On The Road To Abu Dhabi With NYFA

Friday, March 21, 2008

Reuters UK reported about the New York Film Academy’s newest campus in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This past February, the Film School at the New York Film Academy opened up a location there.

The Reuters’s story reports:

The film school, which maintains branches in Europe and the U.S., has been seeking to expand into the Middle East for some time, according to John Sammon, former director of education at the NYFA program at Universal Studios near Los Angeles and head of the new school here.


"We've always looked at laying down roots in the Middle East, and when the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage approached us, it just seemed like the most logical thing to do," Sammon said. "There's a lot going on in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, in terms of investments in film and cinema -- Warner Bros., Abu Dhabi Media Co. and Harvey Weinstein have all invested here. We're their project"

Read the entire article on the Reuter’s website.

The New York Film Academy’s Film School also offers classes in their other locations in California and New York, as well as special programs in plenty of other locations.



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