Press & Events
WE EXIST explores Chicago and CineYouth Film Festival
WE EXIST, directed by Anabelle Martinez, was an official selection of the 2018 CineYouth Film Festival. In addition, Anabelle was awarded the $1500 Prodigy Camp Scholarship. Prodigy Camp hosts 20 of the most promising youth filmmakers in Seattle, WA. each Summer. Anabelle is looking forward to attending in August. Anabelle shared the following about … Read more »
Woodland Park teen pushes through adversity by coming to terms with intellectual disability
By: Daniela Leon Mar 26, 2018 08:57 AM Original Article: http://www.fox21news.com/…/woodland-park-teen-pu…/1074552671 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – When you first look at Samuel Faux, he looks just like any other teen except this teen is pushing through adversity by living with Apraxia of Speech. “Basically between my brain and my muscles the message gets … Read more »
Andy Kwiatkowski Receives Letter from the Mayor of Fort Collins
Following the screening of LONELY HIGHWAY at the 6th Annual Achieve With Us Film Festival for the Arc of Larimer County, Andy received a letter from the Mayor of Fort Collins. He said, “I think your film caused change in the hearts and minds of many people,” and we wholeheartedly agree. … Read more »
Antreise Lacey interviewed on ‘Director’s Cut’
Our own Antreise Lacey continues to “evoke change” with her interview on ‘Director’s Cut’, a program of Hofstra University, about her YDA documentary SHADE. (Interview starts at 15min)
2017 Year in Review
In 2017 the Youth Documentary Academy (YDA) grew by leaps and bounds. Not only did we graduate a new class of twelve dynamic filmmakers, our new YDA Impact Team engaged our growing collection of over 50 YDA films to audiences around the Pikes Peak region and nationwide. Our films explore … Read more »
Family and Faith addressed in YDA films and local newspaper
Author: J. Adrian Stanley “We can see the progress that they’re making — I don’t think it’s unlike therapy,” he says, adding that YDA recently added a psychologist to its board, with hopes of exploring the phenomenon further. And he wonders if he too would have benefited from a chance … Read more »
YDA’s Tea Santos Wins Documentary Film Award!
Joshua Sun and Tea Santos, two graduates of YDA, have been nominated for awards at the 2017 Pikes Peak Arts Council Awards this October. Both filmmakers are nominated in two categories, ‘Excellent Experimental or Documentary Film’ and ‘Young Filmmaker’. LOVE ME directed by Josh Sun, explores the cultural differences – and tensions – between … Read more »
Two YDA Films to Broadcast on Vermont PBS
Four YDA films were selected for the 2017 Scout Film Festival in Stowe Vermont. Of those four, YDA walked off the stage with two winners: Andy Kwiatkowski won Best Documentary for LONELY HIGHWAY, and Kalia Hunter won Best Cinamatography for DOM. Vermont PBS partnered with Scout to showcase the … Read more »
YDA headed to the BIG APPLE!
Excitement is in the air as Kalia Hunter, Dee Contreras, and Shaienne Knox are off to the BIG APPLE for the All-American High School Film Festival where their films will screen at the AMC Theater in Times Square. We couldn’t be more proud of these ladies, and the 5 other … Read more »
2017 YDA Premiere Announced
Join the Youth Documentary Academy’s newest class of filmmakers at the premiere screening of their films on November 4th, 2017 at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. Since the founding of the Youth Documentary in 2013, dozens of young people in the Colorado Springs area have received … Read more »
While walking around Boulder, so many people came up to me and my dad to thank me for making AFTER WAR.
Bailey Francisco, 17
