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YDA Filmmakers win top awards in Boulder

Four Youth Documentary Academy filmmakers were represented at the Boulder International Film Festival last weekend, March 7, 2015.  Bailey Francisco’s film AFTER WAR was screened in the main festival’s short documentary program alongside Academy Award winning filmmaker Lucy Walker’s THE LION’S MOUTH OPENED. Destiny Rinder, whose film ONE IN SIX competed in the … Read more »

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While walking around Boulder, so many people came up to me and my dad to thank me for making AFTER WAR.

Bailey Francisco, 17

We were struck by how deeply students were willing to delve into difficult topics, often personal stories, and handle that material with real sensitivity.

Tara Thomas, Director of Education, Bemis School of Art