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First Major Foundation Grant from Ford Foundation
September 29, 2008
BYkids receives its first major foundation grant for $101,000 from the Ford Foundation. A significant gesture of confidence from this prestigious fou...
Top Editor Starts on First Film
June 10, 2008
BYkids: MOZAMBIQUE (the first film being done by 16-year-old Alcides Soares, who was orphaned by AIDS last year) starts editing through the generosity...
Benefit is Smashing Success
May 10, 2008
Sophie Bressler, a Chappaqua 17-year-old with a passion for BYkids, organizes an amazing fundraiser on May 10 that raises over $50,000. Held at the Ti...
Star-Studded Night at the National Academy of Television
May 10, 2008
BYkids makes history at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/NY, where BYkids presents its program to a group of Academy members. Our...
The Women’s International Film and Television Showcase Supports BYkids
April 10, 2008
The Women’s International Film and Television Showcase (December 4-7, 2008 in Hollywood) supports BYkids with some of the proceeds from their upco...
Exiled King of Tibet Making BYkids' Second Film
March 15, 2008
Award-winning filmmaker, Dirk Simon, has been in Dharamsala, India mentoring the 16-year-old, exiled King of Tibet in the art of filmmaking. Namgyal W...
Notes from the Field: MY COUNTRY IS TIBET
March 11, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
posted by Dirk
This will be an incredible experience.
I met Namgyal Wangchuk for the first time at his coronatio...
Echoing Green Announces Semifinalists
February 10, 2008
BYkids is named a semifinalist in the 2008 Echoing Green fellowship competition out of 1,500 applications....
A Family is Reunited
January 25, 2008
Through BYkids, Alcides Soares finds his 13-year-old brother with whom he lost all contact ten years ago when their parents divorced. A BYkids camera ...
The Exiled King of Tibet to Make BYkids Film
December 25, 2007
BYkids wins three major foundation grants totaling $45,000. Additional grass roots funding enables the second BYkids film – the exiled King of Tibet...