The New York Film Academy will be awarding the People’s Choice Award at the MegaCon Indie Expo! This will be based on the audience vote at the event and has a $3500 value!

 

Now in its fifth year, the MegaCon Indie Film Festival showcases numerous award-winning independent short films in the genres of action, anime, animation, comedy, horror, superheroes, science fiction, and suspense. This selection of films is hosted by 3 Boys Productions, the founders of the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival, and the creators of the horror adventure comic series “Students of the Unusual”  for their Friday night program at Megacon on February 27th at 6:00 -7:30 pm at the Orange County Convention Center Room 222 A&B. Donations will be accepted for the Hero Initiative.

The generous prize for the People's Choice Award covers the tuition for the New York Film Academy's Four-Week Filmmaking Workshop. This four-week course will give you foundation skills in filmmaking, as well as the exhilaration of completing your own short film projects. You will write, produce, direct, and digitally edit three of your own film projects and will rotate among crew positions when your classmates shoot.

 

This course is offered monthly at NYFA's New York City Headquarters and at Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA; it can also be applied to offerings at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; London, England; Paris, France; Florence and Rome, Italy; and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (You may also apply the prize award to the three-week Filmmaking workshop at Disney Studios, Orlando, FL, with the understanding that as a prize, there is no cash value redeemable and the cost difference of $500 is not applicable to any refund.) 

 

Start and end dates are available at www.nyfa.com, or by calling 212-674-4300. You may choose from any location, space permitting. The prize covers the tuition valued at US$3500. Travel expenses and room and board are not included. NYFA’s housing coordinators are available to assist with finding suitable accommodations, or you may choose accommodations on your own.

 

If your training goals include considering a one- or two-year training program, the $3500 prize may be applied to the tuition of the longer program.

 

ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The New York Film academy was founded in 1992 at Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Center and has grown into a global educational force in filmmaking and acting for film. The Film Academy is honored to be the film and acting school of choice for many Hollywood filmmakers and actors, including the son of Steven Spielberg; the son of Academy Award winning actors Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins; the son of former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan; the daughter of director George Romero; and the son of Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning actress Melanie Griffith. NYFA offers hands-on, intensive programs & workshops in Filmmaking, Acting for Film, Documentary Filmmaking, Screenwriting, Producing, and 3-D Animation & Special Effects.  

 

ABOUT 3 BOYS PRODUCTIONS

They are a group of filmmakers who founded the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival and subsequently developed their own comic book series "Students of the Unusual". They heartily endorse the "DIY" credo and support the independent spirit. For more info got to www.Studentsoftheunusual.com