Partnering with Fotografiska, we hosted a sold-out screening of two films with a discussion moderated by Peter Lattman (Emerson Collective) in late February. Please join us on Sunday, April 14 from 2-4 pm for a screening of BEEKEEPER and ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE with a discussion moderated by the former White House climate expert David Sandalow. BUY TICKETS HERE
We are delighted that BEEKEEPER was screened at the closing ceremony of the Socially Relevant Film Festival New York at the National Arts Club to 140 filmmakers, jury members and friends. The film won Best Documentary Short. Congratulations to everyone on the team.
BYkids was chosen from among 1,600 applicants to screen RETURN DATE: UNKNOWN at SXSW EDU (one of the largest national K-12 education events). This was followed by a discussion with our Ukrainian teen filmmaker, WNET’s Director of Education and a roomful of enthusiastic educators and future partners. WATCH RECAP
We are thrilled that BYkids was chosen from 1,600 outstanding ideas to present at SXSW EDU. Please join us at SXSW EDU on Wednesday, March 6 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm in the Austin Conference Center in room 6AB for Teaching with Film: Life as a Teen Ukrainian War Refugee.
See the film and learn from Tymur Tsapliienko (teen filmmaker), Holly Carter (BYkids Founder and Executive Director) and Sandy Goldberg (WNET, Director of Education).
BYkids’ PBS documentary, “Return Date: Unknown” is a powerful first-hand account of human solidarity and the hope for a chance at a new life through teenage eyes. Discussion between our panelists and clips from the film, in which the storytelling of Tymur Tsapliienko helps us understand the impact of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine’s exiles as well as what has led to this crisis. Tymur’s film travels from Germany back through Poland to meet his father, who was injured in a Russian bombardment while reporting for a Ukrainian news channel. Along the way, he interviews other teenage refugees.
We are thrilled that BEEKEEPER has been selected for Closing Night of the SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York to screen on Monday, March 18 at 6:30 pm at the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan. Congratulations to the team! Hope you can join us. TICKETS HERE
| Join BYkids for a screening of RETURN DATE: UNKNOWN (Ukraine) and SEEDS OF LIFE (India) on Wednesday, February 28 from 7–9 PM at Fotografiska, 281 Park Ave South, NYC. |
| Following the screening there will be a conversation and Q&A with BYkids Founder and Executive Director Holly Carter and Peter Lattman. Peter is the Managing Director of Media at Emerson Collective, Vice Chair of The Atlantic, and a former journalist at The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The conversation will center on the power of youth storytelling, the impact of story sharing on the classroom experience and how personal stories make global issues relevant and actionable. 6:30 PM | Doors open 7:00 PM | Screening of the films 8:00 PM | Conversation 9:00 PM | Event ends MORE INFO AND TICKETS |
| This night is in support of the Fotografiska New York exhibition Human/Nature. Museum admission is included with ticket purchase. Tickets are limited. We are planning another screening event of two other climate-related films on Sunday, April 14 from 2-4 pm. Stay tuned. |
Thanks for the great profile of BYkids in SEE Change, the global digital publication about social entrepreneurship and social impact.
Our films are ‘designed to inspire a new generation of changemakers’, says Holly Carter, Executive Director of BYkids. READ FULL ARTICLE
So exciting to have some of our Board and Supporters together to watch the WNET broadcast and celebrate the PBS launch to 83 million households across the country.
In advance of the PBS broadcast, BYkids hosted a sold-out world premiere screening and discussion of BEEKEEPER with the teen filmmaker, his family and mentor. The power of nature, family and mental well-being was celebrated. One guest said, ” the work you and your team are doing at BYkids is amazing. Our world needs this more than ever! Bravo!” SEE PHOTOS HERE.
Films BYkids returns to public television with four new films by young filmmakers beginning November 1 featuring Emmy nominee Ashley Judd as narrator. This fourth season explores war and displacement, mental wellbeing, climate change and sustainable agriculture. WATCH THE TRAILERS
Films BYkids, a collaboration between The WNET Group and BYkids, pairs accomplished filmmakers with youth from around the world to create short, personal documentaries that encourage understanding about universal issues and help foster empathy and global citizenry. This new season of the four-part documentary series premieres nationally on public television beginning Wednesday, November 1 (check your local listings).
In the New York metro area, the films premiere on THIRTEEN:
Saturday, Nov. 11
7:00 pm – RETURN DATE: UNKNOWN (Ukraine)
7:30 pm – SEEDS OF LIFE (India)
Saturday, Nov. 18
7:00 pm – BEEKEEPER (United States)
7:30 pm – ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE (Germany)
“This compelling season of Films BYkids shines an important spotlight on young people’s stories dealing with tremendous challenges such as war and displacement and climate change,” says Sandra Sheppard, executive producer for The WNET Group and director of WNET’s Kids’ Media and Education. “These films and accompanying resources provide teachers and students with tools to promote global understanding and empathy.”