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Gold Winner of 5th Annual Anthem Award
November 19, 2025
Guess who just won Gold at the Anthem Awards? Andrew Garfield, Sabrina Carpenter and BYkids Academy!
The Anthem Awards were created by The Webby Aw...
Fordham University host BYkids for "Stories That Change the World"
November 18, 2025
We were honored to screen RETURN DATE: UNKNOWN and hear from youth filmmaker Tymur Tsapliienko and mentor Rom Barnea in conversation with Holly Carter...
BYkids at Harvard's Center for Health and Human Rights for "Treating Violence Against Children as a Disease"
November 4, 2025
The afternoon brought together experts and activists for powerful conversations on protecting children worldwide.
A highlight of the program was sh...
AGAINST THE CURRENT wins Audience Award at the Shining Mountains Film Festival in Aspen
October 18, 2025
Huge congratulations to filmmaker Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, mentor Evan Mascagni and the entire team who made this film possible. Thank you to the festi...
Thrilled to return to Colorado College for the Visiting Series in Film and Culture
October 18, 2025
We were honored to share the work of BYkids and our film RETURN DATE: UNKNOWN.Ellie Lalusse, a student who attended the event, reflected: “It was a wo...
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Art After Dark at the Norton Museum of Art.
September 25, 2025
We shared two powerful youth-directed films from Nicaragua and Colombia:MY BEAUTIFUL NICARAGUA by Edelsin Linette MendezDISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED by ...
BYkids Academy workshops featured on NationSwell’s Connections Newsletter
September 13, 2025
The spotlight was on BYkids Academy workshops in New York City, where young storytellers explored identity, community and social impact through film.W...
The room lights up with young people discovering the power of telling their own story
August 13, 2025
BYkids Academy is our hands-on workshop series where youth explore visual storytelling and learn how to turn their ideas into powerful films.
Our s...
For 18 years, BYkids has been a catalyst for youth storytelling
August 6, 2025
BYkids has given young people the tools to share their stories, humanize global issues and spark empathy, connection and action worldwide.
What a n...
Lights, cameras, big ideas
July 29, 2025
The second-ever BYkids Academy just wrapped in NYC, and the energy was next-level.
But what is this BYkids Academy?
It is an immersive documenta...