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Filmmaker of "Against the Current" Shares Her Story With a Picture's Worth
April 11, 2021
In this special episode of A Picture’s Worth: Refocusing Narratives, award-winning documentary filmmaker and teen Daunnette Moniz-Reyome shares t...
PBS Learningmedia Offers Grades 7-12 School Material for Season Three Films
April 5, 2021
Films BYkids pairs master filmmakers with teenagers from around the world to create short personal documentaries that encourage understanding and...
Season Three of Films BYkids airing on public television beginning April 6, 2021
April 1, 2021
Teens document antisemitism, disability, generational trauma and globalization in Season Three of Films BYkids airing on public television beginning A...
Mike Martin is Named Judge in the Videos for Change Competition
April 1, 2021
This is impact! Mike Martin, BYkids director of I COULD TELL YOU 'BOUT MY LIFE is named a judge for the 2021 US Videos for Change competition run by o...
"Faith's World" Selected for Richmond International Film Festival in September
March 25, 2021
FAITH'S WORLD is an official selection of the RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. 16-year-old Faith Guilbault from Baltimore, Maryland loves skydivi...
"Against the Current" Director Wins Emerging Filmmakers Award at Socially Relevant Film Festival New York
March 21, 2021
Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, director of AGAINST THE CURRENT, wins the Emerging Filmmakers Award at the SR Socially Relevant Film Festival in New York. Con...
"Against the Current" Selected for Silicon Valley's Cinequest Film Festival
March 20, 2021
AGAINST THE CURRENT screens at the Cinejoy Film Festival March 20-30 as part of a lineup of 200 films from 55 countries (111 of them world and U.S. pr...
"L'chaim" Has World Premiere at the Harmonie Club, New York
March 4, 2021
It was an exciting world premiere screening and panel discussion of L'CHAIM for the Harmonie Club with the young filmmaker (Semon Shabaev), his mentor...
College Student Group Partners With California Film Institute and BYkids to Host Screening, Conversation and Engagement
February 25, 2021
A group of 20 college kids from the Transdisciplinary Education and Arts Collaboration Hub (TEACH) imagined and organized a powerful night of film, co...
Bykids Welcomes Two New Board Members
February 17, 2021
We welcome two new Board members who bring amazing expertise to our mission, Maya Kopytman and Brian Mateo. Maya Kopytman is a partner at C&G Part...