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Quaker Youth Leadership Conference 2015

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Talk About Race

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Bridge Film Festival 2014 Films are Here!

This 16 mm spring-wound Bolex "H16" ... The Bridge Film Festival Class of 2014 Presents:


33 films from 15 schools, 3 countries and 2 hours and 23 minutes of Quaker values in action!  


The Judges have their work cut out for them with both the quantity and quality of the entries.  The…
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Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 3rd mo. 17, 2014 at 11:27am — No Comments

Bridge Film Festival Judges' Choice Awards 2013

Thank You Judges!

The Judges have decided and the results are in!…


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Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 4th mo. 1, 2013 at 6:28pm — No Comments

And the Nominees Are...



Bridge Film Festival 2012



Judges' Choice Awards Nominees



This year the Bridge Film Festival received 27 entries including six…
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Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 3rd mo. 26, 2012 at 3:30pm — No Comments

A Call to Warship

This year, the 13th annual Bridge Film Festival received 27 entries from 12 Freinds schools, 1 Friends school summer arts camp and 1 Friends Meeting First Day school.



If I recall correctly it was the second year of the festival that I received a message from a Friend who's son could not afford to attend a Friends school and asked why he couldn't enter the BFF? I conferred briefly with my committee and we quickly concluded that by all means students who are Friends could and should be… Continue

Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 3rd mo. 18, 2012 at 6:41pm — No Comments

Share the Truth, The Bridge Film Festival 2012 Films are Here!





Share the Truth!



The Bridge Film…

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Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 3rd mo. 17, 2012 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Bridge Film Festival Judges' Choice Awards

The Bridge Film Festival is happy to announce the first Judges' Choice Awards show. The show will be streamed live, 2PM (EST) Tuesday April 24, 2012, and presented in the…

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Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 1st mo. 10, 2012 at 6:42pm — No Comments

Bridge Film Festival Judges' Choice Awards

The Bridge Film Festival is happy to announce the first Judges' Choice Awards show. The show will be streamed live, 2PM (EST) Tuesday April 24, 2012, and presented in the…

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Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 1st mo. 10, 2012 at 6:42pm — No Comments

What Kind of Airplane Are You Making?

In early November, I gave a talk about how Quaker testimonies influence the Bridge Film Festival, to an all-school assembly at Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie, NY.   The entire student body (5th-12th grade) and faculty were gathered in their Meeting House.  I brought my laptop with slide-presentation… Continue

Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 11th mo. 7, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Teach Our Children Well and They May Just Teach Us Too

Featured Public Service Announcements from our students via the Bridge Film Festival.





The Festival is open to all middle school (5th-8th grade) and upper school (9th-12th grade) students currently enrolled in a Friends school or who are of Quaker families who have an affiliation with a Friends Meeting or Camp.



Founded in 2000… Continue

Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 7th mo. 7, 2010 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Bridge Film Festival 2010 Results are In!

The votes are in and the On-Line Judges have spoken!
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Am I Leading or Being Led? QYLC 2010 Keynote

Am I Leading or Being Led?…

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"The Courageous Mr. Penn"

Now playing in the WBFF YouTube channel's Movie House Theater...

"The Courageous Mr. Penn"



1942 film in 8 parts

Starring Cliff Evans and Deborah Kerr



WBFF's Movie House Theater



"Penn of Pennsylvania" was the original British title of the economical biopic "The Courageous Mr. Penn". Clifford Evans… Continue

Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 12th mo. 19, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

WBFF - The Bridge Film Festival You Tube Channel

WBFF is link to the You Tube channel for the Bridge Film Festival. This is where you may view all the student film submissions and other films related to the experience.

Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 10th mo. 18, 2009 at 12:28pm — No Comments

"Bridging ALERT"

One Minute for Peace BRIDGING ALERT!





The Bridge Film Festival and the American Friends Service Committee are excited to announce a new "Bridge" for this year's festival. In connection with the AFSC's One Minute for Peace Campaign, all PSA's submitted to this year's Bridge Film Festival that… Continue

Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 7th mo. 22, 2009 at 7:46am — No Comments

Watching a Dream Grow Up

Watching a Dream Grow Up - The Bridge Film Festival turns 10 in the country where the Society of Friends began.



Ten years ago I returned from summer vacation to begin my second year as a film and video teacher at Brooklyn Friends School with a simple idea to create a film festival that encouraged students to produce work containing… Continue

Added by Andrew Swartley Cohen on 5th mo. 10, 2009 at 7:10pm — No Comments

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