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MY COUNTRY IS TIBET Sweeps Film Festival Circuit
October 4, 2010
MY COUNTRY IS TIBET, by 17-year-old Trichen, is nominated for the MY HERO Film Festival's RON KOVIC PEACE AWARD, which celebrates peace and those arou...
BYkids Attracts World-Class New Board Members
September 4, 2010
Thanks to the Ford Foundation's ongoing support, BYkids has attracted more world-class talent to our board. Now under the leadership of Chair Lucy Pri...
Colombia Film Begins
August 4, 2010
BYkids Founder/Executive Director Holly Carter travels to Bogota and Cali, Colombia to search for a young filmmaker for our next film, BYkids:COLOMBIA...
My Country is Tibet, and the Young King’s Visit Receive Widespread Press Coverage
July 19, 2010
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Exiled King of Tibet Visits United States for Bykids Exclusive Premiere of: My Country is Tibet
May 21, 2010
At only twelve years old Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari was the only recognized descendent of the first Dharma King of Tibet Songsten Gampo, who di...
International Tour Continues
March 5, 2010
The Human Rights Watch and Adobe Youth Voices traveling program continues and a 12-minute version of our Mozambique film will screen in San Francisco ...
Second Film is Completed
February 5, 2010
Editing of MY COUNTRY IS TIBET is finished with help from an extraordinary group of talented producers and editors and with the distinct voice and dir...
NYC Law Firm Becomes Newest Supporter
January 5, 2010
Paul, Hastings, the international law firm, is the new pro bono counsel for BYkids. Attorneys Erika C. Collins, Robert Sherman and Lisa Willis have ge...
Film Part of Youth Producing Change
December 5, 2009
A 12-minute version of our Mozambique film is one of ten films selected from 300 as part of the second annual Youth Producing Change series (a collabo...
Film Wins Best of Fest
November 5, 2009
HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT wins Best of the Fest and the Dan Eldon Activist Award in the My Hero Short Film Festival, at the University of Southern Cal...