NEWS

We have an amazing partnership with PenPal Schools, a global learning community, where over 70,000 students in more than 85 countries can connect and reflect on each of our Films BYkids episodes through curriculum-guided online exchanges each week.

SIGN UP FOR THE CURRICULUM

The Hearts on Fire Visionary Program identifies and showcases some of the most inspirational and committed individuals working to change the world for the better. The team honored Holly Carter by featuring her as the Visionary of the Month.

READ

Congratulations to Faiza Almontaser and the POET AGAINST PREJUDICE team for the Award of Recognition from Impact Docs, supporting and promoting filmmakers who make a difference in the critical issues of our times through producing impactful, inspiring and entertaining documentaries.

READ

BYkids Executive Director and Founder Holly Carter leads a free webinar with Sandy Goldberg, Director of Education Programs at THIRTEEN/WNET New York and Joe Troyen, founder of PenPal Schools. This webinar was designed to give educators across the secondary curriculum insights into how documentary films by students can engage learners in the pursuit of global understanding, explorations of globally relevant issues, and ultimately serve as a catalyst for meaningful action.

WATCH HERE

It was a night to remember! Over 100 BYkids supporters came out to support the launch of FILMS BYKIDS with our partners THIRTEEN/WNET at a magnificent party hosted by Retro Report.

Public Television series, pairs youth with noted filmmakers, to tell their personal stories about critical global issues
View the press release

Public Television joins the Ford Foundation and Discovery Education as our institutional partner. FILMS BYKIDS, a new five-part documentary series narrated by Ashely Judd, will air nationally on public television stations beginning Tuesday, January 19, 2016 via the APT Exchange (check local listings). In New York, the series premieres Sundays, January 24 – February 14, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. ET on THIRTEEN.

We are so proud of Faiza Almontaser for all the ways POET AGAINST PREJUDICE is promoting conversations about bullying, Islamophobia and immigration. It will screen in November at the Mallorca International Film Festival and the Columbus International Film and Video Festival.

BYkids is proud to partner again with the Adelaide Kids Film Festival in Australia. They will screen FIRE IN OUR HEARTS on October 30.

POET AGAINST PREJUDICE will screen at the 18th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival at Stanford University at 6:30 pm on Thursday, October 22.