Category: News

BYkids Kicks Off Charity Buzz Fundraiser

December 2, 2013

BYkids presents business experiences, trips and other exciting offerings on Charity Buzz to support our work. http://www.charitybuzz.com/support/595.

DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED Selected for St. Louis International Film Festival

November 2, 2013

DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED wins the Liz Ullmann Peace Prize and the Youth Jury Prize for Documentary Short (2nd place) at the 20th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival and is selected as an official selection for the St. Louis International Film Festival. http://bit.ly/1aIIQRg

BYkids Partners with Film Society of Lincoln Center

October 2, 2013

The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents POET AGAINST PREJUDICE during the New York Film Festival with Holly Carter, Albert Maysles and Faiza Almontaser and the next week hosts a school screening of MY COUNTRY IS TIBET with Trichen Lhaghari for 80 students from PS 96.

DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED is Official Selection in Chicago International Children’s Film Festival

September 2, 2013

DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED to screen at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival on October 30th.

BYkids Films Available on Amazon

September 2, 2013

BYkids films are now available on Amazon through our partnership with the Tribeca Institute’s Reframe Collection. Buy them at http://amzn.to/1akI7Az

Indianapolis International Film Festival Features BYkids

August 2, 2013

DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED screens as an Official Selection at the Indianapolis International Film Festival.

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UN Association Hosts Screening of DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED in NYC

July 2, 2013

The United Nations Association of New York hosts a screening of DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED with Susan Hoenig (BYkids film mentor), Holly Carter (BYkids Executive Director) and David Orlando Rodriguez (Colombian Mission to the UN).

Welcome 2013 Summer Interns

June 2, 2013

We are thrilled and grateful to have some exceptional interns joining BYkids for the summer. Welcome to Jamie Roman from Colorado College and Michael Landes and Noelle Durkin from Dalton. Continued thanks to our growing group of Junior Committee members at high schools and colleges across the country.

DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED Premieres at Soho House in NYC

June 2, 2013

Soho House New York hosts the premiere of DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED, BYkids newest film from Colombia. Our second filmmaker Trichen Lhagyari and Holly Carter lead a lively discussion about the intimacy and universality of BYkids films and the power of letting kids express themselves through film.

Discovery Education Hosts BYkids Screening and Educator Event at Headquarters

May 2, 2013

Discovery Education hosts a special screening and discussion of MY COUNTRY IS TIBET with young filmmaker Trichen Lhagyari, film mentor Joyce Chopra, and Holly Carter on May 5 in Silver Springs, MD.

BYkids congratulates our filmmaker, Trichen Lhagyari, on his graduation. Read more at http://delonline.us/1auMyGX