Festivals such as The Cannes Film Festival in France, the Berlin International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival are massively popular, drawing in submissions from aspiring filmmakers from all over the world. Matriculated students and NYFA’s long-term program alums who have worked with NYFA’s Film Festival Department have been selected by festivals like Sundance, the American Pavilion at Cannes, and the BFI London Film Festival, winning awards, nominations, and shortlisted for the BAFTA Student Film Awards, the Student Academy Awards, the Directors Guild Student Awards, and more.