January, 2008 Student Television Network
Industry Film School traveled to Anaheim, California to compete in the 2008 STN National Convention. Armed with the latest technology in camera and editing equipment, 4 students competed in two of the eleven events. Three students took home an honorable mention for their music video contest entry and one, Jim Mauro, received 2nd place in the Collaborative Commercial category. Over 1300 students and 700 high schools participated in the convention.

During the 4 day trip, the film school students were able to venture out into the real world of film and television production. Neal Bennett, their instructor, was able to contact some of his crew buddies in LA and get the students to experience a real life production environment on the set of Trading Spaces.

     January 2008 Arts Middle School and Industry Film School
Arts Education Center of NJ invites Industry Film School to teach an after school filmmaking program to middle school students. The classes will take place over a 12 week session at the Middlesex Community College.

     March 15 & 16, 2007 MCAC Teen Arts Festival
Industry Film School is featured as one of the teen workshops. Activities included students shooting and editing a recreated scene from Napoleon Dynamite using Panasonic's HVX200 High Definition Camera.

     March , 2007 MCAC State of the Arts
Lights, Camera, Action! Industry Film School is featured in a full page article all about the school written by Whitney Nichole Stevens of Kean University. Click Here to view the article.

    September 12 , 2006
Industry Film School begins to develop articulation agreements with well known colleges and Universities. We now also offer after school programs that run all year long as well as summer boot camps.

    June 10, 2006
Industry Film School relocated its classes to 1 Main Street in Eatontown moving next door to Actor's Playground. Actor's Playground instructs over 150 students per month. Actor's Playground and Industry Film School will work closely with schedules to afford the film and acting students the opportunity to collaborate on projects.

    June 01, 2006
Through strategic alliances with production related companies that afford our students real world exposure and experience, the search for a new name began. The NJ Film Academy has decided to change the school name to Industry Film School. We feel this name represents our goals for connecting our students to the filmmaking industry.

    March 23, 2006 The HUB "Creative Minds"
NJ Film Academy's instructors present 16mm and 3D Animation workshops for the Monmouth County Teen Arts Festival. Photos are featured on the front page and page 20.

    January/February 2006 MCAC State of the Art
NJ Film Academy is featured in the "Kevin Smith and the NJ Film Scene" article on page 15.

    October 2005 Cablevision
The NJ Film Academy is the subject of interest in Cablevision's Neighborhood Journal television show produced by Bill Mackanic. Cablevision stopped by one of the 16mm training courses and had a chance to chat with some of our students.

    May 2005 Asbury Park Press
NJ Film Academy's Neal Bennett appears on the front page of the “Whatever” section of the Asbury Park Press with some of his students for his role in the Locals Only surfing documentary.

    April 2005 Asbury Park Press
Neal Bennett, the NJ Film Academy's founder, appears on the front page of the Asbury Park Press demonstrating camera equipment for his students.

    April 2005 Asbury Park Press
Local film academy has a fresh new approach to making films. The NJ Film Academy is featured in the “Whatever” section of the Asbury Park Press. Students Jeff Misdom and Ashley Goncalves are featured throughout the interview.

    January 2005 Asbury Park Press
The NJ Film Academy is featured in the “Red Bank Reporter” section of the Asbury Park Press in regard to the big move to Red Bank.

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