’s Global Programs Coordinator), attended this exciting event to welcome the Year of the Rabbit. In traditional Chinese cultur ..read more

NYFA held a virtual event on January 5th, 2023, to celebrate the school’s MA Producing for Executives program. The program’s students joined the call to share memories of their studies and celebrate their recent graduations. Speaker Dr. Joy Zhu, NYFA’s Executive Vice President for the China Region, joined the virtual event to deliver an inspirational speech. According to Zhu, the MA Producing for Executives program is “a rare and innovative learning experience for students at New York Film Academy.” Zhu followed her speech with expressions of excitement about the anticipated future contributi ..read more

Next up in the 2023 awards season are the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will air on Feb. 26th at 5 PM pacific / 8 PM eastern. Similar to the Golden Globes, this year’s awards bring some exciting changes to the ceremony, including a switch to Netflix. As they step into the world of live broadcasting, Netflix plans to live stream the awards on its YouTube channel. The partnership between the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Netflix is promising, as the streaming service experiments with new features and award shows look to bring in viewers. Both Netflix and SAG have an opportunity to mix thin ..read more

From historic wins to memorable unscripted moments, this year’s Golden Globes set the stage for an incredible awards season. This year’s awards, televised after not being aired in 2022, showcased a range of talent. Seasoned film and television vets finally got their flowers, first-time nominees swept up awards, and a few members of the NYFA community were recognized for their achievements. In our post-show recap, we’ll share some of the wins and our favorite moments from the ceremony. Here are some of the highlights of the star-studded event. Guillermo del Toro’s Wins for Reimagined Pinocchio ..read more

At NYFA, we are committed to developing multitalented students with creative goals in film, media, and television. Recently, we spoke with 2019 NYFA 1-Year Acting program alum Sèdo Tossou, star of the new Canal+ International TV series Black Santiago Club, which premieres in the spring of 2023. In the recent Q&A, Sèdo highlighted his experiences at NYFA, his experiences filming Black Santiago Club and his thoughts about the future of West African cinema.  About NYFA Acting Alum Sèdo Tossou A native of Benin who was raised in France, Sèdo grew up pursuing a variety of artistic endeavo ..read more

As the clock winds down on 2022 and ushers in a brand new year, now is the perfect time to take stock of our accomplishments. New York Film Academy (NYFA) alums, students, faculty, and staff continue to amaze us – their collective achievements are no less impressive than what we set out to achieve this year! To recognize these successes, let’s toast one final time with this engaging infographic, which reveals NYFA’s triumphant highlights from the past 12 months!     The post New York Film Academy Looks Back at the 2022 Highlights appeared first on New York Film Academy Blog ..read more

Assembly Line Entertainment, a once-emerging film financing and production company is now an internationally recognized company with films appearing at Sundance, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), DTLA Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Shanghai Film Festival, among others.  Founded by MFA Producing alum, director, and producer Janek Ambros, Assembly Line Entertainment released its latest film, Ukrainians in Exile (2023), to great acclaim. The film focuses on the border crisis, narrated by an anonymous woman who resides in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Speaking in Ukrainian, t ..read more

Beginning in 2023, New York Film Academy (NYFA) will be in José Ignacio, Uruguay, for the 13th edition of the José Ignacio International Film Festival (JIIFF). Between the 14th and 22nd of January 2023, filmmakers, creatives, writers, directors, and producers from across the globe will compete in short-form and long-form film categories, pitch ideas to a panel of judges, and network with fellow creatives. This festival will be NYFA’s second year in support of JIIFF through an academic scholarship opportunity for festival participants.  Between the 14th and 22nd of January 2023, filmmake ..read more

The Golden Globes are back, returning to NBC for its 80th year on January 10th, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Hosted by Jerrod Carmichael, this year brings multiple nominations for hit television shows such as Abbott Elementary and Only Murders in the Building, as well as critically acclaimed films The Fabelmans, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and The Banshees of Inisherin.  New York Film Academy (NYFA) celebrates multiple NYFA alumni and guest speaker nominations for films and television shows, including Elvis, White Noise, The Fabelmans, The White Lo ..read more