tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8146122103676573582012-02-16T18:02:55.460-08:00Film School at NYFAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875571466431164797noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814612210367657358.post-6495342277706608352008-05-30T13:40:00.000-07:002008-05-30T13:45:46.402-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DvUQS3EZsHc/SEBnbxYemjI/AAAAAAAAAXA/rENd8CXTSHk/s1600-h/cannesBIG.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DvUQS3EZsHc/SEBnbxYemjI/AAAAAAAAAXA/rENd8CXTSHk/s320/cannesBIG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206274896050428466" border="0" /></a><br />Alumni, Kayvan Mashayekh, Vera Mulyani and Sean Walsh were spotted at the <a href="http://http//www.festival-cannes.fr/">Cannes Film Festival</a> this past week promoting their current and future films and projects they are producing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nyfa.com/film_school/about_us/faculty.php">Michael Young</a>, Provost and Education Director of the New York Film Academy arrived at Cannes as a representative of the <a href="http://www.nyfa.com/">film school</a>. Recalling his experience at the festival he said, "As I was getting my festival accreditation (which is ridiculously involved process at Cannes); I heard my name called out by another festival guest who turned out to be Kayvan Mashayekh, a graduate of the Film Academy. It was not such a surprise to see Kayvan, because I knew that he had a few feature films under his belt since his NYFA days, and I had seen him win a development grant at a pitch contest last year at the <a href="http://www.meiff.com/">Middle East International Film Festival</a>. No sooner had I shaken Kayvan's hand, another former Academy student, Sean Walsh, recognized me and happily recounted journey as a filmmaker since completing our program. He now lives in Brazil and started a production company and was doing business at the Cannes Film Market. It struck me that <a href="http://www.nyfa.com/film_school/school_locations/index.php">New York Film Academy students now constitute an international network</a>. At almost any major film event, festival, market, or film studio, you will meet graduates of the NYFA. Later that day, a recent<a href="http://www.nyfa.com/film_school/programs/filmmaking/8week.php"> 8-week filmmaking workshop</a> student handed me a flyer for her short film which was screening in the "Short Film Corner" at Cannes.” <script src="http://shots.snap.com//client/inject.js?site_name=0" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/814612210367657358-649534227770660835?l=nyfa-student-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Film School at NYFAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875571466431164797noreply@blogger.com0