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Student Blog: Matt Haller

Student Matt Haller standing at the Cannes Film Festival. (not NYFF).

Third year student Matt Haller attended the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center last month, watching sixteen films over three weeks.

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Student Blog: Shuran Zhang

Student Shuran Zhang, volunteering at the festival, standing in front of NYFF's backdrop.

Student Shuran Zhang writes a student blog about her experience volunteering at this year’s New York Film Festival. 

SVA BFA Film was a sponsor of New York Film Festival 62.

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Faculty Blog: Nicolas Luna

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Senior Systems Administrator Nicolas Luna has been going to Gotham Week for over a decade.

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Alumni Blog: Maura Garnett

Maura on set of her film Disoriented, holding a clapper while the crew sets up behind her on set.

Recent graduate, Maura Garnett has been selected to screen as part of SVA’s After School Special next month.

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Alumni Blog: Khalil Walker

Khalil Walker at the BFA Film thesis screening in the Silas Theater as his film plays in the background.

BFA Film graduate Khalil Walker’s alumni blog gives us a behind the scenes look inside the making of his 2024 thesis film, Pass Da Mic.

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Alumni Blog: Robert McMahon

Robert McMahon sits with earbuds in looking down.

Robert Samuel McMahon on the creation of his thesis film Personal Pizza and post-graduation achievements and hurdles.

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Student Blog: R.J. Solomon

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Third year student R.J Solomon details the making of a music video, and the quick thinking solution he and his crew members came up with when an actor didn’t show up.

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Student Blog: Manny Martinez

Director Manny Martinez stands next to the Starry Night.

Second year student Manny Martinez collaborates with hometown friends on SVA film project.

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Student Blog: Michele Grace

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Second year student Michele Grace shares her experience making her first year film using professional actors, and how working on sets for upperclassmen prepared her for the shoot.

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Alumni Blog: Kenny Strawn

Kenny Strawn tells us how he accidentally found his 2023 thesis documentary subject, the importance of strong archival material, and how the editing room is where the documentary film comes together.

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Student Blog: Arnav Mangla

Arnav sits in a field with his feet on the ground.

Recent graduate Arnav Mangla writes about mounting an international thesis project and the challenges and opportunities he faced, such as overcoming language barriers between crew to make his thesis film Subah.

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Alumni Blog: Gonnie Zur

A silhouetted figure standing next to a window with the film's title and accepted festival laurels.

Gonnie Zur (BFA Film, 2021) writes about the complex relationship between sisters in her short film Lemons, screening locally as part of the New York Shorts International Film Festival on Friday, October 21st, 4:00 pm at Cinema Village, as well as Bushwick Film Festival on Thursday, November 3rd, 3:15 pm at Williamsburg Cinemas.

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Alumni Blog: Steven Murello

Sephen Murello stands outside with a jacket on looking at pages of a script

Steven Murello’s 2022 thesis film, False Flag, is a narrative glimpse into the subculture of American “doomsday preppers,” with a focus on the negative effects felt by children within prepper families.

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Alumni Blog: Lamu Xiangqiu

Director Lamu Xiangqiu stands in profile holding a camera up to her eye against the backdrop of the dark blue night sky.

Lamu Xiangqui’s 2021 thesis film, Walk Alone, takes place in her native Tibet – a place of breathtaking scenery and altitude.

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Student Blog: Yuqing Cheng

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Student Yuqing Cheng writes about making her thesis short film, My Mom’s Violin, a narrative thriller drama.

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