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New York Film Academy to open campus in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI — Pursuing a career in filmmaking in the UAE will be more easy from February next year, thanks to the opening of the New York Film Academy (NYFA) campus in Abu Dhabi.

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and NYFA in July this year to establish an acclaimed school that will be devoted to develop the film industry in the UAE and the region.

NYFA provides the most focused filmmaking, acting, and animation instruction in the world. New York Film Academy Abu Dhabi (NYFA-AD) will play a key role in the burgeoning film culture that the Middle East is currently witnessing, a Press release said yesterday.

In the courses to be offered, students will learn not only how to operate a camera, light a scene, or edit a film, but also how all the aspects of filmmaking relate to, interact with and depend upon each other.

Each student will write, produce, direct, and edit a film, then screen it and engage in constructive discussion and criticism. The Abu Dhabi branch is the only year-round NYFA campus outside the US and the UK.