NYFA Brazilian Alumni reunite in São Paulo

In March, 2023, NYFA representatives Roger DelPozo, Miriam Estevam and Larissa Korolkovas traveled to  São Paulo, Brazil and met with a group of Brazilian alumni. It was a great turnout with over forty alumni attending the reunion with some of them flying in from different cities. 

It was a wonderful and special night of old friends reconnecting and the fun of making new ones. Sharing stories of life after NYFA and career successes flowed throughout the evening. 

NYFA Representatives Roger DelPozo, Miriam Estevam, & Larissa Korolkovas

together with Brazilian Alumni

Here’s what some of them had to say:

1) Kaique Alves:

Film Director and Creative Executive at Brazil's largest Youtube channel, Canal Kondzilla;

Kaique is currently the Director and Creator of the feature film called "Escola de Quebrada'' for Paramount+, becoming one of the youngest directors in Brazil's history to ever make a feature film at only 23 Years old.  

"Self-knowledge, life experiences, friends from around the world, but most importantly, NYFA showed me that this mysterious and exclusive place called Hollywood is a door possible to cross! Two years after graduating, I made my first feature film deal with Paramount Studios, and NYFA is definitely a part of this!"

2) Federico Devito:

Filmmaker and Content Creator with more than half a million followers on Instagram.

"I loved NYFA's Alumni Event because it was a moment that allowed us to meet people who have the same passion for creating videos, movies, scripts, and we could exchange ideas and contacts."

3) Marina Bueno:

Actress and Screenwriter based in Rio de Janeiro.

"NYFA was the best time of my life, it was almost 4 years of complete immersion into living my dream. I got to film something new every week, I got to take risks as a performer in the safest of spaces and I got to meet the people that I now call family. NYFA prepared me to have the life I’ve always wanted while connecting me with my favorite people. Getting to see some of them again at the Alumni Reunion was such a blast! It was fun, productive and inspiring all at once. Thank you NYFA! I’ll be forever grateful!"

4) Leo Mereu:

Screenwriter, Director and Executive Producer since 2015, Co-founder of The Lotus Yang Creative Group.

"In 2019, I was searching for a new perspective, so I went to NYFA in Los Angeles to attend the filmmaking workshop and it was one of the greatest experiences in my academic life. The program was amazing, just like all the exchanges I had there, and it really improved my vision and technique, in a very tangible way. I realized that watching my works before and after NYFA. It's wonderful how all of this could expand itself for a longer time, and the alumni meeting in São Paulo was an exciting opportunity to meet more people like me, sharing visions and experiences of living and working in Brazil with something we all love: cinema."

5) Helena Horta:

Actress and Writer based in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.

"I received the invitation for the Alumni Event in São Paulo and even though I live in a different city, Porto Alegre, I took the chance to go because I wanted to connect and it was so worth it. The group there was amazing and I met some incredible people. I also got to catch up with old friends, so that’s always nice!"

7) Larissa Korolkovas: 

NYFA's Enrollment and Outreach Specialist in Brazil and also a NYFA Alum.

"The Alumni reunion in São Paulo was amazing, we could reunite old friends and meet new ones not only from São Paulo, but from other places from Brazil. Seeing the power and capacity we have to grow this incredible network was great. I couldn't be more proud of NYFA's Alumni, doing such a great job in the Brazilian Film Industry. The plan is to organize other Alumni Events to promote experiences, exchange, networking and of course, have a good time with people that share the same passion."